Resident At Barnsley Home Goes Back To High Street She Ran Business On As Part Of Seize The Day Experience

A resident living at a Barnsley home went on a trip down memory lane as she visited the high street she ran a business on.

Jean Foulstone lives at MHA Mapplewell Manor and visited Wellington Street, were she used to run Kard Korner, a greeting cards store.

Jean considers owning her own business one of her “proudest moments” and had not visited the area in many years.

The Seize the Day initiative encourages residents to re-experience activities or events from the past or to do something they would like to do for the first time.

Accompanied by Kathryn Watson, activities coordinator at the home, she made her way down and also saw where her sister’s haberdashery, which is now a hairdressers, was.

The pair also enjoyed a spot of lunch at The Victorian Tea Rooms.

Speaking after the visit Kathryn said:
“Jean said she really enjoyed looking around Barnsley and particularly enjoyed people watching.

“When she told me this is what she wanted to do as a part of her Seize the Day experience, she said running her own business was one of her proudest moments

“When we arrived, she was just taking it all in and told me she had not been on Wellington Street or the high street area in general for a very long time..

“She mentioned how much the place had changed, and you could see how proud she was to be back in the area.

“It was nice for her to get out and about and reminisce, and you could see how much she enjoyed it.

“She is still talking about it now, and I feel very privileged to have arranged something like this for her.”