friend to friend newsletter september 2012

7/29/2019 Friend to Friend Newsletter September 2012

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YOUR NAME

YOUR ADDRESS

YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER

ANY OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION

If the design was created by a grandchild or

relative, please make sure we have that in-

formation as well.

All entries must be sent to the Friend to

Friend office at this address:

Friend to Friend

Unit 8 Bridge Mills

Huddersfield Road

Holmfirth

HD9 3TW

PLEASE INDICATE IFYOU WOULD LIKE

YOUR DESIGN TO BE

RETURNED TO YOU.

This year, we would

like to print our own

Friend to Friend

Christmas Cards tosell. We are therefore

inviting Friend to

Friend members

along with family

members and volun-

teers to send in a de-

sign which you think

we could use for our

cards. This can be a

drawing, a photo-

graph, a piece of art-

work or needlecraft

but it must be possi-

ble to scan the item

for publication.

Please keep your en-

try small (8 x 6 forexample). For anyone

who feels they have

no artistic talent,maybe you could

send a short Christ-

mas message or po-

em for the inside of

the cards.

We must receive any

entries by the end of

October please togive us enough time

to get the cards print-

ed.

There will be prizes

for the entries chosen

for publication so,

come on everybody,

get your family andfriends involved to

help us produce our

first ever Christmas

cards!

For each entry,

whether it is a design

or a message, please

supply all the follow-ing information:

WANTED URGENTLY!

COMPETITIONAPPEAL 1

HEPWORTH VOLUN-

TEERS / HONLEYGROUP

2

MELTHAMGROUP 3

WETHERBYWHALER

TRIP/DENBYDALE

GROUP

4

WETHERBYWHALER

TRIPAPPLICATIONFORM

5

SEPTEMBERPROJECT/

NETHERTONGROUP

6

FUNDRAISINGEVENTS

PROMISESAUCTION

7

WISH 2012 HUDDERS-

FIELD EXAMINER

8

ANSWERSTOLAST

MONTHSQUIZ

9

TVQUIZ 10

INSIDETHISISSUE:

Fr iend to F r iend


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then had a competition. Our

geriatricolympics as I called

them! The Olympic memory defi-

nitely lives on if the spirit of com-

petition here was anything to go

by. We had two teams of 6the

Bright and Breezies against the

Lack-a-Daisies. Over the course

of three rounds, the Bright and

Breezies lived up to their name by

achieving a whopping score of

124 and so gained the gold medal.

The Lack-a-Daisies could not

match them Im afraid but did

come a very respectable second!!

No losers here. The overall high-

est score was achieved by LizRoberts who managed to knock

down 26 out of 30 skittles in total.

We started this

months meeting by

testing our memories

about names of cars.

Yes, cars! We had a

brain teaser quiz which

Shirley brought along

and it certainly got us

thinking. The ladies

did extremely well and

managed very respect-

able scores in the 20s

from only 25 questions.

Well done everybody.

Shirley had brought

along the skittles so we

Modestly, she said she had had

more years to practise but really

she was just brilliant! Well done

Liz!

Shirley finished by reading us

some sayings by famous people.

These gave us a chuckle and some

made us think about the yearswhich have passed by.

Thank you to everyone for a lovely

afternoon.

Suzanne

Hepworth Volunteers

Upper Holme Valley


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September Lunch in Meltham

Once again we had a record number of members for lunch on Friday 7th Sept. Wehope our numbers may keep rising. The members enjoyed a lunch of Meat/PotatoPie with vegetables. Fresh Fruit Salad for dessert. The raffle was drawn whilst eve-

ryone enjoyed a tea or coffee.

The entertainment today was Batley Audio Visual Club presented by Steve.

Without leaving our seats Steve transported us to Thorpe Park Gardens, Kenya,Barbados, South Africa and last but not least Leeds Castle and Gardens with a slide

show and music.

In Thorpe Park Gardens we saw all the beautiful colours of autumn and the sun-shine filtering through the trees onto the lake. The music by Mozart was most en-

joyable.

The swaying palms on the streets of Kenya also the nut and fruit trees. The colour-ful clothes of the workers at a Creche for children.

Lively music being played as visitors arrive at The Royal Yacht Club in Barbados.

