Another
action-packed café took place on July 2nd, and with summer well and
truly upon us a theme of ‘Holidays and Outings’ was most appropriate!
Our
guests were greeted with a brain-teasing word search based on ‘Outings’ and an
A –Z suitcase packing quiz. We then
welcomed back our local celebrity speaker, David Eyles’ who engaged and amused
us in equal measure with an illustrated presentation entitled ‘Holidays – home
and abroad’. David began by entertaining us with memories from family holidays and some experiences from the ‘other side’ of the holiday fence, as hotelier at the Crantock Bay Hotel. We were then enthralled by a selection of photographs showing some of the wonderful holidays he and Brenda had taken over the years in such far-flung places as China, South America and the Galapagos Islands.
All too soon it was refreshment time, and there was an opportunity to peruse our holiday-based displays, which included photos, books and postcards, as well as a vintage picnic hamper, a much-travelled suitcase and a classic wooden surfboard and much more. There were also souvenirs and photos brought in by our guests which helped to bring back happy memories of holidays gone by. We even compiled a list of familiar comments made by adults and children travelling on a journey such as ‘Are we there yet?’ to ‘I feel sick!’
There
was a lot to look at and talk about, as well as the usual selection of
delicious cakes to sample. We were
delighted that David and Brenda were able to join us for tea, as were the group
of ladies who were to entertain us for the remainder of the afternoon.
As
cups and plates were cleared away we welcomed members of Newquay U3A’s ‘Singing
for Fun’ group who led us in a selection of well-known songs, giving us a
chance to accompany them with our percussion instruments – it certainly was
fun! We began with some appropriate
holiday themed tunes before moving on to familiar songs from the first and
second world wars. Although word sheets
had been handed around they really weren’t needed, giving everyone a chance to
provide a noisy but very enjoyable accompaniment.
As
usual the afternoon flew by and it was soon time to pull down the shutters on
the café for another week.
Many
thanks were given to all our visitors before everyone left for home with plenty
to think and talk about before our next café at Crantock Village Hall on Monday
16th July. New members who have a degree of memory loss are always
welcome, and should you require further information please contact Di on 01637
830544, David on 01637 830617 or visit our website at
crantockmemorycafe.org.uk.
