EILEEN IS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE THIRD AGE PROJECT Crypt Centre Munster Square West Euston London NW1 3PL Tel: 0207 383 4922 info@westeustontimebank.org.uk info@thirdageproject.org.uk Purple Poets The Purple Poets were funded until August 2010  by the West Euston Time Bank. Workshop Leader Kim Morrissey Member from 2007 Eileen Frances ........................................................................................................................ Eileen Frances Eileen is also a talented member of the TADs The Third Age Drama Group which is directed by Gary Kielty. Poetry-In-Progress: HOME CAMDEN HOME POSTCARD POEMS Eileen wrote and read her poem on the day at the Camden Town Hall Council Chambers during our  Purple Poets & Friends 2nd Annual Camden National Poetry Day OCTOBER 8, 2010 ELIZABETH GARRETT ANDERSON CAMDEN HERO POSTCARD POEMS EILEEN READ HER POEM TO THE MAYOR OF CAMDEN AT THE CAMDEN TOWN HALL CAMDEN NATIONAL POETRY DAY 2009 OCTOBER 8, 2009 STRAWBERRIES STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM ONE GETS OLD (All poems © Eileen Frances. All rights reserved). Eileen wrote and read her poem 'Home' at the Camden Town Hall Council Chambers October 8th 2010 Latest Poems POEM FOR ELIZABETH GARETT ANDERSON WHO AM I? by  Eileen Frances TADs (Third Age Project) 02.10.2009 ....................................... WHO AM I? I was refused. I was refused. I was refused. I was refused. And then I was the first woman to become a doctor in Britain. I was born on the 9th of June 1836. I qualified in 1865, attained my MD from Paris Five years later. I married James Anderson the next year. We had two children, Alan and Louisa And I carried on working. I opened the First Hospital for Women And a Medical School for Women I opened doors. There is a statue to me in a Camden Park But don't look for me there. Look across the Euston Road, up from the British Library And see My Hospital. Mine. The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital. I feel quite happy. STRAWBERRIES By Eileen Frances 31.05.2007 Strawberries are like a glimpse of summer. The colour and taste Makes me come alive. The thought of days by the river Fishing, time to watch nature In all its glory Then strawberries and cream for tea. first performed with the Purple Poets at the tenth anniversary Celebration of West Euston Third Age Project, The Crypt, Munster Square 2007 STRAWBERRIES AND CREAM By Eileen Frances 31.05.2007 Sitting in the garden Enjoying the sunshine Along comes Grandma With strawberries and Cream So succulent. Heaven. ONE GETS OLD By Eileen Frances 10.05.2007 One gets old At home very bored. Saw a friend, who told me About the wonderful project The Third Age. Now full of life. Poetry, Drama, Pottery, Jewellery My life now filled. Cannot view life without You, Dear Third Age. Made great friends. (Priceless.) First read with the Purple Poets at the Camden Green Fair in Regent's Park, June 3d 2007. First published in the T.A.P. Newsletter, June 2007. Written for the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the West Euston Third Age Project (T.A.P)  at The Crypt Centre, Munster Square, West Euston,  London on June 9th 2007 This is an educational site. © resides with the author. All rights reserved. This is an educational site. © resides with the author. All rights reserved. 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