time collecting cast-off junk such as egg boxes, plastic food trays, kitchen roll tubes and bottle tops which the children went through by the boxful.
“They have particularly enjoyed things like the sand art and blowing paint through a straw,” Juliet told the Echo. “Usually mums go home as messy as the children, but that’s the point of it - it’s about giving the children the freedom to express themselves.”
Juliet ran three sessions a week in Chandler’s Ford, West End and Lowford, and she planned to add more in Locks Heath and Hedge End.
The pictures above were taken at one of the classes on July 3, 1998.
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