I dug out my new linen trousers and green shirt bought especially for Rome ( and never bloody worn) and had a shave and a good hair brush and met the twenty five or so members of the village TCA and volunteers at The Crown for a meal. The food was lovely and the company chatty, and as the gin and tonics were downed we thought of more outlandish ideas for the association to support in addition to the following hall based activities.
Between now and Christmas we have organised
A Casino night
A concert night by the Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir
An Apple Festival day
A Christmas Fayre
And It’s a Wonderful Life Christmas film night as well as the usual Saturday coffee mornings
Our Chairperson Bridget making her thank you speech
I'm anxious to hear where your beautiful handmade lanterns will fit in with your plans. I can't wait to see pictures! Love to you from Gail in California
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DeleteAnd how sophisticated is the very idea of "a good hair brush?" Pass than man the Brilliantine - and nobody would recognise him! Ah, bless.
ReplyDeleteI don’t go out much
DeleteWhy are the beams in the pub painted ? I thought they were all wood stained in the old houses in the UK
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Welsh cottages are often low and long ( you extend them longwise if money was had)
DeleteTo make the living space larger, it was common for the ceiling beams to be painted white
A pedant I may be but unless Wales is a very different world painting thinks white doesn't make space larger? :) The Crown looks large though, hmm... (Andrew S)
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DeletePedant too
DeleteIt doesn’t make the place larger
IT MAKES THE PLACE LOOK LARGER
A full monty night and a naked calendar. Phwoarr x
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DeletePlanning activities over dinner and drinks went very well. An alternative to tomato throwing consider the dunk tank. Town officials sit above the tank and for a fee an individual can throw a ball to release the chair and dunk the official. This is quite popular and gets lots of laughs.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't want to wear that nice outfit for the Tomato Festival, John. That looks like a cheerful (well lubricated?) group.
ReplyDeleteThe north Wales Gin Festival and tasting?
ReplyDeleteHow about an English Night where the residents of Trelawnyd dress up like famous English people and talk with proper English accents before the Morris dancing, the pork pies, the England quiz and the singing of "God Save The King"? It would be such fun. You could be Giant Haystacks.
ReplyDeleteGiant Haystacks! Cracked me up!
DeleteFor anybody that doesn't know Giant Haystacks was a wrestler, a rather large wrestler!
Sounds like fun! If I lived in Trelawnyd, I'd go to every event. "It's a Wonderful Life" is one of my most favourite Christmas movies!
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ReplyDeletePlease - no dressed up pets. They're not dolls.
DeleteHow about a village 'Oscars' ceremony? Best kept garden, most generous person, best person to call in an emergency, best behaved child, and of course most popular dog owner! All accompanied by more G & T's of course.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds awful to me…best behaved child! Most generous…you never know how generous people are. Some people crow about every donation they make, others just get on with it and donate.
DeleteIt was meant as a joke.
DeleteI don't have any good ideas to offer but I like all of the ones listed. Sounds like the best way to have fun while planning!
ReplyDeleteBut the big question of the night is... did the trousers and shirt survive without getting splatted with food? xx
ReplyDeleteMuch better than a dry and long-winded committee meeting!
ReplyDeletePost like these make me want to move to your village, your Christmas film night sounds perfect, it's not truly Christmas until you watched 'it's a wonderful life'
ReplyDeleteIt all sounds like fun. Did your new linen trousers and green shirt survive the night without a spill? I was looking forward to a photo of you dressed up.
ReplyDeleteLoving the ideas for events. If people have other ideas please do post for John, and I can pinch them.
ReplyDeleteIf the tomato throwing goes ahead copious photos are essential - might even make the Times!
ReplyDeleteI thought ohh., what about a coach party of John's blog fans to meet at say Bristol and then board a chartered bus to attend one of the village shindigs on offer....... Then l found out your village is about 3 hours from Bristol.... so it's a no to that idea. Back to the drawing board for me then! Tess
ReplyDeleteWe could all share a communal marquee on the village green as long as there's access to a toilet
DeleteSounds like a lot of fun!
ReplyDeleteThere have been some incredibly popular and successful fundraisers around this area when they do the "Chase the Ace" thing. So successful it seems organizers were amazed. Good luck to you with all yours. -Kate
ReplyDeleteYour village is all go, all the time! A mad rush. It sounds like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI'm dead boring and love a whist drive. If ever you organise a ceilidh we'd be straight there. We'd dance every dance too.
ReplyDeleteHow about a secret gift exchange , you put name in a pot/hat and draw out one. Or just bring a general gift for anyone and draw numbers when you get there.
ReplyDeleteOr bring something nice you no longer need or use from your home to exchange blindly.
ReplyDeleteWhat wonderful ideas and the added latern making class will round it off nicely.
ReplyDeleteHummm.. maybe a tatting class, a knitting/crochet class, and a beginning quilting class?!
Hugs!
Oh, I like your idea best! Isn't there a town in Spain where people throw tomatoes every year? It could make your village an annual tourist attraction and place of pilgrimage!
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