Performance

A tragic true story of one woman's heart-rending life experience in and out of the workhouse. Lizzie Vernon lived in Winsford at the end of the 19th century. She tells of her experience of the workhouse, her family and the tragic consequences of degrading poverty and injustice. Elizabeth Morris will present a story based on […]

Elizabeth Morris will present a story based on true events in the life of her great grandmother, Violet Hamlett. Violet's privileged life in Winsford at the beginning of the 20th century is challenged by the horrors of WW1 as she comes to terms with the shared grief and sacrifice of the women she once disdained.  […]

Friday 8th August will see the latest performance under the banner "Friday Forum Theatre" at Englesea Brook, entitled "A Guest At The Knutsford Hotel". Elizabeth Morris, our Learning Officer, is a professional storyteller who is using her storytelling skills to present three stories from the age of Primitive Methodism. During the 19th century the Knutsford […]

Elizabeth Morris will present a story based on events in the life of Mary Porteus (1783-1861). Mary Porteus (1783-1861) was one of the longest-serving female preachers in Primitive Methodism and an inspiration to all she met and ministered to for her resilience and faith. It was her tenacious faith that God would always provide that […]