Valerie Darville’ young life growing up on Enfield’s Chase Side is the inspiration for 6 of her contributions to the Enfield in Poetry Map. Valerie remembers “A different life, long gone” and a “past where they do things differently”.
In her Chase Side Poem 3 she remembers her mother hanging out the washing and making real puddings against a backdrop of coal fires and the sound of steam.
Read all 6 works on the Enfield Poetry map and listen to Valerie read the live here.