On Friday 23rd July, the last day but two for Sandwell Arts Festival, we were back in Queen’s Square with Busy Lizzie from Curious Cargo, a charming human sized puppet aged 293 (I think that’s how old she was,she was very ancient) whojourneys throughthe garden of life. Lizziewalked very slowlyround the square with a huge basket of flowers on her back, chatting to the shoppers old and young alike about life, flowers andwhat is real and what is not real and how heavy was her basket on her back and whether it would better to have a trolley.

‘Lift your gloom with a bloom, calm your hysteria with wisteria, snore no more with herbivore’ Lizzie was fond of saying as she handed out small packets of wild flower seeds and rose petal leaves to the very young and the very old.

It was a very pleasant way to spend an afternoon and Lizzie cheered up all she spoke with, and the shoppers in the Queens Square were very intrigued by the performance. Many people were taking her photo on their phones and wanted their photos taken with her, so if you were one of the shoppers who took a photo of Lizzie on Friday please send it to us and we will put it on our website or facebook page. Our email address is us@bctouring.co.uk