Interview with Alison

Name
Alison

Age
42

How long have you lived in the community?
22 years

What house do you live in?
Oberlin. I moved here not long ago. Before this I lived in Margaret Powell House.

What workshops do you do? (which one do you like the most)?
Theatre and the Cafe.  I like food processing most though.

What activities do you do (like evening class or painting)?
I do not have any activities in the community although I do literacy with a teacher that comes on Wednesday mornings.

What responsibilities do you have in your house?
Cleaning, locking up at night time, taking care of my pet chinchilla, Pixie. I also like to help with washing the dishes.

What do you do at weekends?
I work at Marks and Spencer’s.

Would you like to share anything with this blog?
I have a boyfriend called Andrew

Alex Fox

Climb Your Mountain (Maria Simon)

This is a photograph of Maria Simon who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Camphill Milton Keynes. She did this on 11th November 2011. It took her 5 days to walk up Mount Kilimanjaro and two days to walk down. Maria managed to raise £2500.
Kilimanjaro, with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi and Shire, is a dormant volcano in Kilimanjaro National Park, Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa at 5,895 meters of 19,341 feet above sea level.

Alex Fox

Three Kings Slide Show

These are some photos of a slide show that was presented in the crypt of the Chrysalis Theatre on 6th January to say farewell to Christmas and greetings to the new year.

The Christmas Tree

Andrew and the Three Kings Candles

Some people singing

Removing the Christmas tree after Christmas

Alex Fox

Pot Luck Meal

The advocacy group who meets on Wednesday afternoons helped to prepare a pot luck meal in The Chrysalis Theatre on Wednesday 21th December. It was called a pot luck meal because it was up to each house to bring something to eat. Mother and Father Christmas did an opening before the meal and there was also dancing afterwards.

Alex Fox

The Shepherds of All Saint's Road

The co-workers at Camphill Milton Keynes performed a play called 'The Shepherds of All Saint's Road' at the Chrysalis Theatre on Tuesday 20th December. It is written by somebody called Peter Bateson who starred in A Theatre Under One Hat as Charles Dickens on 12th December 2011 at The Chrysalis Theatre at Camphill Milton Keynes. It was about a young homeless woman who was heavily pregnant who meets other homeless people and needed somewhere to live.

Alex Fox