Scottish Borders Branch

www.bordersparkys.org.uk

February 2014

Written By

Gary Hattie

 

MONDAY MEETINGS!!

 

JINGS THAT WIS A QUICK MONTH

 

 

 

YOUNG MEET AT H20 GALA

 

A big thank you to everyone who came along furra chat, there was a lotta laffin’ going on I can tell ye. It was brill to see so many an it was really a relaxing night. The seating at H20 seems quite suited to oor needs, an also vee relaxed.

 

It was thought that we should try and explain in the newsletter what we mean by young Parkys …………… we dinnae mean if you’re 20 or 25, if we did that it’d only be Gary and an. other there! If you feel you’re young enough, come along if it’s not for you at least you’ll know. So there’s no age limit if you feel young at heart and maybe you’re uptight, anxious or maybe even panicky (is panicky a word?)

 

About coming along to the bigger meetings, this smaller more intimate meet might be for you, it might just break the ice for you.

 

So pop along too H20 and try it. The next one will be on Tuesday 11th March 6 for 6.30. Just gie Gary a call if yer interested 01750 22588. Just think it might be the sort of social event you’ve been looking for.

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This month’s Monday Meeting will be on Monday………………… 24th February! Can we just say Thank You to everyone who came along to the A.G.M. last month it was amazing to see so many of you there ….. thank you! We can tell you when Gary popped his head through the door of the Chaplaincy and saw it full (an we mean full), he just aboot filled his troosers!! So thank you to you all!

 

At this month’s meeting we will have a talk from Bob Quillietti, aye as in Magic Bob!  Bob is going to share his experiences, an talk to us about,

                                                         

‘His journey with Parky ……………………. a therapeutic journey’

 

It is always brilliant to hear about how someone deals with all the new challenges living with Parky brings. Talking about yersel’ is never easy, and can be quite personal an emotional, so we realise how difficult a task this can be for the speaker. So thanks Bob I’m sure it will be Magic!! We have had a lot more people at the meetings recently and it might be really beneficial to hear Bobs chat, and we thank Bob in advance for this.

 

As always we will have teas n coffees an bikkys, an …………………… well ye’ll see if you come along…….an?

 

So that’s Monday 24th February, 2-4, in the Chaplaincy Centre at B.G.H., we hope to see you there.

 

Aye that’s the 24th February Jim!! Thanks fur remindin’ me!

 

 

  

 

Well that certainly crept up on me this month, picture the scene….1 a.m. I’m snuggled intae ma doovet on a cauld wintry morning!! Br-r-r!! Suddenly I sit upright in the dark, ‘Oh &@*$ NEWSLETTER!’ I shouts. Ma New Year resolution to be efficient and on the ball has failed, after 6 weeks!! We hae a meeting in twa days, an I promised Jennifer I’d gie them plenty oa time tae get the newsletter sent out!! ‘Oops Sorry Jennifer!’

 

‘Well I am trying Jennifer!’ says Gary.

‘Yes ….. very trying!’ says Jennifer.

 

I’m thinking of writing a book this year, aboot o’ the things I put members of the group through!! It’ll be a monster oa a book I can tell ye! As Mr and Mrs. Jackson’s bairns sang, don’t blame it on the sunshine, don’t blame it on the moonlight, don’t blame it on the guid times, I blame it on ma Parky!’

 

Well I have to keep you all focussed, an am certainly daein’ that!! It was great to see so many of you playin’ oor new game!! ‘Spot Gary’s deliberate mistake!’

 

Yes, last month’s deliberate mistake, was, the Monday meeting in February is on the Monday 24th an not Friday 28th!! Well done to everyone who spotted that and there was a few of you!

 

Anyway enjoy yer February Newsletter, an see if ye can spot this months deliberate mistake?

 

I actually just noticed that Jennifer has put a disclaimer on all newsletters, so as everyone kens it’s Gary that writes a’ the deliberate mistakes an no her!  

 

Well if that ‘s yer kettle I hear boilin’ you get yer cuppa made an ah’ll just crack on as it’ll soon be meeting day if a dinnae shut up so enjoy yer read!

