Recalling cherished memories

WE made reference previously in this column, to contact that had been made to the Supporters Cooperative by Stockport’s Garrick Theatre, about possible collaboration twixt the two organisations, and we are pleased to give Stockport Express readers this update.

It is a couple of years since the Garrick did a performance piece called ‘’Stockport Voices’ - a series of monologues about life in Stockport, based on interviews with people who live or work in the town.

The Cooperative were happy to get involved, and in this regard Supporters Cooperative member Phil Robinson did much good work to put together some County content for what was a very interesting, and worthwhile project, the production going out on stage and later via Zoom during Lockdown 1.

Well, the Garrick and ourselves think that the time is ripe to re-visit this excellent idea, and this time focussing ‘Stockport Voices’ exclusively on County within the theatre groups ‘Festival of Theatre’.

There is a rich vein of history to go at - a life time of material, and it’s not just the team but reminiscing about the characters, the incidents, the places, you rememberthe where….when…. the who, that will make it live !

We want County supporters to tell us about their County memories, but first we ask them to send in their contact details (phone/ email) to Supporters Cooperative Chair Pete Towey, or via https://county supporterscoop.co.uk

The Garrick will ultimately, use the stories from the Coop members plus other County fans, and collate these into a script, either using the County story tellers (if they are up for it) or actors for a Zoom performance initially, and then…. who knows!