The Torch Club invited us to their Easter party at Fairclose on 18 March so Edwina Cooper the Mayoress and I drove down with Carol Currie, the Mayor’s attendant to the day centre. This was our second visit to the Torch Club and it was good to meet some of the members we had met before.
The origin of the club was to entertain those people who had been patients at Fairmile Hospital but the membership had become broader than that. Some of the members were residents of Fairclose and other associated clubs.
The committee had organised some entertainment which was the Good Companions. This is a singing group which regularly entertain the elderly and other volunteer groups and clubs in Newbury. There are 3 men and 5 or more women in the group and they sing songs from the shows, wartime ballads and at times more up to date songs. They dress according to the type of songs they intend to sing and at this party, they had a number of Latin American and Spanish songs so they were in colourful Spanish dress.
All the members thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment and they commented so to us. The afternoon concluded with tea and a buffet and a raffle. The party was another example of how caring people are in Newbury who give up their time to entertain the not so well off either physically or financially. My thanks go the organisers who made such a happy evening for those attending, and to the drivers of the charity buses which took them there and back home.
The origin of the club was to entertain those people who had been patients at Fairmile Hospital but the membership had become broader than that. Some of the members were residents of Fairclose and other associated clubs.
The committee had organised some entertainment which was the Good Companions. This is a singing group which regularly entertain the elderly and other volunteer groups and clubs in Newbury. There are 3 men and 5 or more women in the group and they sing songs from the shows, wartime ballads and at times more up to date songs. They dress according to the type of songs they intend to sing and at this party, they had a number of Latin American and Spanish songs so they were in colourful Spanish dress.
All the members thoroughly enjoyed the entertainment and they commented so to us. The afternoon concluded with tea and a buffet and a raffle. The party was another example of how caring people are in Newbury who give up their time to entertain the not so well off either physically or financially. My thanks go the organisers who made such a happy evening for those attending, and to the drivers of the charity buses which took them there and back home.
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