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Puppetry Workshop
Erith Riverside entertained children on Wednesday 16th August, hosting a puppet workshop and parade, aimed at exposing younger people to more traditional forms of entertainment.
With technology being the predominant source of children’s entertainment today, a puppet-making workshop and parade was a welcome change. Instead of children being glued to televisions, computers and playstations, from 10am-2pm children were busy at Erith Riverside being educated and entertained on the ancient art of puppetry.
Run by Keith Barnes, an experienced puppeteer, the children arrived and eagerly set about creating their own colourful stick and hand puppets with the large variety of materials on offer, with Keith lending his expert hand for the trickier puppet creations.
“The kids get so enthusiastic with all the colours and materials to make their puppets and the workshops really open their eyes to tradition, creativity and fun that doesn’t require plugging in a cable”, says Keith.
“We also had a competition going for the best made puppets and paraded them through the shopping centre and the kids loved expressing themselves through their newly created puppets”.
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FREE SHOE REPAIRS, NO COBBLERS!
Cobblers throughout the UK are actually giving money away. During the first ever National Shoe Repair Week, hundreds of local Shoe Repairers will be heeling and soling good quality leather shoes without charge as part of the national campaign to encourage us to keep our footwear in tip-top condition.
Joining in with this promotion is Soles and Heels of Erith. As one of the oldest traders in Erith town centre, Stan the proprietor has seen many changes to the town centre over the last 20yrs. He traded in Erith when the old concrete shopping centre was built and also stayed during the decline of Erith watching the market diminish and the other retail outlets leave.
He still trades as a cobbler but he too had to diversify to remain as a trader in Erith. Other services offered is dry cleaning, watch repairs and batteries, trophies and engraving.
National Shoe Repair Week takes place from 11-16 September, join in and make a useful cost-saving on your shoe repair bills. Just take two pairs of boots or shoes to a participating Shoe Repairer – hand over this article and you will get the cheapest of the two repairs carried out ABSOLUTELY FREE.
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