Christmas 2019

Christmas was such a wonderful busy time for us all at Fairby. We were invited to our local luncheon club for a special Christmas lunch. We love going here once a month to meet up with our friends in the community to catch up on the goings on in Hartley.

Mel arranged for an Elvis singer to come and entertain us. He certainly did that!! We all joined in with the singing of his famous songs and never laughed so much watching Elvis dance to us all.

Christmas day was lovely, the sun was shining, the food was fantastic, great company and later in the afternoon we had a singer perform for us. A little song and dance helps the Christmas dinner goes down a treat.

What a lovely way to end the year and here’s to an exiting New Year.

November / December 2019

This year is passing us by so quickly. During November we made little Christmas Wreaths for our bedroom doors. We also popped out to the ‘White Swan’ in Ash for lunch. The meal was lovely and the atmosphere was just right. Another place we will certainly be visiting again in the New Year.

We couldn’t wait until December to start putting up our decorations. It took a whole day to decorate the Homes’ reception, lounge and dining room. We even roped in help from visiting relatives, which was a real help. We had Christmas music on and had a great laugh.

During December, we were lucky to be invited to Longfield Academy School again. The children entertained us and put on a great spread of Christmas food. We have also been invited to ‘Our Lady of Hartley’ Primary school in Hartley to watch their Christmas play. We are looking forward to seeing the children all dressed up for their special occasion.

We held our Christmas party on Saturday 7th December, where we had a singer entertain us, whilst eating lovely festive goodies and having a cheeky tipple or two. Our raffle of a Homemade Hamper, Homemade Fruit cake (thank you Mel) and a boozy hamper helped raise £399 for our Residents Fund. Many thanks to everyone who came to the party and to all the helpers that helped make the occasion such a lovely party for our residents and their families.

All that’s left to say for 2019 is - Everyone, Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. xx

October 2019

During October we had a lovely visit by the Riverside Rockers, who sang and entertained us for the morning.

We also started a ‘Fairby Shop’, where residents can purchase sweets, toiletries and other items.

We celebrated Halloween with a fancy afternoon tea, with Mels’ delightful cakes.

The nursery children came in to see us and played in the lounge with some residents. We look forward to our monthly visit from them.

Coming up in November:-

Clothes for you sale

Remembrance day - singing through the ages by Lauren.

Music for health, and our other usual monthly outings to Memory Cafe, Singing Club and the luncheon club in our local community.