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Urban Strawberry Lunch
St Lukes Ruined Church, Leece St, 4th May 2007

As the picnic started St Lukes bells rang, but in true Urban Strawberry Lunch fashion the sound came from old wheel rims being played in the churchs tower! What a welcome
We set up with our new flyers promoting our sustainable food series being held down with freshly grown chinese salad leaves, to highlight the issue of Can we sustain ourselves whilst living in a city?

As people were drawn into the beautiful space feeling surprised by the opportunity to go inside, we chatted to them and encouraged them to use our picnic space to eat their lunch (and eat some fresh soda bread and salad!)

Many people came, from all walks of life students, tourists, ex-junkies, artists, musicians, local shopkeepers... The day was indeed a fruitful collaboration and it ended all too soon. A relaxed picnic, with the opportunity to spread our message of Urban Picnicking.

St Lukes will be open with Urban Strawberry Lunch exhibition of pictures from Liverpool in the Blitz and paintings of St Lukes 12pm-2pm, Monday -Friday, for more information www.myspace.com/lunchatstlukes

"Cheers for de cabbages!"

"Ive walked pass this church every day since I moved to Liverpool, and I finally get the chance to see inside"

"This is a picnic outdoors, indoors!"

"Through all the damage sustained in the bombs, hardly any of the stained glass remained, but if you look closely, in the big window where the alter would have been, there is a tiny angel and a woman praying in small panes right at the top, truly magical"

"My mum saw St. Lukes go up. We are Muslims and whats great here is that Im eating a bacon buttie with Hp sauce! I love HP Sauce and Im standing in front of an HP ad from 1940"

"My Nan lived in Nelson St. Her Nan stopped her going to see her best friend and my Nan saw St. Lukes explode. The next morning, her best friends house had gone, they were all killed"

"I always make my own sandwich, its cheaper and I know where all the ingredients come from"

"It might be take away but its not a chain, its local"

"I bought mine in Bold Street but its not local food"

"If I bought local Id starve, its too expensive"

"Its an amazing space I would start having a lunch break if I came in here."

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