RESIDENTS at two Hampshire care homes have been reading well-known bedtime stories to local children as part of a nationwide initiative to celebrate National Storytelling Week.

Those living at Care UK’s Carpathia Grange, in Southampton, welcomed their great grandchildren into the home’s lounge for a special retelling of Alice in Wonderland.

The team had a wonderland themed throne created especially for the occasion which was decorated with characters from the book including the Cheshire Cat and the White Rabbit. 

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Down the road, at Sway Place, in Sway, residents visited Little Flyers Preschool and read classic bedtime stories to the local youngsters including Goldilocks and The Three Bears.

82-year-old Anne Parry, who was a nursery teacher and has an MBE for her services to children, said: "The visit brought back so many happy memories of my days as a nursery nurse. It was a marvellous afternoon.

"Reading is such an important tool, and to share the books with the children and see the book come alive and their happy smiles was just magical."