Sunday 27 September 2015

Well, Was it Worth It?

 Ok,  Well this weekend has seen a magnificent effort by some of our members in setting up such a great Exhibition - yet again!

I'm not going to bore you with endless commentary (I'm too tired and my bed is calling) - but please bear with, and work your way to the end of this VERY photo heavy post.



Sales table all ready for the punters


The Bag O Bola sold out before 12 on Saturday!!







 Some of the Cushion Raffle items






Staff at the ready




 The Bede House has a magnificent roof construction

Circa 1423
 Using sales speel

 Christmas by the fireside


Nesta's quilt greeted the visitors

 Jackie's trio made for three sisters




Ta Dah! Eileen Did manage to get her quilting finished
well done Eileen
 Beautiful Baltimore by Barbara
 


T Shirts from Mrs Beals Family's time spent inUSA














A table of smaller items







 Annette's quilt was So big we had to drape it over a chair!
but so worth putting up!



 More of the Cushion Raffle


So that's it.

All done for this time.


Time for a BIG vote of thanks
to all who 
donated
made
exhibited
set up
 lugged tables and chairs what seemed like miles
volunteered on the day
 made umpteen cups of tea and coffee
sliced dozens of cakes
washed sooooo many pots
came to visit
 and generally made the weekend go without a hitch 


An even BIGGER vote of thanks 
goes to all who stayed behind and helped dismantle and clear away the whole shebang in just an hour!!
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A special
 Thank you 
to dear Husbands
 Tony
Peter
and John
without whom , we would still be there.


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Oh - did you want to know how much we made?





Well good old (not so old really) June has done the count and.......




£2149.25 !!!!!


I think we deserve a bit of a lie in tomorrow

6 comments:

  1. Well done us - worth all the hard work. Now to phone everyone on the list who won a cushion in the raffle.

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  2. Brilliant show, such hard work put to good use, well done

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  3. Thank Goodness it's every two years,time to recover.Lots of amazing work on display.

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  4. It was a great show ( as usual) you all worked so hard to make it a success . Thank you. You are appreciated by us minions👏👏👏👏👏 x

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  5. The exhibition looked great, shame I was not able to be there, but I can see how hard everyone worked. Well done to you all

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  6. My heart yearns to have been there, well done to you all. It looks absolutely wonderful xx

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