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We had 17 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone. Lisa then showed a 1954 short old film about Shipman’s paste. It was interesting to see how it was made at those times and this also got conversations going. James Le Bec then joined us and today he had a different style quiz. He started with singing…

We had 20 members this afternoon. Our new adapted afternoon sessions are going really well with more chatting and reminiscing. Lisa welcomed everyone and then showed a short YouTube video about ‘Going on holiday in the UK in 1964. It was interesting to see the different make of cars during that time and also the…

Lisa welcomed everyone and members were also pleased to see Lisa after being away for a couple of the sessions last week for work reasons. Lisa provided some updates and also showed members some photos and a short video of her installation to Junior Warden of the Guild of Freeman of the City of London…

Lisa did not run the session today as she had a work meeting, Kevin was able to run the session which everyone enjoyed.  Everyone had a good chat and one of the members unfortunately told us about his wife being mugged at the ATM in Brent Street. She is OK and not hurt but shocked.…

We had 16 members today. In the chat time today, there was a lot of talk about football and everyone was happy England won. Lisa then started the Karaoke at 2.30pm which everyone enjoyed and then James Le Bec and Joy joined us to start the music entertainment. James sang 2 songs before the quiz…

We had 23 members this afternoon. The chat time started at 2pm with various chats including a chat about a new film in the cinemas called The Father starring Anthony Hopkins. It was also suggested that perhaps we could invite Sir Anthony Hopkins to one of our carers group meetings. It was then time for…

We had 17 members today. The longest day and suppose to be Summer but the constant rain and cooler weather is depressing. Stephen however one of the carers cheered everyone up telling us about his holiday in the Lake District with his wife Brenda and together with Fulvia and her husband. We had no Katie…

We had 15 members this afternoon. This was the hottest day and most probably people were making the most of the day being out. It was good to see our volunteer Melvyn and also Andrew Mills. Everyone had a lovely chat before the Karaoke and then James Le Bec and Joy joined us for the…

We had 17 members this afternoon. Members enjoyed their chat at the start and Kevin one of the carers announced that it was his 18 years wedding anniversary with Olivia. Everyone wished him a Happy Anniversary. The Karaoke then followed which everyone enjoyed singing along and then Ian James followed with his music entertainment. The…

We had 16 members. Sessions as from today are starting 2pm with chat time and then 2.30pm with Karaoke and then continuing with music entertainment. Members were happy with this change. At today’s chat session there was a lot of talk about flowers and members being busy in the garden during these very hot days.…