December 2015

Visitors to December’s Memory Cafe were greeted by a hall decked in red and green bunting and a display of Christmas books. A packed room was soon engaged in an equally full itinerary to welcome the festive season!
After the usual chat and a ‘cuppa’, local artist Elaine had everyone involved in making some Christmas decorations: a festive lantern with flickering candle (worked by battery – Health and Safety please note!), a simple but effective gift tag featuring ‘Rudolph’, and a charming Christmas tree decoration. The results were great and everyone felt very pleased with themselves.


Christmas picture puzzles were then poured over, whilst our wonderful catering team served up Christmas tea with home-made biscuits, decorated buns, mince pies and an iced Christmas cake, not forgetting the crackers, of course!
Meanwhile, Newquay’s talented team of hand-bell ringers ‘Keur Klegh Kernow’ were setting up to entertain us and we were soon singing along to familiar carols. The bells were delightful and really captured the spirit of the season. A few brave souls even took up the offer of ‘having a go’ – it’s not as simple as it looks!

Gifts and cards were distributed to everyone and thanks given to our gifted visitors before we all set off for home with the sound of bells ringing in our ears.

Our next Memory Cafe will be held in Crantock Village Hall on Monday 4th January from 2pm – 4pm. The cafe, which is run by volunteers, is free for all those concerned with memory loss along with their carers. For more information ring Di on 01637 830544 or Joan on 01637 831347.
Crantock Memory Cafe hopes that everyone in Crantock and the local area has a very happy Christmas and we would like to send our best wishes to all for 2016. 

We're nearing the end of our second year...

With only one more cafe to go before our second anniversary, it seems a good time to reflect on the ‘niche’ we have found in our local village communities. From the very start we have been well supported by individuals from Crantock, Cubert, Newlyn East and Newquay who have come along to share in our social afternoons, have cooked for or waited on us, entertained or advised in equal measure.
Outside of the cafe itself, other groups and organisations within our communities have included us in their thoughts and deeds: these include not only the ‘Bale Push’ perhaps our biggest local fund-raising event, but also Crantock WI and the ArtyCrafty Group which recently gave us a fantastic donation following its Christmas Craft Fayre.  For the second year running we were honoured to lay a wreath in the village on Remembrance Sunday, particularly poignant to the cafe as a number of our members and helpers have served in the Armed Forces.
We’re also grateful to our neighbouring Memory Cafes at St Columb Minor and Perranporth who have given us encouragement and advice.
Many thanks to all, and here’s to our third year!

November 2015 Extra

A good number of members old and new joined us at the Village Hall this month for a ‘cuppa’, a slice of cake and a fascinating look at ‘Old Time Music Halls’.  We watched some remarkably good-quality film from the early twentieth century of artists such as Marie Lloyd, Dan Leno and Wilson, Betty and Keppel, as well as some from later in the century who some of us could recall (but only just!): Gracie Fields, Max Wall, Arthur Askey .. just as entertaining today as they were fifty or sixty years ago!
Together with quizzes and puzzles, refreshments and chatter, and a game of ‘Musical Bingo’, the afternoon passed quickly as usual and left everyone looking forward to our final cafe for 2015 which will be on Monday 7th December from 2pm at Crantock Village Hall.
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