The refurbishment work at the Boo is squeezing us all into smaller and smaller areas of the building, as the workmen spread into the other rooms and theatre spaces. It’s impressive how fast they are working, but it’s having a few repercussions on the Different Moons project. Jessica Royle stayed late on Friday to complete her…

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It’s been an eventful few days for the Different Moons project. Our links with the wider Asian community are having an effect and on Sunday we hosted an event at the Boo in Waterfoot organised by Rizwan Iqbal of the amazing Love & Etiquette Foundation. 25 young people joined us and Mohammed Ali (http://www.aerosolarabic.com/mohammed-ali/) ran…

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While Shamshad and Habiba continue to work at the Rossendale Valley Islamic Supplementary School on Sundays, I spent the weekend writing up the project plan for a major funding bid. A bid that, if successful, will enable us to run the Different Moons project over the next two years.  Last Friday Shamshad, Esther, and I had…

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I joined in with the third session of Shamshad and Habiba’s classes at Rossendale Islamic Supplementary School this afternoon. The subject used the recordings we made a few weeks ago of Mr Muzzar Hussain, covering a range of subjects but here concentrating on his memories of travelling to and arriving in England in 1958.  The…

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