I have to admit that I am not an expert on judging Easter Bonnets and so when I went to Cypress House and Mulberry Court to do just that I was somewhat apprehensive. To add to my concern, Edwina Cooper the Mayoress could not be with me as she had to go to see her son in Cornwall so I could not lean on her either.
When I arrived at Cypress Court, with my attendant Carol Currie, the lounge area was crowded out with ladies with their Easter Bonnets either holding them or wearing them. It was a very colourful scene and I had to look twice as I noted that two men were also wearing Easter Hats of sorts!
Most of them were residents of either Cypress House or the adjoining Mulberry Court or were guests from other sheltered accommodation in the area. Having met the staff running the complex, I told them I would go to every person and mark each bonnet on three criteria; style, creativity and impact and each of the criteria would be marked out of 10 points. On going around the lounge, I heard that many of the ladies had been spending days on making and designing their own hats and I have to admit they were all very creative, colourful and attractive and I have no doubt Edwina Cooper would have been green with envy if she had been there. Nevertheless, I noted down the name of each person wearing their hats and marked each in the three categories but deliberately did not add the scores up then but left it until I had completed the judging. When I finished, I added up all the scores; most had scored between 12 and 15 and there were four who had scored 18 but there was only one who scored 19 and she was the winner. When I announced the method of scoring and the winner, there was applause as the winner received her prize.
Afterwards, there was tea and sandwiches and I was able to meet many of the residents before I had to go. It was a pleasant afternoon and everyone seemed to enjoy it which is what it all about.
When I arrived at Cypress Court, with my attendant Carol Currie, the lounge area was crowded out with ladies with their Easter Bonnets either holding them or wearing them. It was a very colourful scene and I had to look twice as I noted that two men were also wearing Easter Hats of sorts!
Most of them were residents of either Cypress House or the adjoining Mulberry Court or were guests from other sheltered accommodation in the area. Having met the staff running the complex, I told them I would go to every person and mark each bonnet on three criteria; style, creativity and impact and each of the criteria would be marked out of 10 points. On going around the lounge, I heard that many of the ladies had been spending days on making and designing their own hats and I have to admit they were all very creative, colourful and attractive and I have no doubt Edwina Cooper would have been green with envy if she had been there. Nevertheless, I noted down the name of each person wearing their hats and marked each in the three categories but deliberately did not add the scores up then but left it until I had completed the judging. When I finished, I added up all the scores; most had scored between 12 and 15 and there were four who had scored 18 but there was only one who scored 19 and she was the winner. When I announced the method of scoring and the winner, there was applause as the winner received her prize.
Afterwards, there was tea and sandwiches and I was able to meet many of the residents before I had to go. It was a pleasant afternoon and everyone seemed to enjoy it which is what it all about.
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