Ty Hapus
Throughout August and September, people accessing Ty Hapus in Barry enjoyed a series of creative sessions with poet Patrick Jones.
A partnership project with the Vale of Glamorgan libraries, this project linked with the new ‘Picture the Vale’ project. This project aims to digitise local historic photograph collections held by Vale libraries, local history groups and photographs of historic value from members of the public and upload them to the People’s Collection Wales website. This will involve the scanning, saving and indexing of photographs.
Tŷ Hapus is an innovative centre designed to relieve and promote the relief and treatment of people with early onset Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias and to provide respite support for sufferers, their families and carers
Comment from Ty Hapus:
I just wanted to say a huge thank you on behalf of the Ty Hapus guests for your superb interaction and involvement with them over the past weeks. Given the nature of memory loss in dementia it is heartwarming to hear guests talk about you, remember your name, and look forward to the next session many days after you have been. I think a lot of that is due to your engaging personality and non-patronising approach as well as the fun you brought into people’s lives. I do hope we see you again. There is always a welcome for you at Ty Hapus.
THE TASTE OF MEMORY
I remember scrumping apples
the tingly taste of gooseberries
My grandmother in the garden in Solva
I remember picking raspberries
used to take a plastic bag
I can see it now late 1940’s
early morning
going mushrooming with my dad
sharing time with my dad
I remember the fruit garden
and my mother would always say
‘dont pick them all, leave something for the birds’
and she’d make a lovely pie
from fruit ‘growing half an hour ago’
the taste of memories
these memories of taste
My mother’s hard pastries
covered with evaporated milk
strawberries and ice cream always reminds me of summer
I remember being in digs in college
boiled eggs for breakfast
and the white was always too runny
oooh sausage sandwiches with brown sauce
how I loved trifle
My mum used to make it as a special treat
and make us wait for it to be ready
At my nan’s we’d have pick n mix
and she’d sneak me extra ones
a mixed grill
with chips and garlic mushrooms
chocolate – any chocolate
Fresh bread just out of the over
with butter and cheese yesss
I remember christmas cake and my father would have a little drink of what he called nelson’s blood, which was rum
to warm the heart
sunday st david’s church
to this day I love lychees and their delicate taste
and the memory of chip scrapings
with salted gravy remains forever
and ever emblazoned upon my tongue
my memory
by
Denise, Annie,Adrian, Mike, Pam, Brian, Elaine
I AM, WE ARE
I am an aeroplane
(my son works for British Airways)
I am very happy at the moment
with lots of friends,
I am a window,looking out of my window
still with me
I am a field of golden daffodils
I am a voice
singing in Rhiwbina
I am not the person I used to be
I want to go back in time,
I am the singer loving what I do,
I am a rock
for anybody I know
sometime I feel people ignore me
But I am always there
if people need me,
I am a walking disaster
I am the reporter on the bbc news
with news that Wales have won the 2014 world cup
I am
We are……………….
by
Denise, Annie,Adrian, Mike, Pam, Brian, Elaine
