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.
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."
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