Out and about - The Old Vic reports

Have you tried....?

A group from the Old Fire Station now meets regularly up at the Old Vic on Castle and they've been getting out and about on Thursdays and are going to let us know what they think about different places to visit.

This report is about The Book Shop (formerely a Little Chef) situated on the A556. It is easily accessible using the number 82 service bus, which drops you right outside! The return bus stop is directly opposite but please take care crossing the road.
The shop has a good selection of books and cds (Barry would like to go soon as it has a transport section!) and it also has disabled toilet facilities.
There is free tea or coffee (Ricky recommends the coffee!) and it can be enjoyed in the small indoor seating area or outside, weather permitting. Why not take your sarnies...

The Old Vic rating for The Book Shop is 6 out of 10.....

Rae's Reviews!

This last couple of weeks Rae's been very busy getting out and about!

Last Friday Rae went to An Audience with Tony Christie - where Tony answered questions from the audience, was interviewed on stage and sang songs. He was accompanied by a keyboard and a guitar and sang favourites like Amarillo and Hey Las Vegas and In the Alleyways. Rae said there were not very many people there but it was a good night. His favourite bit was the interview, and he found out that Tony is married, and used to work in an office.

And yesterday Rae went to see a film at Crewe picture house, called The Hole. It was about a hanuted house and his favourite bits were where two boys and a girl were looking down into a cellar and they saw ghosts, and a boy got attacked, and a boy got chased by a clown - their mother was out. It was a bit scary but it all ended happily though. Rae would recommend seeing it as he enjoyed it!

Summer Ball Success

Hello we're back! After a couple of weeks off doing things for our newsletter, we'll be posting regularly again from now on.





The Summer Ball we held at the Castle Private Club on Friday 24th September was a great success. We raised £237 profit for our comforts fund and a fabulous night was had by all. Everyone made a real effort dressing up and looked really smart. The DJ Jeff Crawshaw was very good and everyone danced all night.

Prizes were given out in the following categories -

Best Outfit Male - Phillip Nield

Best Outfit Female - Karen Murray

Best Dancer Male - Kurt Turner

Best Dancer Female - Laura Jervis

Best Bling Female - Tracy Radcliffe

Best Bowtie Male - Dean Lord

Most Original Female Dancer - Paula Radcliffe

Most Original Male Dancer - Paul Cooper

Gentleman of the evening - Charlie Royle

Lady of the Evening - Rosie Kelsey

Most Effort - Vera Lastoweckyi

Sue Jones won the main raffle prize and lots of other people won raffle prizes too. Our Barry and Rae from the Blog team attended and weren't lucky enough to win anything but still had a very good night.

Thanks to Jill and Sue and all the other staff and carers who helped out on the night, and everyone who supported it. Watch put for the picture special coming out with our next newsletter soon!

Quiet for a couple of weeks!

This week we're trying to find other Blogs from people with learning difficulties, so we've not got time to post today I'm afraid. And next week, our enterprising reporters will be out in the field interviewing the Independent Advocacy team in Northwich, so we won;t be here next week but we promise lots of posts the week after!
Bye for now
Blog team

Coffe Morning Photo from 23rd June...

We've just been given a photo we thought everyone might like to see - from the Coffee Morning we held in aid of Learning Disability Awareness Week back in June. Steve Robinson, the Chief Executive of Cheshire West and Chester came to visit our day services at Frodsham - he is pictured here with Rosie Kelsey. A good day was had by all.

Thats all our posts from today but we'll give you more news about what we've all been up to next week, watch this space....

Upcoming Dates for your diary!

September and October are looking to be quite exciting months for us.

We have the Summer ball coming up on Friday 24th September and we got a quick interview with Jill Duffy this morning. It's set to be a good night, starting at 7.30 till 11 at Castle Private Club. Jeff Crawshaw is doing the music, and the dress code is BLING! Ladies, get glammed up, gents get your best clothes on, as there will be spot prizes for the best outfits and dancers. There'll be nibbles too, and for tickets (£3.50 or 2.50 for carers) and more information, catch Jill at The Old Fire Station.

At Wilf's Drop in on Thursdays, this is whats coming up over the next few weeks....

16th September - Mrs Calvert is coming in to help us make greetings cards (there is a charge of £! per card if you want to take them home)

23rd September - to be confirmed....

30th September - Marion Murdoch is going to update us on the Partnership Board

7th October - BINGO!!!!!!!

14th October - to be confirmed.....


And lastly, Neil Dyson, DJ at the Gateway Club, would like to recommend Evita, which is on at the Lowry in Salford, from Monday 6th to Saturday 18th September - check details with the Lowry if you fancy that....

At the weekend.....

Our interviewers have been quizzing two people about what they get up to at the weekend. First up is Nicola Daffern, seen here having her nails done.....

Nicola loves helping her mum at the weekends, sometimes with gardening, and sometimes with babysitting for her nieces Georgie, aged 1, and Daisy, aged 4. Nicola loves playing with them on the keyboard, and in the garden, and she also changes nappies when needed! She feeds baby Georgie when she has a bottle, and Daisy likes pasta and broccoli. The girls sometimes stay over from Friday night all the way till Sunday, but Nicola said she loves it, its not hard work. The girls both call her Aunty Nic!

Next is Rae Williams.....

Rae is now helping regularly with the Blog, and is also going to do a joke corner for our newsletter as he is a very funny guy!

Usually on a Saturday Rae enjoys going to see his sister Joan who lives at Overdene. His other sister, Ida takes him and they have tea and biscuits and watch some tv. On Sundays Rae goes to Ida's house for a sunday roast. He says she is a very good cook and he likes the puddings as well, they sometimes have banana and custard. Ida is 80 tomorrow so we'd all like to wish her a happy birthday!

Ida's not the only one with a birthday in September though, as last weekend Rae had his 65th birthday party at the Owleywood Club in Weaverham on Saturday. Ida went, Sharon, Beverley, Harriet, Lisa and lots of his other friends and family, too many to mention. Everyone had a good night, Rae said the cake was very good, and Tony did the Djing and was also very good. Raee got lots of presents from everyone, his favourite was an Elvis book and he had a book about Cheshire and also the 60's, some ties, cufflinks, hankies, a lovely photoframe and picture from Lisa, a Vera Lynn cd and lots and lots and lots of cards.