January 2017

During January we enjoyed a few celebrations:

Burns Night, where we had haggis and neeps.

Chinese New Year, where we tasted Spring Rolls, Sweet 'n' Sour chicken, Szechuan Chicken, noodles and prawn crackers.  Our dining room was decorated with chinese lanterns, dancing dragons and glittery table decorations.

We also celebrated a residents 90th Birthday with tasty cakes, music and dance.

Music for Health visited us for the second time.  See our Video in our new video section.  

Events coming up

Valentines Day - music by Guitarist 'Santorini'.

Vera Lynn Day - Mel is organising a special Vera Lynn quiz and music compilation.

December 2016

December certainly was a busy month for us at Fairby. 

We were lucky to be invited again to a Christmas party held by the RAF Cadets in Dartford, where we were served sandwiches, cakes and coffee.  There was plenty of dancing and singing too and at the end of the day, we sang Christmas Carols, then handed a present, which was a lovely surprise.

Our Christmas party went really well - we were entertained by the production company, 'Tickled Pink', who sang and danced for us, whilst we ate mince pies and drank mulled wine. Residents and their relatives thoroughly enjoyed the evening.

Next was a special party for one of our residents, who turned 95.  A regular singer; Jason put on a lovely show for us and we all ate birthday cake and other party foods.

Christmas Day had such a warm and lovely atmosphere and it was pleasure to see a few relatives join us for Christmas Day Lunch too.

We are looking forward to 2017 which I'm sure will be full of events and other exciting things to do.

November 2016

Christmas is nearly upon us and we are busy making Christmas decorations for the Home.  Mel and other members of staff spent an afternoon putting up the Christmas decorations whilst listening to Christmas music and munching on Mince pies.  Fairby is looking very festive indeed!!

During November we visited Polhill Garden Centre, where we had a good look round, purchased some Christmas cards and had a bite to eat.

We also had 'Music for Health' visit us, where we all exercised to music and had a great time. 

Our Christmas party is being held on Tuesday 13th December. We will be entertained by a production company, 'Tickled Pink' who will be putting on a festive show for us.  We will also be nibbling on buffet food and a cheeky sherry (or two).