Getting to know us.....

Today in the hot seat we have two more of our gentlemen from the Old Fire Station.....

First is Mr Jason Cross...

AGE? 28
WHAT DAYS DO YOU COME TO THE OFS? Monday to Friday, 5 days

WHATS YOUR FAVOURITE ACTIVITY THERE? I like going to the library to look at airplanes on the internet

FAVOURITE FOOD? Curry or spaghetti on toast

FAVOURITE DRINK? Soft drinks

FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM? Liverpool FC & England

FAVOURITE HOBBY? Helping my nana with her garden

FAVOURITE COLOUR? Blue or red

FAVOURITE MUSIC? Robson & Jerome, Take That and Dirty Dancing

And next is Mr Robbie Griffiths....

AGE? 46

WHAT DAYS DO YOU COME TO THE OFS? Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ACTIVITY THERE? Playing pool

FAVOURITE FOOD? Cheese sandwiches

FAVOURITE DRINK? Lager

FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM? England

FAVOURITE HOBBY? Football

FAVOURITE COLOUR? Blue

FAVOURITE MUSIC? Cher

Recommended by us.................

Coming up are a number of things that some of us want to see and do, and want to tell everyone about!

Neil Dyson (left) would like to recommend The Bohemians - A Night of Queen at the Northwich Memorial Hall on Friday 22nd October at 7.30 - tickets are £15.

Rae Williams (right) will be watching The Last Night of the Proms on BBC1 on Saturday night. At least before his birthday party starts, as that is also on Saturday night!

Firthfield Pet Shop Visit

On 18th August some of the people from the Old Fire Station had a treat at Firthfield's petshop, arranged by Denise Hewitt, where they got to see and touch some of the animals and birds there, usually kept inside cages. Sorry we have no pictures, but we did interview some of our service users............
Susan Hornby got to hold a red snake, which was at least a couple of feet long, and said she liked it very much.
Emma Calvert and Patsy Scott both got to hold Polly, their African Grey Parrot. Patsy said she liked it as the feathers were very soft when she stroked it. Emma also said it was nice to stroke her and Polly could talk and said things like 'Are you alright?' which was good.
John Clapham liked the rabbits and guninea pigs best, and Derek Powell held the snake and the parrot too and said the snake was very smooth, not shiny or wet, but the rabbit was his favourite. Karen Morrey also bobbed in and liked the animals very much too.
A good day was had by all and a big thankyou to Firthfield.

Wilf's Drop In Photos

On the 12th August at Wlif's Drop In, Glitty Cherian from Dane Walk treated everyone to a talk on life in India, where she lived as a child. She answered lots of questions and told us lots of fascinating facts about the weather, food, weddings etc, and showed us all her lovely outfits. She also brought along some sari's and some of the people at Wilf's got to try them on and give everyone a twirl. They all looked lovely, including Karen from Dane Walk, also pictured above.

Holidays with Help - Special Report

Last week lots of us went to Chichester with Holidays with help and today, Barry Williams (above top left) and Rae Williams (above bottom left) give us the low down on how it went, interviewed by Ricky Foster (above right) and Jackie Goldstraw.

Barry and Rae both enjoyed it very much. The Baker's bus (Barry liked it as it was a Scania one) picked everyone up at the Memorial Hall at 8 and they set off down South and arrived at tea time. Both said their rooms were lovely and very comfortable, with their own bathrooms.

The entertainment was good with something different every night, ranging from a funny comedian who did impressions ( including one of Michael Crawford), to singer Shane Hampshire who was also very good. Richard Platt got up on stage and helped out the juggler on the Thursday night, and on Tuesday there was a fancy dress night. Rae went as James Bond, as did Charlie Royle. Hazel Clarke was Michael Jackson, Jean Clarke was Dolly Parton, and Patsy Scott went as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Kevin Heath was John Wayne for the night, Dean Lord was a wild west cowboy, Richard Platt was a dashing cavalier, and David Kelsey was a scary monster. Everyone who took part got a keyring torch because they'd made such an effort.

The day trips were also fun, our guys went to see HMS Victory and got to go aboard, which Barry said was very interesting and a very windy day; Rae said he saw where Nelson fell and died, and he banged his head, as he's very tall, but he is ok!

The food was very good too, Barry and Rae both had porridge and toast and marmalade followed by a fry up every morning which they really enjoyed, and was Rae's favourite. Roast Beef and Yorkshire and gauteaux was Barry's favourite meal.

All in all a good time was had by everyone, and they would heartily recommend it!

More next week.......

Coming soon......

Next week some of our Bloggers are off on holiday to Chichester so we'll have a report on that the week after next.
As for next week, we'll see what we can get done, but bear with us as we're short staffed on the Blog team!
Bye for now and Happy Holidays!

Getting to know us...

We've time for two more celebrity style interviews today and in the hot seat are Rosie and Paula ....

NAME? Rosie Kelsey

AGE? 33

WHAT DAY CENTRE DO YOU ATTEND? Frodsham Community Day Services, Monday to Friday

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ACTIVITY THERE? Bowling

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Burger & chips

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DRINK? Tea

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITER FOOTBALL TEAM? Pass!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBY? Card making

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR? Pink

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC? Abba

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NAME? Paula Radcliffe

AGE? 25

WHAT DAY CENTRE DO YOU ATTEND? Frodsham Community Day Services, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ACTIVITY THERE? Bowling

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOD? Fish chips & mushy peas

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE DRINK? Diet coke

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE FOOTBALL TEAM? England

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE HOBBY? Face painting

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE COLOUR? Purple

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE MUSIC? Abba, Mamma Mia