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Did you know that in 1948 Beatrice Street became the first Play Street in Merseyside, closed to traffic from sunrise to sunset, to create space in Bootle’s warren of streets and warehouses for local children to play.

We caught up with artists Pester + Rossi to talk about how they’ve been helping kids in Bootle to play (even when we had to play in, collaborating through art and dancing to Britney Spears….

Anna Horton Cremin created play packs to help kids explore outside spaces in Bootle. The packs were distributed and played with in School and at home. Here’s what we made:

Throughout the Summer, artist and creative producer Nicki McCubbing has been leading play sessions with young people  and community members from the neighbourhoods surrounding Community by Nature on Bedford Road in Bootle.  Hot summer evenings have been spent building dens, playing the floor is lava, creating sculptures, and inventing new ways to play, creating a […]