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Month: October 2020

BARN 1

Posted on October 31, 2020 by chris-coates

The decision to build a replacement workshop using medieval building techniques, with a largely volunteer labour force, was arrived at by a sort of osmosis of ideas… Continue reading BARN 1→

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cruck Barn, Welfare State International

HOUSE

Posted on October 24, 2020 by chris-coates

HOUSE was an ambitious attempt to apply the artist-led-community-engaged ethos of WSI to a construction project… Continue reading HOUSE→

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged On the Street Bolton, Walter Segal, Welfare State International

Digging & Dreaming

Posted on October 17, 2020 by chris-coates

I was looking for some way to contribute something back to the Communes Network in a way that was more than just ‘living it’. I saw what we were doing as a viable way to live and wanted to encourage more people to give it a try Continue reading Digging & Dreaming→

Posted in communal connections | Tagged Communes Network, Diggers & Dreamers

All That Way for This

Posted on October 10, 2020 by chris-coates

We had always known (Worried?) that when we finally moved to the Mill the nature of the group would change. Maybe subtley, maybe in fundamental ways… Continue reading All That Way for This→

Posted in Communal Living, People In Common | Tagged Vision Building

Four Funerals and the Odd Wedding

Posted on October 3, 2020 by chris-coates

No-one wants to think about planning a funeral. Most of us are fearful, vulnerable and unprepared because we organise a funeral so infrequently. A painful & confusing task…. Continue reading Four Funerals and the Odd Wedding→

Posted in Communal Living | Tagged Cardboard coffin, Caroline Menis, Lorna Graves, Trevor Howell, Welfare State International

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