• 1950’s wedding dress makes a 21st century renaissance

    A CARE HOME resident’s wedding dress which was shipped from New York due to clothing rations in the 1950’s has made a 21st century renaissance at her grandson’s wedding.Unable to attend the wedding due to lockdown restrictions, Mansfield Care’s Belhaven House resident, Netta (Janet) Hastings, has shared a piece of her one-of-a-kind dress after part of the garment was sewn into the hem of her granddaughter-in-law’s wedding dress and floral bouquet.Shipped over from t
  • Care Residents Capture Covid Snapshot with Memory Box

    July 19th 2021, or ‘Freedom Day’, as many have termed the relaxation of Covid-19 restrictions in England – will go down in history as a key turning point in the Coronavirus pandemic and to mark the occasion, residents at Belong Crewe care village have placed the final seal on their very own memory box, a record of their experiences of the past 18 months.Featured inside the ‘Moment in Time’ box are testing kits, PPE, newspaper clippings and photographs, as are the pe

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