Getting to know us....

We're going to have a regular 'Getting to know you' celebrity style interview and first in the hot seat is Barry.....

WHAT IS YOUR FULL NAME?
Barry Reginald Stuart Williams!

HOW OLD ARE YOU?
62

WHAT DAYS DO YOU COME TO THE OLD FIRE STATION?
Monday, Tuesday, Wednedsay and Thursday. Fridays is my shopping day where I get all the weekly shopping for the house, go to the bank, get dry cleaning etc

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING TO DO AT THE OFS?
Everything! Especially library and market trips

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURTITE DRINK?
Carlsberg Lager!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD?
Everything! Friday night takeaways and Sunday roasts...

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM
Liverpool FC

FAVOURITE HOBBY
Truck spotting, especially Jack Richards & Son

FAVOURITE COLOUR
Red

FAVOURITE MUSIC
Country & Western & truck driving songs

At the Weekend...........

This post is to let you know what some of us get up to at the weekend!!
First to be featured is Ann Hodkinson…..

WHAT DO YOU GET UP TO AT THE WEEKEND THEN?
I go to St John’s Church in Hartford on Sundays

WHO TAKES THE SERVICE THERE?
Mike, he’s very good

WHAT TIME IS IT?
I go at 10 till 12, then home for dinner though sometimes there’s food after the service

HAVE YOU GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS THERE?
Oh yes, everyone’s very nice

DO YOU DO LOTS OF SINGING AND DANCING?Yes, on the stage, we do exercises to 'Our God is a Great Big God' and my favourite hymn is Bless this House

CAN ANYONE COME ALONG?

Yes, everyone is very welcome, I would definetely recommend it!

More Swimming Medals!

At the swimming gala last weekend in Reading our start swimmers won even more medals!

Emma Calvert won 5 - gold for 25 meter breast stroke, silver for 200m breast stroke and 4 person 50 meter medley relay, and bronze for 100 meter breast stroke, 4 person 25 meter relay and 4 person 50 meter freestyle relay.

Kathryn Hodkinson won 4 - gold for 50 meter back stroke and 50m freestyle, silver for 4 person 50 meter medley relay, and bronze for 25 meter back stroke.

Well done ladies!!!!

Sean Daniels & Peter Edwards also won some medals - hopefully we'll get pictures and more details soon!

Reef Reptiles at Wilf's Drop In 10th June

Sorry for the long wait for our our report on the scary drop in session but here it is!

The picture shows a very big snake, with Heather Priestner, aswell as Reef staff, Karen fron Dane Walk, Jane from Firdale and Sue from the Old Fire Station

Jill Duffy interviewed Neil Price about what went on.....

HOW MANY ANIMALS WERE THERE? - 10...

HOW BIG WAS THE BIGGEST ANIMAL? - the Snake was very big, about 15 foot long...

HOW SMALL WAS THE SMALLEST ANIMAL THERE? - quite a small cockroach...

WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE ANIMAL THERE? - a lizard...

DID YOU FIND ANYTHING SCARY? - the snake was scary!

WERE THERE MANY PEOPLE THERE? - yes, a very good turn out...

DID EVERYONE SEEM TO ENJOY IT? - yes, eveyone had a good time...

And we quizzed Jill on the drop in........

WHAT IS COMING UP NEXT AT THE DROP IN?

Bingo, information & lots more, watch this space!...

IS EVERYONE WELCOME AT THE DROP IN?

Yes, the more the merrier, anyone can come and see us ....

Hello from the Blog Group!

Its a very quick post today as we've all been busy - we held coffee mornings across all the day centres today to mark Learning Disability week - full report next week but a preview picture below....

And we got chance to get a quick photo of our decorations too - we're all wishing England good luck and crossing our fingers!

More next week, bye for now The Blog Team

Extra News!

And an extra post for today, guess who's back at the OFS........

Jill Duffy is back full time again after being off long term sick - she's back to fighting fitness - welcome back Jill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday 16th June 2010

Another busy week at the OFS!

This week, Patsy took some photos of the bowling group in Frodsham. Sadly the bowling green was already occupied so they couldn't play, but they had a nice wander round Frodsham instead, and a lovely lunch in the cafe there. Patsy said the egg sandwich was very nice and the group also got chance to catch up with some of the Frodsham day service users for a natter.

