Thanks to Maureen's husband, John Drinkwater, we have some more photos; this is a general view.
This was when we were getting towards the end. The group standing are relations of Christine's, with baby Mia in the push chair. Seated are a group of ladies from Stitch Bournville and other customers and friends. As you can see, we were blessed with bright sunshine in the afternoon.
Now, who came? So many people! I think almost all of our customers (who aren't on holiday) came down.
I enjoyed meeting Maureen's daughter, Rebecca, and her (Maureen's!) twin granddaughters, Amelia and Grace. Sheila was back from their family honeymoon, and promised to show us photos of her daughter's 50's themed wedding. Gillian's friends wanted to see her prawn tea cosy
People arrived bringing plates of gorgeous cakes, including some people we didn't know, who had heard about the tea party and wanted to support the Marie Curie organisation. You should have SEEN the plates and plates of cakes. Lesley's daughter made us a tea cosy cake, which was delicious. We had scones with jam and cream, fairy cakes, fruit cakes, even mince pies, not to speak of Rhiannon's rhubarb blondies.
This is Doreen admiring some of the pretties. She was in charge of the kitchen, with Kate helping her. I'd love to know how many drinks Doreen prepared, and how many cups she washed up. It's a bit silly hiding someone who looks so good in the kitchen, but she likes it there! It being a tea party, we had china cups and saucers, loaned by Kate. Very elegant!
People also arrived bearing things to sell - another Nemo tea cosy, baby cardigans, and even a lovely pair of daffodil earrings. They emptied the Lucky Dip chest, and bought three books of raffle tickets.
Phil was in good form, throwing insults at the staff and charming the guests.
It was a really lovely day. A friend of mine came over from Leicester, and after she left sent us a text to comment on the friendliness she'd experienced. Birmingham is a much friendlier place than Leicester, and Bournville even more so. I feel more at home here after less than 5 years than I did in Leicester after more than 30. It was one of those days when your face ached from smiling.
Today we were all rather flat. We folded raffle tickets so we could draw for Sally's tea pot cake:
Look at the tiny daffodils round the top! It's a shame to eat it, really.
Two reps came in so we had a little look at wool, with me poking my nose in as usual. (I can't resist wool).
Katherine came in, bringing us the hippo she had made - lovely bright colours - and bought wool for three more!
And one lovely lady in a mobility scooter brought us a donation AND bought a tea cosy. Julie thinks that so far we have approaching £2,000, and it's creeping up still.
Needless to say, we are already talking about next year.
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