Christmas Market update and quiz
Christmas Craft Market It was good to see so many people from the village supporting this event. Once again Kathy Wilkinson had managed to book a wide variety of good quality stalls. Father Christmas was in good form and it was a joy to watch the children’s faces as they left his grotto! A big thank you to everyone who gave their time, produced and donated food or gave raffle and tombola items. Good team effort! The profit from this event was £2,129. Thank you!
Christmas Quiz There were 4 people who had the same number of marks for the quiz, therefore following the published rules a draw was made and the outright winner was Jackie Munson. Thank you to everyone who bought a quiz sheet and Fontaine for selling them .The quiz raised a magnificent £153 profit!
Answers
1. 1843
2. Chestnuts
3. Cromwell (Puritans)
4. The Grinch
5. William the Conqueror
6. Marzipan
7. Myrrh
8. Jacob Marley
9. Silent Night
10. Mulled wine/punch/wassail
11. White Christmas (I'm dreaming of a)
12. 364
13. Tiny Tim
14. 1864
15. King George 5th
16. Norway
17. Goose
18. Charlie Chaplin
19. Scrooge
20. Tom Smith
21. Mistletoe
22. King Stephen I
23. Egypt
24. We wish you a Merry Christmas
25. The Stone of Scone
26. Jingle Bells
27. Mexico
28. Magic Beans
29. Merry Christmas Everybody (Slade)
30. Germany
31. Advent
32. Leonard Bernstein
33. 3 Dasher Dancer Donner
34. Gabriel
35. 19th
36. EastEnders
37. Cranberry sauce
38. Invisibility cloak
39. Jingle Bells
40. Father Christmas
41. Rocking
42. Pigs in blankets
43. God rest ye Merry Gentlemen
44. 1966
45. Indian
46. Spider webs
47. Underneath the mistletoe
48. Cinderella
49. Band Aid
50. Friday
Garden Open Day Results
The Gardens Open Day was once again very successful, not only monetarily but by bringing a good feel factor to the village. There were well over 250 visitors to the event. I am so pleased that many of you have told me you had a great day. The total raised after expenses is £1,923. This is a new record (Just!) For photos see gallery
A big thank you to the garden owners who worked through “difficult” weather conditions to prepare their gardens for June 30th. As usual this event was very much a team effort and thanks must also go to those on the rosters, and the various stalls. A great deal of hard work went into preparing food, cakes and organising plants so again, thank you.
Christine has asked me to tell you that the price of the left over cakes was covered by a donation and they will be used at the Church Tea Party and also the Tendring Show Church tent. Nothing went to waste.
The money raised will eventually be used by the PCC for the work needed on the tower rainwater drainage. See project tab for details.
Bob Coe
It is with great sadness that the Trustees have to report the death of our secretary Bob Coe. Bob died on the 9th of May, following a very recent diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.
Bob helped to set up the Friends as an independent charity in 2010. He was a very special person with a great sense of humour. He gave so much without ever seeking recognition .He was incredibly efficient and well organised and very fond of a good list. His minutes of our meetings kept us all on our toes! Bob was the driving force behind the three history books published by the Friends. He also gave time to serve on the PCC fabric committee helping to push ahead various building projects. He could also be relied on to turn up with a bottle of his favourite red wine to share at trustees meetings. He will be enormously missed and will leave a big hole for others to fill.
There will be a Service of Thanksgiving for Bob at 12 noon on Friday 31st of May in St Lawrence Church Bradfield, followed by refreshments in the church room. Family flowers only but donations are invited in aid of Acorn Village either via Paskells of Manningtree or in the church on the day.