On Wednesday 13th March, the Memory Café welcomed a visit from the team at STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway, who shared stories and memorabilia about Swindon’s railway history. It was delightful listening to the residents reminisce about growing up in Swindon years ago, as they shared tales and showed pictures of seaside trips and Coate Water back when it had a diving board and people swam there. It was wonderful seeing the residents open up about their lives, including how they managed during wartime with food rations and limited washing facilities, even repurposing old clothes into small rugs.
The café session wrapped up with a trivia quiz specially designed for those living with dementia.
Thank you to our lovely volunteers for always being so supportive of our residents and provision of the Memory Café.
