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November/December 2022

Hi Everyone

Christmas is coming!!!. I hope we see you at some of the events we have planned. Please enjoy this newsletter and let me know if you would like to attend a session if it needs booking.

 

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The winners in the cash draw for September  were:

1st Prize              £100            Alice Langridge

2nd prize             £50              Maria Smith  

3rd Prize             £35              Julie Jente

4th Prize             £30              Maureen Ferguson

Octobers winners were:

1st Prize    £100    Elizabeth Redmond

2nd prize  £50      Sheila Speed

3rd prize    £40    Sarah Bax-Jeager

4th Prize     £30    Heather Clark

 

Thank you to all who are supporting Memory Lane and contributing to the services we run. If anyone is interested in joining the cash draw, please let me know. Its £10 a month and half of all raised goes into the monthly draw.  The rest supports our services. We are raising approx. £440 a month with £220 a month going directly to support our services. Welcome to Wendy and Eric Usher this month.

Good Luck.

 

Carol xx

 

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Deb Crook, Meg Lansom, Jan Pool, Lalida Richardson and Jane Farmer  all recently took part in a sponsored walk across the Downs. A massive £505 has been donated. Thank you to all those who donated and also to the “Girls” for all their efforts.

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Renaissance Carol Concert.

 Saturday 10th December held at Our Lady Of Ransom Church, Grange Rd, Eastbourne, BN21 4UE at 3pm.

Free to attend and refreshments provided.

Retiring collection will be donated to Memory Lane.

Please support if you can.

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Christmas Tree Festival at St Mary’s Church Westham. On 3rd December a group of us will be there. If you would like to come along, see the trees and enjoy tea, coffee, home made cake, please feel free to join us at 2.30pm.

 

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Christmas Party.

The Ukele Band will be entertaining us at our party this year. This will take place on 17th December 2pm at

St Lukes Church Hall, Rattle Rd, Stone Cross, BN24 5SL

Please book as we will need numbers for food etc.

Please note, no morning Meet and Greet that day x

 

Cinema at The Towner

The next Dementia Friendly Screening will be Mrs Harris goes to Paris at 2pm on 2nd November.  This is open to people with dementia, carers, family and friends. Please let me know if you would like to attend. If you book through the Towner the cost would be £5 per person, carers free. If you book through Memory Lane, people with dementia are free and everyone else is £5. Hope to see you there.    

 

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Games Sessions. Up till now we have focussed on active games with Defiant Sports. We will continue to do this, but if anyone would like to come along and play some board games or just have a coffee and chat, then we are opening up the session to this too. As winter is approaching, it seemed like a good chance to open up to people interested in a quieter activity. Chat to Carol if you would like to know more.

 

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY .

2nd Nov      2pm Towner Cinema– Mrs Harris goes to Paris

9th Nov       2pm - Singing with Sharon and Paul. In the hall.

16th Nov     2pm - Board Games/Defiant Sports in the hall.

17th Nov     12.30pm Friends Lunch– Please book Treacle Mine

19th Nov     10.30am Meet and Greet in the hall.  

19th Nov     Quiz in aid of Memory Lane. See Inside for details.  

23rd Nov    2pm - Singing with Sharon and Paul. In the hall.

25th Nov     2pm - Tenpin Bowling, near Sainsburys. Please book.

28th Nov     2pm Meet in the café at Hampden Park, Coffee/chat.  

30th Nov     2pm Possible sing group, TBC.

 

Digital Friends is on hold until after Christmas.

 

3rd Dec    2.30pm. Christmas Tree Festival– St Mary’s Westham.

7th Dec    2pm Towner Cinema–  Film to be confirmed.

10th Dec     3pm. Renaissance Carol Concert see inside.

14th Dec     2pm Singing with Sharon and Paul in the hall.

15th Dec    12.30 Friends Lunch Please book. British Queen

16th Dec     2pm -Indoor Bowls at Hampden Park. Please book.

17th Dec    2pm Christmas Party– see inside.  

20th Dec    2pm Meet in the Café at Hampden Park. for a chat and coffee.

21st Dec      2pm - Board Games/Defiant Sports in the hall.

28th Dec      2pm Singing with Sharon and Paul. In the hall

30th Dec     2pm Aladdin Panto– Booking needed.  

4th Jan    2pm Towner Cinema– Film to be confirmed.

 

All activities are free to attend, (unless otherwise stated) but

donations are very welcome.  

 

 

 

 

 

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 THANK YOU TO

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Hampden Park WI chose us as their Charity of the Year and raised a whopping £3,175. Many thanks to all their members.

 

Very generous donation from Madeleine Furminger. Thank you, hopefully we may see you soon.

 

Many thanks to Gill Mattock. On 31st August we had a fab cream tea in her beautiful garden and raised £75. She also very kindly had a birthday event with donations to Memory Lane rather than a present. £272 was raised by her kind friends and family.

 

Peter Ray donated £200 also in Birthday donations.

 

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