MBC had their first session at the start of the week, and were then back again on Wednesday, the children are making fabulous ceramic pumpkins and doing Halloween activities.
Cultural Creatives, are amazing with their screen printing onto material for Xmas decorations, and clearly the Centre is buzzing, which is just how everyone likes it, after all, the more the merrier.
Red Shoes Bob unacked the amazing array of new kitchen appliances during the week; they have been a long time coming but tra la here they are and “Cooks’ kitchen” is ready and waiting. All relevant documents strategically placed and mounted on the walls.
The new board is on the wall outside, letting the community know our opening hours and our Warm Spaces days and hours.
‘Thanks to Alyson Chapman, we have just taken delivery of a mammoth array of memorabilia, to numerous to list from T. Bells which our centre will treasure and the Bells institution will always be part of Brady Square. Pride of place is a bench which now stands outside our front door, my pal Brain Mason, has kindly agreed to make a sign for the bench in memory of T. Bell established 1883 – 2022′ said Marion
Tele No 4 went on the wall in the Cross Streets today, ‘A tele in every room, not bad eh, our community are simply the best, I don’t know how many times I say this Margaret, “There is no blood like Brady Blood” Amazing people, hearts of pure Gold.’ Frost Magazine has to agree.
The hats keep coming curtesy of Plain and Purl, Tuesday morning, already 27 delivered.
Tom from Equan popped in with the boxes Marion requested. A bit of packing required however, but this will be revealed at a later date, as Marion is pledged to secrecy, for now anyway.
More good news is that Aimee has increased her weekly dance class hours during the school holidays and its lovely to see the children dancing and chuckling away.
And, another donation of spic and span, black folding chairs from Haven Wellbeing, ‘Thank you Joanne and Donna, Good luck in your new venture.’ says the committee.
It was the AGM of the CCA last week, with plenty of coffee, biscuits and sandwiches to keep everyone going. Marion feels very privileged to have been re-elected as Secretary to be able to serve your community. In her capacity as secretary, she has advertised on social media for yes, wait for it, only an 8ft Christmas tree, somebody somewhere just might have one tucked away in their loft. (Margaret, shy bairns get nowt.)
‘And no-one can accuse you of that patricular vice, Marion. I hold my tongue over any other vice’ says Margaret
Marion explained that they have tried and tried to make contact with someone who can supply the Association with Poppies to sell, not an easy task. Finally Claire from Veterans in Crisis has managed to make contact and the Association will have them very soon. Dianne, has been tasked with collecting these.
In the midst of everything Marion is preparing a Mountain bike to be shipped over the pond, fragile stickers run off, ‘I tell you what, kids, they might be thousands of miles away but when they say jump, we say how high. The joys.’
Oh, how the Association loves the Amazon man; who delivered the wall mount for the Associations ‘open’ flag. They fully expect it to be spotted from Google Earth. If so, and aliens arrive in profusion, not to worry, there is plenty of parking for UFO’s, everyone is welcome at Columbia Community Association.
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