Winter 2010 - Ascott-under-Wychwood

THE WYCHWOODS DAY CENTRE
The Wychwoods Day Centre annual
Christmas Party was held on Thursday
the 17th December in the Beaconsfield
Hall and - as I say every year - was
probably the best one yet!! Thanks to
our wonderful band of
volunteers we now have
the organisation of the
"Day" resembling something
of a military operation,
from thinking about
and creating the stockings
through to providing a
full turkey dinner and all
the trimmings for 50-plus members,
volunteers and
guests. We started
with coffee and biscuits
on arrival at
10am and the usual
games of
scrabble/dominoes/ru
mmicub before
guests arrived to join
in our Carol Service led by Rev. Wendy
Callan. Sherry and mince pies
swiftly followed whilst the kitchen
was a hive of activity in preparation for
the main culinary event with 3 large
Hartley's turkeys under the carving
knife! As ever the meal was delicious
and was finished off by Christmas pud,
trifle, pavlova, teas and coffees. You
may reasonably think that by now it
was time for a snooze - but oh no! -
there was more to come and there was
no escape until we'd been festively
entertained by Mark Jessey and Richard
Sandate on guitars and
"Doolallybird" or rather Mandyrae
Large in one of her wonderful handmade
costumes. Before their carriages
arrived to take
them home the
members were duly
presented with
their Christmas
Stockings by two
extra special guests
in the guise of Rudolph
and a very
tall giraffe - aka James Walmsley and
Tom Gidman!
All in all we had a
wonderful day and I can
only reiterate my
thanks and appreciation
to all those in this great
and caring community
who gave so much of
their time and energy
towards making it the success it was
and also for all their support during the
year! Thank you also to all the mem-
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