Town of Culture Postcard
The UK Town of Culture is a national initiative to celebrate the cultural achievements of towns across the UK that do not have city status. Running alongside the UK City of Culture programme, the award aims to showcase the unique heritage, creativity and community spirit of towns while supporting local pride, tourism and economic growth through arts and cultural activities.
At the request of the Town of Culture department, here is the 2028 Totton and Eling Postcard submission along with the wording from our resident of 1000 years ago.
A postcard through time:
We share little but the stars and a bridge but that bridge links our two times.
My time – when it took a day to visit our two parishes. We met at the tide mill in the week and church on Sundays. We worked, ate and laughed together.
Today I wander as a stranger in a community grown by thirty times, yet still you find ways to come together. Your town combined to be Totton and Eling, linking villages in your journey.
But as you’ve sped along the way, you’ve lost a culture all your own.
So I send this postcard through time, a reminder of what’s past so your town can find a culture in its future. Perhaps a new town with a country memory, your cultures bridged by community.
Forest and Industry, Friendship and Community, New and Old side by side.