The National Park and Table Top Mountain in Cape Town. The beautiful colours of

the trees and plants.

All the members enjoyed listening to Chris De Burghs song Lady in Red.

The black and white swans gliding so serenely by on the lake at Leeds Castle andGardens. Views from inside the Castle should make an interesting place to visit.The manicured lawns with colourful flower borders. The Bird Garden and lots of

wild life. The slides showed children visiting. Tranquillity comes to my mind.

We listened to poems whilst music was played on an instrument of the time. Heard

about Shakespeare and his Lady.The audience showed their appreciation by their applause and we hope Steve will

visit us again next year.

A big THANK YOU to all the volunteers who did a great job preparing and servingthe lunch in my absence.

Jenny

Leeds Castle


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If anyone is interested, there will be a

trip to the Wetherby Whaler Fish and

Chip Restaurant in Wakefield on Fri-

day November 2nd. The Meltham

Group have sent details if any others

are interested in joining them. Places

may be limited so apply early if you

wish to go! Details are on the opposite

page. Please return your form to:

Friend to Friend

Unit 8 Bridge Mills

Huddersfield Road

Holmfirth

HD9 3TW

everything went down

hill. The staff was reduced

to 8, the oak trees were

commandeered to make new

ships. The oaks were re-

place by Pine trees. The

house began to fall apart

and was made into flats and

people were given permis-

sion to take any plants they

wanted.

The estate was then known

as The Brambles as it was

absolutely take over by

them. So it was The Lost

Gardens of Heligan for 70

years. In 1990 two men

started to try and find the

gardens again, but of course

came up with allsorts of

council opposition, but even-

tually were able to start on

their scheme. They looked

back at the 1777 plans to try

to find a way in through all

the brambles and eventually

found the paths that would

take them to the conservato-

ry and boiler house. They

actually found a pineapple house, which was heated by

horse muck. Prince Philip was given the second pineap-

ple to be grown there, as a peasant had to try the first

one!

When the gardens were first planted there were over

3000 types of Rhododendron, but unfortuanately now

there is a blight about which is affecting the bush-

es. There is a scheme to preserve the plants, but look

out for it if you have some R......s

Of course now it is a wonderful place to visit, with all

the necessary cafes etc. I went a good few years ago,

but this talk has certainly put it on my list of things to

do next year, to see what changes they have made.

Jean then tested our brains with a short but quite diffi-

cult general knowledge quiz. Marjorie Brown, Hazel

Locke, Gladys Kendal and Greta Hinchliffe came out

tops.

The raffle was won by Joyce Brooke, Gladys Kendal,

Freda Tinsley, Marjorie Brown, Mary Wadsworth and

Dorethea Tarbatt.

Julie Barber

This month Mr. Metcalf came

to tell us how the Gardens of

Heligan were lost and then

found again, and a great tale

it was too. The estate,

down in Cornwall belonged

to the Tremain family, but

unfortunately, over the years

the gardeners yearly record

books were lost in floods or

bombed. It is know that the

estate was self sufficient and

only bought in coal, but

grew everything else to

make charcoal, cider, ale

(two of the most importantthings) and had a brick-

works. It was not the Squire

but the head gardener who

ran the estate, but made

sure that the ladies were

looked after as they planted

a wide border of scented

flowers around the vegetable

plot, to keep the stink of the

horse manure from the la-

dies as they took their walksaround the estate.

After the First World WarHeligan


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Bus will leave from outside Meltham Library

at 10.30am promptly.

Includes - 3 course meal

Rae Prizes

Tips for Bus & Waitresses.

Cost - 9.15p

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21st SeptemberMembers watched a presentation of material from RobertOpie1950s Scrapbook. Members were quite surprised todiscover that many of the brands that still exist from thatdate tended to be sold with the old designs. After lunch NeillBeaumont entertained us with songs from the 50s. Manythanks to him.Jill continued to work on 50s fashion. the members contin-ued with their own designs. Some of them have considera-ble skill and progress is good. The groups worked in twohalves again, the other half studied lists of films of the 50s,

60s and 70s and talked about their favourite films from thoseeras. Two late husbands seemed to have been very keen onthe film Zulu.Shirley

This month we all got into a sticky mess having a go at making paper mache

bowls. We started by tearing up paper into strips, then these were pasted onto

throwaway plastic bowls and left to dry. At our next meeting the bowls were dry

and were ready to come away from the base. They took a little encouragement but

eventually they came out successfully. All that was needed then was a lick of paint,decoration and then finally a layer of varnish. This time we managed a couple of

coats of paint.