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We've also got a new member of our Blog Team, Annie Hodkinson, who will be helping us out from now on. Annie likes helping around the house, getting out and about on the bus, and her aquafit classes, which she is very good at!

STOP PRESS!!!!!!!!

We're having a Coffee Morning at the Old Fire Station next week, Wednesday 23rd June, between 10 and 12 - we'd like everyone to come along and meet us, and see what we get upto. We'd love to see you for a coffee or a cup of tea and a chat!

The Coffee morning is for Learning Disability Week which is run by Mencap every year to raise awareness of the issues that are important to people with a laerning disability, and their families and carers.

Other dates for your diary are the Drop In Sessions booked so far:

Thursday 17th June - Frank Hibberd

Thursday 24th June - another Learning Disability Week Coffee Morning!

more dates to come.......

Next week if we're not too busy with the coffee morning, we'll have a report on the Reef Reptiles visit to Wilf's Drop In last Thursday, complete with scary photos! And news on whether the Bowling Group got a good game in next time! Otherwise, catch us the week after as we'll have been too busy socialising!

Bye for now, from the Blog group!

Hello again from the BLOG team!

As promised, this week we have a special report from Barry and Patsy on their Thursday group, which visits a different market town every week. Last week it was Frodsham and the photos above show Annie, Dean, Ricky, Patsy, Barry and Margaret on the bus and in the cafe. Patsy said "I like the clothes shops in Frodsham"; and Barry said "Frodsham is small but I liked the visit as we saw a big lorry delivering flowers." The other photo shows Barry with his favourite truck.

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Our other special report this week is from Jamie on the Tuesday aquafit group that we join in at Moss Farm. Jamie likes it a lot and other comments from the group included "it was hard work!" and "it was good fun" and "I like the music". The music was very good, including Amarillo and Jamie's favourite, Hound Dog. The photo below shows the group, David, Emma, Sue, Susie, Jamie, Pete and Neil.

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Patsy's report on the bowling group will be next week, as will a report on Wilf's Drop In - tomorrow morning Reef Reptiles are bringing some of their snakes and spiders for people to look at and touch - if they're brave enough! Watch this space.................

Old Fire Station News - 2nd June 2010

More Swimming Medals!

Following on from last week’s story about our swimmer Emma Calvert, we can now bring you an exclusive photo of Mr Peter Edwards who also bought in his medals to show us – well done Peter!

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Many of our service users also go out to work - here we have a special report on

'My Day at Work' - By Karen Morrey.

I work for the Facilities Team at Cheshire West and Chester Council, at Wyvern House in Winsford on Monday and Thursday mornings.

At work, I organise mail outs, making sure that customers get letters about the latest events, I also shred confidential waste, collect all the office recycling and help out with anything else that needs doing,. This might be things like labelling posters and flyers for shows – I keep really busy.

I love going to work because I like helping out and the people at the office are now my friends, especially Bernie (who organises everything) and my line manager Phil. And I like pay day too!

The team Karen works with love having her in the office, they say “she keeps us all up to date with the latest goings on in the soaps, and tells us funny jokes.”

In her spare time, Karen loves knitting nancy and latch hooking, writing, going out to restaurants and watching soaps. Below is a lovely picture of a rug that Karen has made, along with a picture of Karen.

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We also have a special report on The Beauty Group this week, by Tracy Radcliffe and Jane Cooke

On Wednesday afternoons the Beauty Group heads off to Hartford College on the bus to visit the beauty salon there. The salon is very nice, with relaxing music, and lovely friendly staff. Last Wedensday, Tracy, Annie and Karen all had a lovely facial.

Tracy said “I lay on a comfy couch, like a bed, and was wrapped up in lovely blankets and towels for my facial. I had lots of nice creams massaged on to my face; it felt soft, and I really enjoyed it.”

Jane, Nicola and Jackie all had a beautiful manicure. Jane chose a lovely red colour on her nails, and said “it was nice, and very relaxing and my nails looked fab!”

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Coming up on the BLOG next week, are special features on Barry’s day trip to Frodsham, and articles from our reporters Jamie on our new aqua fit class, and Patsy about her bowling group – watch this space!