Where We Gather - Fire at the Old Town Hall

About this episode

This episode discusses the importance of gathering places in communities, featuring stories about town halls and a piece on Parliament buildings.

“Everyone in town heard the lightning hit.” We’re talking about gathering places on this week’s episode; those vital places that serve our communities in so many ways. We start with a piece Stuart wrote about the Parliament buildings (a follow up to the Amazing Spaces episode from last season). Then a moving listener story about a town hall, and a story about the town hall in Dave’s hometown. Ad-free listening is here! Listen to the pod ad-free and early, PLUS a whole bunch of other goodies – like virtual parties, Q&As, listener shout-outs & more. Subscribe here:  apostrophe.supercast.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Topics covered

• gathering places
• community
• listener stories
• town hall
• lightning strike

Keywords

• gathering places
• community stories
• town hall
• lightning
• Parliament buildings

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Apostrophe Podcast Network

Books & works: Amazing Spaces

Places: Old Town Hall, Dave’s hometown, Parliament buildings

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