Two coffee mornings and a Jumble Sale................. all on the same day ........all before lunch .................I really know how to live the high life!!
I walked to the first coffee morning in the (very small) Old Schoolroom, it should have been in the URC church but they've got ceiling issues - which will be a problem for all the organisations that use it. I've mentioned before that we don't have a proper village hall and the community centre large hall, which is part of the primary school, so not available most of the time, is too expensive to hire for many groups.
It was so crowded I didn't stay longer than the time it took to have some tombola tickets - won nothing - and buy a small pack of chocolate brownies.
This was a fundraiser for the village Over 60's Meal in March, which I've never been to - might get there this year although it's a cooked meal in the late evening which I'm not keen on. There's entertainment too so it's several hours on a hard chair - not good for my back at all.
The second coffee morning was the regular monthly one in the next village - where BiL lives, he'd said he was going so I went over to treat him to a coffee........ hope he'll cut the grass for me with his motor mower sometime so have to treat him when I can!
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| Full house for coffee |
Then it was drive on through two villages to the Jumble Sale, which was being held in a tiny village hall, with an equally tiny car park. Last time I went to a jumble sale here (blimey it was 4 years ago!) it was chaos on the roads around, not so bad this year but there was a good queue to get in, and it was a case of squeezing through the crowds to get to the tables and jumping into a space when someone moved.
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| A good queue waiting to get into very small village hall |
I spent £2.50 on these things - an advent calendar, two small lock and lock plastic boxes, a puzzle-a-day pad, Kristin Hannah book that I've not read for my shelves and one of those chocolate 'bomb' things that makes a hot chocolate drink. I've bought these a few times for presents but rarely for myself.
On reflection I think the puzzle-a-day thing will be given as a gift - I didn't get far with the colouring-a-day book - gave up on about the 5th - I'd rather be reading. I'm already attempting 4 puzzles a day on the NYT Wordle website and have a Puzzler book on the go, that'll do.
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Sue
I haven't been to a jumble sale in years either, they used to be such a regular event when I was young. I guess car boot sales are the newer equivalent.
ReplyDelete5 years ago, the ceiling, and floor in the church hall were replaced. We will be having a new roof on the chapel this summer, and as it's a listed building it has to be done properly. The building is in constant use during term time. Fortunately we have a very committed group of generous members. It's particularly hard for some village churches who do not have the resources needed for the upkeep of their premises.
ReplyDeleteIt's going to be a huge problem for the village if the URC is out of action for a while - hope it's nothing serious
DeleteSounds like the over 60s meal isn’t for you! I used to hate having to deal with the leftovers at jumble sales, but if they are having them monthly then I guess the leftovers 'seed' the next one.
ReplyDeleteI think the jumble sale is an annual event, it's the coffee mornings in the next village that are monthly
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