Sompting Brooks: Intergenerational project results in time capsule to be buried at new river site

By Elaine Hammond
Published 17th Aug 2021, 13:31 BST
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An intergenerational project celebrating the social and cultural heritage of Sompting Brooks will be recorded for years to come in a time capsule to be buried on the new river trail.

Age Craft has been working with schoolchildren and nursing home residents for the past two years, helping to unearth real life treasures from the past.

Much of the work went on show at the Harriet Johnson Centre in Sompting on Friday and Saturday, to show people what pupils from Sompting Village Primary School and Downsbrook Primary School in East Worthing have been working on.

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The centrepiece was a 3D table-top map of the area around the new river site, with model houses made by the children.

The time capsule will be buried at the Sompting Brooks site for future generationsThe time capsule will be buried at the Sompting Brooks site for future generations
The time capsule will be buried at the Sompting Brooks site for future generations

Katie Gander from Age Craft said: “As a local community organisation, Age Craft was asked to be part of the bigger EPIC Project, to work intergenerationally with local schools and residents to enable more engagement with the heritage of Sompting and the ongoing development of the new river.

“Through making connections between different parts of the community, the aim was to collectively create a pop-up museum which could then be toured around schools and community centres, thereby sharing the valuable heritage of Sompting and the new river trail that is being made.”

The launch of the Ouse and Adur Rivers Trust’s EPIC Project at the Harriet Johnson Centre in April 2019 was when Age Craft also began its journey into the heritage of Sompting and its people.