friend to friend newsletter november to december 2012

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Advent from theLatin word adventusmeaning "coming",is a season ob-

served in manyWestern Christianchurches, a time ofexpectant waitingand preparation forthe celebration ofthe Nativity of Jesus

at Christmas.An Advent calen-

dar is a special cal-endar which is usedto count or cele-brate the days ofAdvent in anticipa-tion ofChristmas.Some calendars arestrictly religious,whereas others aresecular in content.Despite the name,

most commercially

available Adventcalendars begin onDecember 1, re-gardless of when

Advent begins,which can be asearly as November27 and as late asDecember 3. Manytake the form of alarge rectangularcard with "windows"of which there areoften 24; one foreach day of Decem-

ber leading up toChristmas Day. Oneis opened every dayduring Advent. Inmany of these cal-endars, each win-dow opens to revealan image, a poem,or a portion of astory such as the

story of the Nativityof Jesus. More elab-orate Advent calen-dars have a smallgift concealed ineach window, suchas a toy or a choco-late item.

The origins of theAdvent calendar

come from German

Lutherans who, atleast as early as thebeginning of the19th century wouldcount down the first

24 days of Decem-

ber physically. Of-ten this meant

simply drawing a

chalk line on the

door each day, be-

ginning on Decem-

ber 1. Some fami-

lies had more elab-

orate means of

marking the days,such as lighting a

new candle or hang-

ing a little religious

picture on the wall

each day.

Origin of the Advent Calendars

Advent and the Ad-

vent Calendar

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Christmas card

competition entries

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Christmas card

winning entry

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Marsden Group 4

Charity Auction and a

thank you

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Holmfirth Project 6

A Big Thank You

Holmfirth Charity

Market

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Meltham Group

Examiner Wish List

Free Bus Boxing Day

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Fair Trade Enterprise

Netherton Group

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Answers to last

months quiz

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Christmas Quiz 11

Merry Christmas mes-

sage / Useful phone

numbers

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Inside this issue:

FRIEND TO FRIEND

NOVEMBERDECEMBER

2012 NEWSLETTER
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Christmas Card Competition!

Many thanks to all of you who sent in entries for our Christmas card

competition. We were most impressed by your talent! Here are a

few copies of the ones we received.


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The winning entry was chosen by a company in Bridge MillsSpirula

research company specialising in services to the public sector. This is

run by our newly elected trustee Anthony Phillips (Spike) and his

partner Ruth Southon. They very kindly offered to help us by print-

ing the cards for us. This

was an incredibly gener-

ous gesture and we are

most grateful to them

for their help. They were

unanimous in their choiceof card as it promoted

the Friend to Friend

group in a very visual way.

This is a copy of the win-

ning entry. It was sent in

by Christine Ward fromMeltham. Well done

Christine! It was lovely

how you used the Friend

to Friend logo in your de-

sign.. Your prize will be

with you shortly!

Congratulations

Christine for the

winning entry!


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Marsden Friend to FriendWe have been very busy planning for Christmas here in Marsden. We had a session in which

we made Christmas cards. Each member made two cards and every one of the cards was

unique in design. The finished cars looked very nice indeed and all the members were very

pleased with their cards.

Grace and Marie proudly displaying their Christmas cards

Audrey and Doris Alwyn and Ann

We have also been busy planning our forthcoming Bring and Buy Sale and Coffee Morning. It

will take place on Thursday 22nd November. We hope that this fund raising event will attract a

lot of customers looking for bargains. Everyone is going to do their bit and we will be busy

taking turns serving on our Bring and Buy stall and also serving tea and coffee. It should be a

busy and fun morning.

We have also decided to go to the Railway in Marsden for our Christmas Lunch. There are at

least 15 of us going on Thursday the 13th of December, so we are all looking forward to a fun

afternoon with lots of festive food.

Cynthia Phillips


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Charity AuctionOn Wednesday the 21st November, the fund raising commit-

tee led by Gill Evans held a very successful charity auction at

Brambles in Holmfirth. Many thanks to Gill for organising the

event and also to the committee for their invaluable help.

Many prizes were donated by local businesses and of course

we could not have done without all those who bid on the day.

An amazing total of 2458 was raised! Thank you once

again.

Huddersfield

Examiner

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Dorethea Tarbatt and Mary Fisher

Friend to Friend would like to give a big Thank You to Dorethea Tarbut

of the Denby Dale group as she has provided us we so many craft items

over the years to sell at our fundraising events. For our last Holmfirth

Charity Market, Dorothea made us a good number of lavender bags

which all sold on the day. We would also like to thank Mary Fisher who

provides Dorothea with the lavender. Mary grows,

harvests and dries the lavender in her own garden.

So well done to both ladies and thank you.


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cup of tea and a cake with

time afterwards for some

shopping. Thank

you to Shirley for

organizing this

once again.

On Thursday November

15th, the Honley ladies

had a trip out to a favour-

ite spotthe Garden

Centre at Shelley. It was a

lovely day and we ar-

rived at about 2.00 pm in

time for a much needed

Honley Group

Holmfirth ProjectAudrey Howard picture Hinchlie Mill

Sent in by Shirley Simmonds


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Holmfirth Charity

Market 28th of October

We would like to ThankGill and Richard Evans,

Janet Potter, Shirley Sim-

mons and Shirley Board-

man for taking turns in

standing on the stall to sell

our wide range of hand-

made goods, baked

goods and plants. Our

best sellers on the day

had to be our range of

delicious cakes and

fudges and we would

like to thank our bakers,Linda Dunbar, Winnie

Turner and Janet Potter

for their hard work. Fi-

nally a thank you to our

dish cloth knitter, Christine Hoyle fromthe Netherton group and Judith Ellis for

her home grown plants. We also dis-

played and sold for the first time a selec-

tion of Fair trade products, tea, coffee

and chocolate. So a very enjoyable and

successful day, raising 150.00.


