Older people led masterclasses in skills such as dressmaking and breadmaking at GrandFest, a one-day festival in east London
Thousands of people come together for GrandFest on 18 June to celebrate the knowledge held by older people and to learn skills that organisers say are becoming less common.
Now in its third year, the event hosted more than 20 classes at restaurants, pubs and shops around Spitalfields Market. Each class was run by a festival GrandMaker – all of whom are over 70 – and skills included quilting,…
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