Park Cuppa session with British Museum

Park Cuppa at Cally Clock Tower Centre on Wednesdays

At one of our weekly Wednesday Park Cuppa sessions at Cally Clock Tower Centre last month, we had a fascinating session with the British Museum. They brought along intriguing objects from their handling collection. This included an African board game that Sharon, who volunteers at the Park Cuppa recognised from her childhood.

Sharon told us, "The old Museum African Board game that the British Museum shared at one of our recent coffee mornings is an age-old seed game that was traditionally played across Africa. The game and variations of the game are known by different names in different African countries including 'Senet' in Egypt, 'Mbao' in Tanzania, 'Gabeti' in Ethiopia. I know the seed game as Oware from Ghana and used to play and teach it to Primary aged children. 

 

There is an Oware Society based in London. As well as teaching the game to interested persons, the OS also runs tournaments. The game promotes some maths and strategy skills and they used to take and display beautiful hand crafted Oware boards to schools."

 

Following the success of the workshop, we're going to be hosting monthly sessions with the British Museum this autumn as part of the weekly Park Cuppa at Cally Clock Tower Centre. For details of the one planned for September and how to book, please see below.

 

Join us for this special Park Cuppa session with the British Museum. Explore ordinary and extraordinay objects form the museum’s handling collection and share your own stories and memories. 

 

We'll be exploring different objects from around the world that provide people with comfort or offer protection.

Cally Clock Tower is a small, but personal venue, so there's limited spaces. To book a place, contact the Age UK Islington Activities team: activities@ageukislington.org.uk

 

Arsenal in the Community at Park Cuppas

Also, did you know that Samir, from Arsenal in the Community is also a much appreciated regular guest host at the Cally Park Cuppa? He attends every second Wednesday of the month to discuss history, current affairs, sport and community issues which always makes for a lively discussion.

 

Let us know if you'd like to receive reminders about the Park Cuppa weekly sessions. We'd love to see you there. Contact the Age UK Islington Activities team: activities@ageukislington.org.uk.