The striking thing about Broomborough Drive, one of the first Transition Streets, was the amazing acts of intergenerational kindness and support and strong sense of community that developed and remains to this day.

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When the project took place on their street there were 2 older vulnerable ladies living in the street. ‘Maud and Enid’ who took part in the project became such good friends that they built a ramp between their gardens so that they could more easily reach each other, whilst a young man in the street kept an alarm under his bed so that if they were in distress he could come to their assistance.

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Another resident was supported by a couple who helped them tend their beloved garden 4 hours a week during a period of illness. Eventually they built up such a strong friendship that they moved in next door to be closer to each other and near the garden they had worked in and grown to love.

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Katheryn Trenshaw also lived on Broomborough Drive and hosted community events and skillshare workshops in her garden - including a project learning how to build with tyres and earth - bringing people of all ages in the community together.

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To this day an incredible sense of community remains - during the pandemic a young girl anonymously made posies for her neighbours to cheer them up and the street has a resilience supported by all the friendships and connections that the neighbours made during Transition Streets.

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