Barbara Sanders and Chris Coates continue the story of Burnley-based People in Common. This episode covers the move from terraced houses to Altham Cornmill and the many creative ways in which this move was facilitated. A big thank you goes out to the dozens of volunteers who contributed their labour... and especially an informal organisation of the time that was called "Rapid Transformations". All RT needed was a bottle of whisky and a site for their sauna!

People in Common
https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/people-in-common

A Life in Common
https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/shop/a-life-in-common

Spaceheads:
https://spaceheads.co.uk/recordings/a-new-world-in-our-hearts/

As another 1970s commune heads for its fiftieth anniversary we interview Barbara Sanders - one of the founders - and Chris Coates who joined later but lived at People in Common for a couple of decades. In a surprising turn of events some cheap and cheerful terraced houses in Burnley became the test location for pioneering co-operative model rules that remain important to this day.

People in Common
https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/people-in-common

A Life in Common
https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/shop/a-life-in-common

Spaceheads:
https://spaceheads.co.uk/recordings/a-new-world-in-our-hearts/

Mary joined the Findhorn Community back in 1973 so she has a really good overview of all that's happened there in the intervening decades. It seems that recent events may be making the place far more "intentional" than it once was.

Findhorn
https://diggersanddreamers.org.uk/community/findhorn

New Findhorn Association
https://www.findhorn.cc

Findhorn Foundation Trust (SCIO)
https://www.findhorn.org/findhorn-foundation-trust