 

 

PEEBLES MEETING

                           

If I can give you the date of the next coupla Peebles get togethers they are February 20th (which might have been and gone), and it was crackin’ to see so many there, I think it was enjoyed by all, ma crystal ballz been busy recently, the March Peebles ‘Chat and Cuppa’ will be on Thursday 20th March 10 till Noon, so ‘do not forsake me oh my darling’, drop in furra chat it’ll be great to see you there.

 

 

 

FUTURE NEWSLETTERS DIARY COLUMN

 

In future newsletters we will be putting dates of the meetings in a diary column as we have got quite a few things on each month, this will help us save a bit of space an stop that Gary one from bletherin on so much!

 

Editorial - Gary is a little off with his dates this month, newsletter arrived on 14/02/14 with over a week to spare, enjoy your read!

 

 

 

DONATIONS

 

CCTV footage caught them depositing the wad oa cash but he said that initially I could nae see who they were as they were wearing black eye masks, an flat hats!  So to this anonymous

 

We’re the Parkinson’s support and research charity. Help us find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson’s.

Hey! Ah didnae ken Jeremy Kyle Show wis on at 5 in the morning!! I think ah’ll finish this newsletter shortly, well I have got to prioritise some things.’

‘Where was I?            Oh yes donations!

Question is Waters & Son Butchers in Selkirk. ‘THE BEST BUTCHER IN THE BORDERS?  WELL WE THINK IT IS!’

At this year’s haggis hunt, someone approached Gary before he started the march up tae the Selkirk Hill. Well that someone was Andrew who works in Watters an son butchers, he says Allan wants tae see you. Well if you remember last year we received a cheque from him to the value of £600.  Every year they choose a local charity as the recipient of the money made from their Christmas Raffle.  They were so pleased with the response they received from sponsors and customers that they chose us again!  So in the middle of January I received a cheque to the value of £500!!!!  So in the past 12 months Darren Hogan all his staff and customers of this butchers shop in Selkirk have donated £1100 to oor group.  I must add that the owner Darren and Allan the organiser both put personal donations into the pot oa money! How cool is that!!  Thank you to them all.

In the last 4 weeks we have received quite a few donations to the groups’ fund.  One of them being an anonymous donation to the value of £250!  Aye 250 pound.  Well Gary’s assuming it’s for the group.

He says, ‘I just opened ma door to gaun up to the butchers for some pig fur ma breakfast! An a saw this pot oa cash totalling £250!! It said on a card anonymous donation for yer funds.

’So whoever it was, an Gary actually saw them, but didnae recognise them, well his

 

 

donor, an you ken who you are thank you very much!

Can I, Gary, be serious for a jiffy I want to say that we are now in oor 14th year as a support group and since the first donation we received from Muriel and Ian Kings’ son Struan! Way back in March 2000, to the one’s we have received last month, in January 2014. Be the donation £2000 or £1.50, the Borders folk be they young or old, have really supported the group. I have often been left speechless, I’ve even been brought to tears, (on many occasions) I’ve been amazed at the support received over those 14 years from families and friends of the group, organisations and businesses in the Borders, over the last 14 years I’ve said Thank You on behalf of the group so many times, when Thank You just doesnae seem to be enough to say, but it’s the only words that I can use!! It’s all I can say so to all who have supported the group a muckle THANK YOU.

Let me if you can share this wee ditty with you, a coupla years ago we had a tin collection at Waverly Station Embra.  Picture the scene if ye can, its lunchtime, I hear a lotta noise, look over an this crowd of school kids going for their lunch came through the station laughing, jumpin’ about, the type you might cross the road from, even though you didnae really have owt to fear!  Well they came towards me, some already walking past when one oa them stops and reads ma t-shirt, puts his hand in his pocket brings out his lunch money. Puts it all in ma collecting tin, an says ‘ma granny had Parkinson’s,’ an pauses for a second, then runs off an catches up wi his mates. Thank you, ‘I says, I wanted to say more, but

 

 

 

 

 

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E garyhattie@btinternet.com

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