One thousand paper cranes have been lovingly folded by members and visitors to the Central Methodist Church in Preston.
Making a colourful impact flying up above customers in the Olive Grove Community Café, these origami birds are a talking point amongst the regulars drinking their morning coffee in the Lune Street café in the city centre.
Taking inspiration from Sadako Sasaki, a 12 year old Japanese girl who died from leukaemia following the Hiroshima bombing in World War II, the Preston origami folders wanted to create a visual prayer for peace that would be a talking point and a reminder of how we must strive to avoid the horrors of war.
The colourful cranes were folded over a period of 3 months and carefully strung up to create a cloud of colour and texture.
It was a great day back in November when the District Probationers’ Group and The President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, Revd Helen Cameron and Mrs Carolyn Godfrey, visited.
The Café is open Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays 10am to 1pm where you can see this feat of folding above you, whilst enjoying a welcome drink in the café.