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An extra treat for members

this November. A trip toWetherby Whaler Wakeeld

for a sh and chips

lunch. On a bright sunny,but chilly morning, we went

by coach to Wakeeld with

ne views on the way, espe-

cially overlooking the

Holmrth Valley. On arrivalwe were treated to a three

course lunch, followed by

our monthly rae, ably

overseen by Arnold

Lodge. Following which wereturned home well sas-

ed with our meal.Many thanks to our volun-

teer helpers who ensured

the trip was a success. Spe-cial thanks to Neil and Pat

Craven who were instru-

mental in ensuring that

those members who need-

ed transport to the coach

stop in Meltham and home

aerwards.A reminder to all members,

that the December meal is

the Christmas meal at

Durker Roods Hotel inMeltham.

MELTHAM FRIEND TO FRIEND NOVEMBER MEAL

Examiner Wish List TokensMany, many thanks to all those who collected and

sent in the tokens from the Hudderseld Examin-

er. We are now busy cung them out and scking

them into the ocial booklets to present our

claim. Lets keep our ngers crossed for a success-

ful outcome. We will let you know in Januaryaer the count!

Free Christmas Bus on Boxing Day

Starting at Scholes Boot and Shoe, stopping at Holmfirth, Brock-

holes, Honley Bridge, Berry Brow, Lockwood, Huddersfield

Kingsgate and Huddersfield Westgate then on

to HRI at Lindley.

First bus sets off from Scholes at 09.23

last bus back From HRI 16.50.

For full timetable check on the Metro West Yorkshire website, on

local Stotts buses or Tourist Information Centre


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Our Own Fair Trade Enterprise

You may remember from the October newsletter that I wrote about working with a charity called

Not Just a Trading Company, to set up our own mini enterprise selling Fair Trade products.

Since then we have now successfully launched these products at the Holmfirth Charity Market.

By selling these products, the profit made will go towards raising funds for Friend to Friend.

These products are now available for purchase from the office and these are;

Roast and Ground Coffee 227g at 3.95

Long Grain Rice 1kg at 2.45

Bar of chocolate- 45g 85p

160 teabags at 3.70

Instant Coffee 100g at 2.95

We also have catering sizes which may be useful to buy for your group meetings and the prices

are,

1100 teabags 21.50 or 550 teabags 12.75 /Coffee 500g tin 13.50

If you would like more information about these products then please call me at the office on

687773. Jane Burlingham

Netherton North Light Gallery

In this session we had a guest Sheila Armitage who came along to teach us how to make sugar

craft Christmas decorations. We started with a walnut whip each, took off the walnut and re-

placed it with a malteser. Then coated and decorated it in sugar icing. Everyone really enjoyed

this session and there was much laughter as we tried to assemble all the parts.

In this session we had a guest speaker who came along to talk to us about her years spent living

and working in China. She lived in some of the more remote places and told us many fascinating

stories about Chinas customs and food with photos to look at.


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Answers to last months quiz:

Its a long way to Tipperary, its a long way to go

Pack up your troubles in your old kitbag

Keep the homes fires burning, whilst your hearts are yearningIt wont be a stylish marriage cant afford a carriage

Therell be bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover

But I know well meet again some sunny day

Hell get by without his rabbit pie so run rabbit, run rabbit, Run! Run!

Run!

Its a lovely day tomorrow / tomorrow is a lovely day

Grab your coat and get your hat, leave your worries on the doorstep

Were going to hang out the washing on the Siegfried line

Thanks for the memory

Bless em all, bless em all, the long and the short and the tall

Look for the silver lining, whenever skies are grey

This month, we did have an entry from Peter Priestley of the mens group. Well

done Peter, you got most of them right . However, you need to listen to Vera Lynn

again singing Well meet again and Flanagan and Allens Rabbit Pie song!


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1. What date is St Stephen's Day?2. In Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol, who was

Scrooge's dead business partner?

3. The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?4. London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which coun-

try?

5. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, '...my true love brought to me nine...'what?

6. Name the original eight reindeer from the 'Twas the night Before Christmas' po-em.

7. Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power,when we were gone astray..'?

8. The character Jack Skellington appears in which 1993 Tim Burton film?9. What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?10.In the inspirational 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, what's the name of George

Bailey's guardian angel?

11.What are the names of the three wise men said to have brought gifts to the baby

Jesus?

12.What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?

13.What Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake special-

ist Tom Smith in 1847?

14.In what year was Band-Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas the UK Christmas

chart-topping record?

15.Which country did St Nicholas come from?

16.Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas?

17.From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?

18.Who wrote Auld Lange Syne?

19.How many points does a snowflake have?

20.What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?

Christmas Quiz!


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As this is our last newsletter be-

fore Christmas, we would like to

wish all our readers a very HAPPY

CHRISTMAS and our very bestwishes for a wonderful 2013.

Emergency Numbers during Christmas:

For less urgent crime to the Police call 101

(Use 999 where there is danger to life and for medical emergencies

only)

National Gas Emergency: 0800 111 999

Npower: 0845 375 675

Huddersfield Royal Infirmary: 01484 342000

Yorkshire Water: 0800 57 35 53

Huddersfield Police Station:

01484 43 66 59

Social Care ServicesEmergency Team 01484 414933

Friend to Friend Contact Details

Tel: 01484 687773www.friendtofriend.org.uk

Email: [email protected]

Registered Charity Number 1092163

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