We finished our meeting with a picture quiz of 1960s, 70s British TV comedy

Jane


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Fundraising Events News

Our new Friend to friend Fundraising

Committee members are having a stall at

the Holmfirth Charity Market on the Sun-day the 28th of October, starting at 10am

until 4pm. They are hoping to raise money

from their stall by selling homemade craft

items, homemade cakes, biscuits, buns, home produce and plants. If you

would like to donate any such items then please let us or the volunteers

know.. So wrap up well and come along to grab yourself some bargains

for Christmas.

Charity Promises Auction

The Fundraising Committee members are also holding their very first

Charity Promises Auction on the 21st of November 2012 at Brambles in

Holmfirth, starting at 7pm. The Committee members have been working

very hard and already managed to get some very exciting bid items/prizes, such as a; tour of the Houses of Parliament, Spa treatments, A

golf package and more. Tickets will cost 5.00 and this includes a pie

and pea supper. If you would like a ticket then please let us know at the

Charity office or ring Gilly on 688248 and we will get them out to you.

So come along for some fun and have a go on bidding on what promises

to be some very exciting and original Christmas presents.


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Wish 2012Huddersfield Examiner

Great news! Friend to Friend has been shortlisted as one of the not-

for-profit groups on the Huddersfield Examiner Wish 2012 list.

Wish 2012 will share a total of 25,000

amongst the selected groups but we

need your help now.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Wish tokens will be printed in the

Huddersfield Examiner Newspaper

every day from Tuesday 2 October

2012to Saturday 17 November 2012.

All you have to do is CUT OUT THE

TOKENS and give the tokens to your

Friend to Friend group leaders who will have a Token Collection Book-

let to stick them in, or you can have your own collection sheet. Alterna-

tively you can post them to the Friend to Friend office or bring them in-

to the Friend to Friend office.

Please can you also ask all your family and friends to collect as well.

The more tokens we get the greater the share of the 25,000 money we

get!

The prize pot will then be allocated to groups in January 2013.

Thank you for your

help!Wish 2012


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Answers to last months quiz:

1. Youll wonder where the yellow went when you brush

your teeth with PEPSODENT

2. Go to work on an EGG

3. And all because the lady loves MILK TRAY

4. For mash get SMASH

5. Have a break, have a KITKAT

6. The milk chocolate that melts in your mouth not in your

HANDS

7. Polo, the mint with the HOLE

8. The sweet you can eat between MEALS (Milky Way)

9. Too good to HURRY mint. (Murray Mints)

10. Opal fruits, made to make your mouth WATER11. A finger of FUDGE is good enough to give your kids a

treat.

12. Cadburys Roses GROW on you.

13. Bounty, the taste of PARADISE

14. Happiness is a cigar called HAMLET

15. HEINEKIN refreshes the parts other beers cannot reach.


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HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR TV

PROGRAMMES?

The Phil Silvers Show, Keeping Up Appearances, Last Of The Summer Wine, To

The Manor Born, Coronation Street, The Avengers, To The Manor Born, StarTrek, One Foot In The Grave, Minder, Eastenders, Porridge, Hearbeat, Fawlty

Towers, Inspector Morse, Some Mothers Do Ave Em, Dads Army, Only Fools

and Horses, Till Death Us Do Part, Dallas.

Character Programme

Ken Barlow

Nora Battye

Sergeant Ernie Bilko

Hyacinth Bucket

Peggy Butcher

Clegg

Arthur Daley

Del Boy

J R Ewing

Compo

Fletcher

Audrey Forbes Hamilton

Alf Garnett

Captain Kirk

Detective Sergeant Lewis

Captain MainwaringManuel

Victor Meldrew

PC Nick Rowan

Seymour

Frank Spencer

Mr Spock

John SteedElsie Tanner

Annie Walker

I do not know who do-

nated this quiz but many

thanks if you recognise it

as yours!

friend to friend newsletter september 2012

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