All welcome to join us for a winter day this weekend in the Tooting Community Garden at 5 North Drive, SW16 1RN Brave the cold outside, and swap screen time for wild time 1030-1130 Shhhhh…take part in the RSPB Garden Birdwatch 1145 Bird-themed storytelling with Emily Duizend 1200 Tea making with the volcano kettle 1230-1330 Get […]
Read More →Theatre group fanSHEN took centre stage at this year’s Foodival with their anarchic performance of the Applecart, which engaged young, medium and old alike. They also sent at least 50 interested visitors around the local area on a guided Tooting Walk. Two walks have been recorded and anyone can try them out: one a half […]
Read More →On June 15th, as part of the Open Garden Squares weekend, TTT presents the Tooting Community Garden Open Day & Father’s Day Fete at the Community Garden, 5 North Drive, not far the Lido. Come and discover for yourself this hidden garden paradise. It’s free, naturally, and there are events for all ages including story-telling, […]
Read More →The 2014 AGM and 6th birthday party took place last Tuesday. There was a Tooting related quiz and the usual AGM formalities of re-electing co-chairs and presenting accounts before a brief update on projects past present and future. While we look forward to big events like the Foodival, three exciting new ideas include a drive […]
Read More →Yesterday’s Story Telling at the Community Garden with Emily Duizend (Story Island) was a really successful event, raising £240 for Macmillan Cancer Support. The garden bedecked in bunting provided a tranquil setting for a crowd spanning the ages to relax, eat cakes and enjoy music from guitar and sitar, and stories from Emily and Vanessa. […]
Read More →The 2nd Day of Stories with Tooting Library was a surprising and experimental day. In the morning and afternoon we were transported from the centre of Tooting to join five storytellers’ worlds of wonder – crossing boundaries of geography and time from Norfolk to the Great Plains, with sound effects from the beautiful (the harmonica) to the funny (blowing custard through straws).In the middle […]
Read More →Saturday 4th May: ‘Wish You Were Here’ Crafty Pint’s workshop printing souvenirs of Tooting, at the Tooting Tram, 12:00 – 6:00. For details click click here Sunday 5th May: ‘The Jigsaw Horse’ storytelling and art promenade leaves Sprout Arts in Furzedown at 1:00. For details click here Saturday May 11th: Welcome to the 2nd Tooting […]
Read More →On Saturday 3rd November TTT helped Tooting Library run a drop-in Day of Stories. Library staff and volunteers read engaging stories, Alison offered a participative ‘live’ story, and Jane & Charles ran 2 hours of making and crafts that also told a story: ‘What would you like to see in Tooting?’ Children and adults took part, and there […]
Read More →Tooting Library + Transition Town Tooting present a free Day of Stories. Saturday 3rd November. Tooting Library, 75 Mitcham Road, SW17 9PD. Phone: 020 8871 7175 Come and celebrate the magic of stories at Tooting Library! Throughout the day staff and volunteers will be sharing some of their favourite stories in the specially-created Story Zone, featuring […]
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