My brother in law runs The Prestatyn Classic Car Show
My sister organises the catering with a team of volunteers that are similar to my old Flower Committee despots.
Thousands of people descend on the seaside town as they did today and most want a drink and a cake and comfortable place to park their arse .
I joined the small team of eight volunteers and a smattering of air cadet teenagers in the furnace hot tea tent.
Pauline was sweating cobs over a mound of babs and stated she " couldn't stop as she'd only done the ham and not the cheese " as the others busied themselves over cutting the cakes into manageable chunks.
It was going swimmingly until the water urns blew their fuses
Luckily previous flower Show disasters have made my sister and I used to sudden tits up moments like these so after collecting a collection of kettles from local shops we entered a local house and started ferrying boiling water into the tea tent whilst the other ladies fended off a small riot with glasses orange squash and the odd Ribena before the handyman arrived.
The lady in charge of the washing up bowl flirted outrageously as I took over the tea making responsibilities . My previous Trelawnyd memorial hall kitchen experience obviously impressed her....but I knew she was only after another trusted pair of hands for the Prestatyn Flower Show teatent as matriarch Denise was on holiday!
There is no room for ditherers in a busy teatent
I only did a four hour stint, ( whilst most of the volunteers did all day!!!) but after I had finished I had to go home to lay down in a darkened , cool room
The street looks very very busy.
ReplyDeleteWell earned. I hope you drank lots of water!
ReplyDeleteIn Canada, we call a classic auto display like that a "show 'n shine." Some of them feature beer tents but never a tea tent to my knowledge.
ReplyDeleteTea tents full of tea coffee, juice, and cakes lots of lots of cakes
DeleteYou did you bit as you always do! Enjoy your evening. Humid here! x
ReplyDeleteOne of your many strengths!
ReplyDeleteI am multi talented
DeleteMany blog friends are talking about the UK heat. Now I thought the UK was cool and cloudy most days.
ReplyDeletecheers, parsnip
Not today it bloody wasn't x
DeleteIt was a nice day for the classic car show. I bet your brother-in-law was relieved about that.
ReplyDeleteHe worked incredibly hard
DeleteIt's all happening!
ReplyDeleteWell done you.
ReplyDeleteI suspect I would still be skulking in that darkened room.
Sounds like working too hard had you laid up so you had to go up and lay down. When you were up you stayed down until you got up and went down again.... hopefully to a good cup of tea...
ReplyDeleteErrhhh yeah x
DeleteThe last thing you need at a social event is the tea urn breaking down. I'm impressed by your ingenious remedy involving a string of kettles! JG saves the day yet again!
ReplyDeleteThe gay bloke in the kitchen with the ladies. Were you ever so camp?
ReplyDeleteNot camp at all actually.....we were too busy to waste time on fru fru
DeleteWe've yet to have a tea urn failure at any of the WI tea & cake stall outings I've been involved in. But we always run out of cake (how ever many versions of banana loaf are contributed)
ReplyDeletePoor lad....they wore you out. Glad to hear cool heads prevailed.
ReplyDeleteExperience counts for so much!
ReplyDeleteNo Ice Tea?
ReplyDeleteBravo for making it the four hours.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a busy day, hope the tea tent made lots of money. "Sweating cobs", that was one of my mothers favourite expressions when it was hot!
ReplyDeleteYou didn't mention the CARS.
ReplyDeleteThe cars look awesome!!! I especially love the blue truck with the racing stripes and the gold pimpmobile next to it. Just spectacular!
ReplyDeleteI hope the gentleman in shorts sitting next to the blue truck wore sunscreen. Because sunburns sting, especially on a pale people who rarely experience a full sunny, hot day!
The show sounds like a fun, fabulous success. Kudos to your brother in law, sister, you, and the crew of volunteers and sponsors and the community for making it work. Thanks for the fantastic foto. I hope you enjoyed a nice cold lemonade (or cocktail!) after all your hard work.
Tea tent sounds good, classic cars sound.....boring!
ReplyDeleteWell organised; tea tent for the ladies, classic cars for the gents.
ReplyDeleteGreetings Maria x
And of course classic cars for the many women who enjoy that sort of thing and the tea tent for any blokes who fancy a cuppa...
DeleteIt sounds fun and chaotic all at the same time. I helped in the charity shop all day and was so hot that I later stood in the rain in my garden !
ReplyDeleteGood to help out x
Sounds like a good, but exhausting day. I was sat by the river in Lancashire... after building and filling a flower bed 😊
ReplyDeleteSounds like loads of fun... especially the lying down in a cool, darkened room!
ReplyDeleteThat is going to be my motto in the future - 'The is no room for ditherers in a busy tea-tent'.
ReplyDeleteSterling work in the face of urn malfunctions. Glad you averted any rioting by deprived tea lovers. No wonder you needed a lie down.
ReplyDeleteGood job coping with the unexpected!
ReplyDeleteYou are of great value. Good stuff.
ReplyDeletePS: And what's that short bed, step side, pickup truck Please?
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