Author Archives: janifranck

About janifranck

Artist, activist, founding director of The Art House in Southampton.

The Final Season – a playlist

Our final season here at 178 Above Bar is underway, with the last ever gig here on 16 March with Atilla the Stockbroker’s Barnstormer 1649 All of the gigs are now up for booking – go and grab your ticket … Continue reading

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Uh-oh! We ran out of paid forward drinks and soups!

January is often said to be 1000 days long and, even being less dramatic, this was a long month for our community pantry.  The Pantry opened 11 times in January, and had around 200 visits from people accessing food, toiletries … Continue reading

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Good news for our pantry – and some bad news

First of all the good news! Our friends at Board in the City CIC have agreed that we can host our community pantry there from April! This means we can continue this vital project after we leave our current premises. … Continue reading

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A Day in the Life of the Pantry

Pantry update du jour! Busy day today with lots of people in for hot drinks and groceries. Gill was poorly and Zigz had a medical appointment (not rona, not serious) so Graham held the fort with volunteers Simone & David. … Continue reading

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Episode recap – Ep#4/11

Here’s our Episode 4: A Tinkler, a Picker, a Squeezer and Posse of Poets, went. If you missed it, don’t worry we have more! Click here for our full final season The pantry was busy, busy. We also had lots … Continue reading

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