As a result
of some temporary re-organisation, we’ve had two consecutive ‘Memory Cafe
Extra’ meetings during the last four weeks. This has worked well, as we’ve been
looking back at past decades through the use of old film footage and
advertisements: the 1950s first, followed two weeks later by the ‘Swinging 60s’.
We were fascinated by the way major news events were presented and amused by
predictions of how technologies would develop by the 21st century!
It’s a good
job we all listened carefully, as this was followed on by a quiz with multi-choice
answers which was quite testing for
everyone! Never mind – a cup of tea and
a slice of cake soon revived us and a chance to relax and have a chat brought
us all back to the present.
During our
1950s cafe we had artefacts and books to bring back memories and in our 1960s
cafe we spent a pleasant and amusing half hour playing a game of ‘Bird Bingo’
to round off the afternoon – a great way to identify and learn the names of
some unfamiliar birds, as well as winning chocolates for a line or a ‘full
house’, or should that be nest!
All in all
two very pleasant and entertaining afternoons and our ‘Memory Cafe Extra’
numbers are growing with every meeting.
