Several months ago, we had agreed with 42 Engineer Regiment that they could use our Town Hall facilities to organise a BIG BREW in aid of SSAFA the services charity. And so on the morning of Friday 5 October, Edwina Cooper and I arrived at the Town Hall to find that the Engineers had already erected an awning outside together with trestle tables, balloons etc and were ready to receive customers. I breathed a sigh of relief when I discovered they had also set up in the Council Chamber. Despite the fact that it was a Friday not a Saturday, a traditional day for coffee mornings, there was a stream of customers.
The Royal Engineers chefs had prepared a splendid array of mouth watering cakes and buns and this in itself encouraged many of the customers to stay longer than usual. I was very pleased to be able to talk to many of the service families who had come in to support the coffee morning. Many of their husbands were either in Iraq or had returned home and it brought to mind how difficult and dangerous life must be for them.
The coffee morning was a great success and I believe they made over £300 that morning. Well done the Royal Engineers.
The Royal Engineers chefs had prepared a splendid array of mouth watering cakes and buns and this in itself encouraged many of the customers to stay longer than usual. I was very pleased to be able to talk to many of the service families who had come in to support the coffee morning. Many of their husbands were either in Iraq or had returned home and it brought to mind how difficult and dangerous life must be for them.
The coffee morning was a great success and I believe they made over £300 that morning. Well done the Royal Engineers.
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