Food is Storytelling

Food is storytelling! It fuels us, brings us together and tells us about places and people.

Join us for a workshop at St Mary's Heritage Centre to explore What are your foods of Gateshead's past?

Share your own stories, taste food from Samosa Sisters, and hear from Dr Jane Murray about the crisp and pickle factory her grandparents started on Askew Road.

This is one of three 'Food is Storytelling' workshops. Part of a joint project by the Tyne Derwent Way and The World is Storytelling, funded by Gateshead Food Partnership: www.gatesheadfoodpartnership.co.uk

The workshops are here to provide the space to celebrate Gateshead's food, its people, and the stories behind it all.

The other workshops will be:

• 20 July 1-3pm at Dunston Staiths
• 27 July 1-3pm at Gibside, National Trust

You are very welcome to attend as many of the workshops as you wish.

What should I expect?

The workshop will be facilitated by Ronni of 'The World is Storytelling' and will look like the following:

• Introduction
• Food Meditation - with delicious food from Samosa Sisters
• Guest Food presentation from Dr Jane Murray
• Sharing our own food stories
• Recording of 'recipes' - remembering our time together by compiling a list of recipes, menus of the foods of Gateshead's past.
• What should I prepare?

No need to prepare anything, although if you'd like to share a special food memory, recipe, or story of Gateshead's past, we'd love you to share it.

Location

St Mary's Church, right in the centre of Gateshead, stands between river and high street, between the Glasshouse and the Tyne Bridge. Right in the sometimes overlooked centre of Gateshead. It's the perfect place to have conversations about the food of Gateshead past.

Accessibility

We'd really love to make these workshops accessible to all, so we will pay travel expenses for those coming on public transport - just bring your ticket along for us to see and we'll give you cash on the day.

St Mary's is accessible and there is Disabled parking there, although we'd really encourage you to walk, wheel, or take public transport where possible as a way to care for our environment. There's bike-parking on site.

If you have any questions or would like to let us know any more access needs, just get in touch with Lucy: lucy.zwolinska@nationaltrust.org.uk