It was our Flower Show Meeting last night.
The
meeting was just a short one really as the schedule for the day and
all other necessary "to dos" have already been finalised and sorted but
it is always rather fun to meet up around auntie Glad's kitchen table
with tea, scones and chew the fat so to speak.
This year's Flower Show will be the village's 40th.
The
proceeds of last year's show will go towards re stocking the Churchyard
with native saplings (I have yet to sort this out) and last night we
have agreed to help out the newly formed Village Jubilee committee this
year with a donation to support their plans for a village gala in
June.
It
was lovely to be in a position to boost a new Trelawnyd venture,
especially one that celebrates the ideas of people that are not the "
usual suspects" in village affairs. I have promised to big up the new
committee's itinerary as soon as it is made "Public"
After
Auntie Glad dished out the tea and scones, Irene our Treasurer told us
all about her up and coming cruise holiday then showed us the newly
printed certificate for first and second place entries as well as the
600 odd raffle tickets we all need to sell before and on the day itself.
92 year old Gladys asked for her portion of tickets there and then explaining that she wanted to get organised with her sales!"
"How many books do you want?" Sylvia the show Secretary asked
"Oh my usual 200!" Gladys said cheerfully, scooping them all up in her arms
And you know what? she'll sell every bloody one of them! |
| no not our comittee... but it could be!!!!!!!!! For those that are interested The 2012 Schedule for the Flower Show can be seen here http://trelawnydflowershow.blogspot.com/ |
She's a wonder that Auntie Glad.
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Auntie Glad could probably sell all those tickets, but she's nice and wants to give everyone else a chance!
ReplyDeleteDon and I loved The Vicar of Dibley..."no, no, no, no, no...yes!"
I knew that Auntie Glad's was in the pre Blair Labour Party. They hated what the Labour Party had become.
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It sounds awesome to be able to sit at Auntie Glad's kitchen table! You lucky duck!
ReplyDeleteLana
All sounds so villagey and pull your boots up kind of meeting.
ReplyDeleteAunt Glad, she's a good 'un :)
~Jo
Oh to live in Dibley! But tea and scones with Aunty Glad must be even better.
ReplyDeleteI want to be just like Aunt Glady when I grow up, in the meantime I will rejoice in her busy life via you John
ReplyDeleteYou have a wonderful committee John, full of nice, hard-working, conscientious people.
ReplyDeleteOur's is comprised cheifly of day release patients from the local mental health institution and ex-cons on the run (me included).
Go on, I'll have a fiver's worth of ticket from Auntie Gald.
ReplyDeleteAunty Glad sounds like one in a million! :-)
ReplyDeleteDoes the Mr & Mrs Norman Roberts Cup (Best Flat Tray of Vegetables) involve the use of a steam roller?
ReplyDeleteMaybe no-one dares say 'no' to Gladys. I know I wouldn't! ;)
ReplyDelete200??? I would be lucky to sell 2!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering how you knew Dawn French there for a second.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who can flog 200 raffle tickets has to be seriously respected. I've tried selling them in my time and been pathetically unsuccessful. I used to end up buying most of them myself or pretending I'd lost them.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who can flog 200 raffle tickets has to be seriously respected. I've tried selling them in my time and been pathetically unsuccessful. I used to end up buying most of them myself or pretending I'd lost them.
ReplyDeleteNot your committee?
ReplyDeleteWhat is the main difference?
They weren't Welsh?
Bless Auntie Glad. She sounds like such a wonderful soul.
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ReplyDeletehave you seen the tv series THE VICAR OF DIBLEY? the still is from that!
I want Gladys on the marketing team for my novel!
ReplyDeleteLove your bow-tie John!
ReplyDeletejim.... you are a cheeky cu*t x
ReplyDeleteYes John, I have!
ReplyDeleteThe ABC (the Oz cousin of BBC) still blesses (or curses depending on your viewpoint) our screens with re-runs of the Dibley crew.
Most half decent TV in Oz seems to originate in UK production houses!