Open Day 2011

Village Supporters fresh from Church
Dorothy,Eirlys,Daphne,Audrey,Pat,Desmond and Rowenna

Sylvia (The Flower Show Secretary) shows some cleavage when sorting out some of the 80 cakes that were donated for the day. She and Irene nearly sold every one

The day started off fairly quiet

But then the crowds started to appear, thanks to the good weather

Margaret and Carla who manned the bric-a-brac stall

Sister Ann and Heulwen working "front of House" They alone raised over £600 

We even had a couple of celebrities Sheffielder Diane Marshall ( from

http://diane-heartshaped.blogspot.com/ with her Police Interceptors tv police cop Hubby Gaz) drove 100 miles to share in our day. Their kindness and effort to attend was incredibly touching

Sister Janet, worked incredibly hard in the tea tent

Mrs Hopkins (aka Mrs Trellis from North Wales) -you can just see her behind the wheel....raised a considerable amount with her "name her car" competition

Friends Sandra and Robert (centre) wait in line for tea. Village Cannon Robert (more tea vicar?)  can just be seen on the right ( he called out the raffle)

The tea tent served around 500 teas in a couple of hours

Janet, Judy and Carole at the only quiet moemnt of the day

Cannon Robert announcing the pig name winner

Gwyneth from her wheelchair sold a considerable amount of Carol Royle's home made ice cream

Aunt Judy (buggered) by the end of the day

Pam and partner from Prestatyn presented me with a small broody box- a kind gift

I am too jaded to go into too much detail about the day, but suffice to say that it went very well indeed....
We raised a total of "£1177.66 which is a phenomenal amount given that the price of admission was only £1.50
£700.00 will be donated to the Church here in Trelawnyd and £477.66 will be given to the Motor Neurone Disease Association here in Wales . With the online donations we have received for the "Save The Pig" competition , the MND donation will be just shy of £700.00 too....which seemed fitting enough..Therefore total amount made will be £1400.00 !


Janet over at supportingandrew.blogspot.com will outline who won the online competition of "name the pig"
And I will ring all the raffle prize winners tomorrow when I am back on an even keel!


I have had a lovely day...a bit stressful... but lovely.......I never seem to have time to talk, to say hello to the many people that kindly made the effort to support the day, but I want to thank them here publicly  for doing so...whether they made cakes and provisions, provided raffle prizes or just turned up to spend money, and have a cake with a cup of tea .- You made the day feel like a traditional village fete


Special thanks must go to tea ladies Janet,Judy,Ned,Sue,Jayne,Chris, Gwyneth and Carole
Ice Cream lady Gwyneth.
Cake tent ladies Sylvia and Irene
Stall  holders Margaret and Carla
Plant seller Graham ( sorry for the hens eating your flowers)
Front of House ladies Ann and Heulwen,
Mrs Hawkings (aka Mrs Trellis) who organised the "Name the car" raffle
Gardening exhibitor Chris C
Pig Raffle man Terry,
Mike and Viv for opening up their garden down the lane to the public
Mandy, and John and all the others who helped tidy up afterwards
and young Cameron who fed and watered the animals for me.


Thank You
now off to bed