Here's what the Thompsons had to say about The Marcus Garvey Centre, International Women's Day and Wild Swimming.
The Marcus Garvey Centre
What a fantastic building! We went in there when it was part of the Raleigh empire as our sister had a job there working in the offices. It’s so sad to see these community spaces at threat nowadays. Surely it’s obvious that if the council keeps closing down these community spaces then it will seriously affect people and their physical and mental health, and just make things much worse than they already are.
International Women's Day
There’s a lot of brilliant women from Nottingham. But one who often goes under the radar is Dame Stella Rimington. She was the head of MI5 you know? She went to Nottingham Girls High school and I think she’s written a few novels since. We’d also like to mention all the brilliant lady vicars we have around the city.
Wild Swimming
We have three or four friends who do it at Colwick Park. They love it and they must be totally demented to do so. It’s brave of them though and we’re all for it. It’s particularly good that they all club together to get a lifeguard on site while they’re doing it. We’ve considered doing it ourselves, but it’s cold enough in the shop to be honest.
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