Scottish Borders Branch

www.bordersparkys.org.uk

May 2015

Written By

Gary Hattie

 

‘NE’ER CAST A CLOOT, TILL MAY IS OOT!’

 

2015 ANNUAL OUTING

 

 

 

BORDERS PARKY’S

WHAT’S ON GUIDE

 

Borders Monthly Meeting

Monday 25th May

2.00 Till 4.00, Chaplaincy, BGH

Sing wi Parkinson’s Mentor Wendy Taylor.

 

Hawick Cuppa Ana Chat

Wednesday 27th May

2.00 Till 4.00, Hawick Knitwear

 

Committee Meeting

Tuesday 9th June

10.00 Till 12.00, Dining Room, BGH

 

Young As Ye Feel Meal

Tuesday 9th June

6.30 Till 8.00, H2O Galashiels

 

Newcastleton Cuppa Ana Chat

Tuesday 10th June

1.00 Till 3.00, Health Centre

 

Peebles Cuppa Ana Chat

Thursday 18th June

10.00 Till 12.00 Peebles Community Centre

 

Hawick Cuppa Ana Chat

Wednesday 24th June

2.00 Till 4.00, Hawick Knitwear

 

ANNUAL OUTING

Tuesday 30th June

Devil’s Porridge, see newsletter for details.

 

AFTER THE OUTING IT’S THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS, LONG HOT SUNNY DAYS, BRING IT ON!!

 

 

Hi everyone, I’ve lost count the amount oa times ah’ve heard the above phrase mentioned over the last few weeks, as ma teeth chatter together as I step out and the cold winds an low temperature hit me!! So a hope yer wrapped up snug an warm while you read this ……………… as you await the arrival oa the sunny, warm weather, that the month oa June shall bring!!

                                        

Well it’s been some month with people coming to the meetings we hold for the very first an hopefully not the last time!!! As we got physical last month to fit-borders everyone breathed a sigh oa relief when they saw they werenae to be subjected to Gary in his lycra suit and woolly leg warmers!!!!

 

Jennifer Brown our Newsletter publisher, postal manager an editor, she is also responsible for the impossible challenge oa being Gary’s spellchecker, well Jennifer is still on our get better quickly list. We want to send Jennifer another ‘Get Well Soon’ an hope she has turned the corner on her recovery from no being well!!

 

Well am gonnae go away an leave you to read on and digest whits happening for folk frae the Borders living wi’ Parky.

 

  

 

This year’s annual outing we will be visiting ‘the Devil’s Porridge’ museum, Eastriggs, Dumfries and Galloway. Contrary to what Gary thought … it is not a museum aboot oor fav breakfast dish!! It is in fact;

‘The remarkable story of the Greatest Munitions Factory on Earth and the extraordinary lives of the Munitions Girls who worked there.’

www.devilsporridge.org.uk

The day will consist of lunch on arrival at noon, soup, sandwiches, tea/coffee, after lunch a volunteer from museum will talk to us about the museum, after which you are free to wander around museum at your leisure. There is no cost for the day. The pick-up times are a bit oa a guesstimate till Bus Company sorry coach company confirms times with oor transport manager, but to give you a guide.

Bus sorry coach details;

 

Departure

Innerleithen – 9.15

Galashiels – 9.40

Selkirk – 9.50

Hawick – 10.20

                   

Comin’ Hame coach hey got it right!!  will leave Devils Porridge at 3 pm

 

To book a seat please contact Gary by;

phone 01750 22588,

text 07906 527  682, `

email garyhattie@btinternet.com , or

write Gary at 4, Scott Crescent, Selkirk TD7 4EQ.

 

 

 

PEEBLES CURRY NIGHT

                                                

Last year the Peebles group decided to have a get together in the local Wetherspoons restaurant. Well they are doing the same again this year, the ‘curry night’ will be held on 7pm on Thursday 23rd July. If you would like to join everyone for the night oot in Peebles please contact Co with your details on 01721 721631.

Can we also remind everyone that the Peebles gang are putting together a recipe book to raise funds for the group. If you have a fav recipe you would like to share please email them to myrecipe@outlook.com or jot it down on a piece oa paper and post them to Gary at the usual address. The recipe can be anything from soup to main course, cake to snack; all entries submitted may not be used in finished compilation. Co an Co thank you in advance for your submission.

 

 

 

 

 

INVITATION TO GLEN DOUGLAS

Recently Gary was invited to Glen Douglas Community Village Hall by a regular supporter of our group for 15 years …………….John Currie. Gary was presented with a cheque to the value of £940!!!!! John who recently turned 65 held a Charity Lunch recently to celebrate this milestone. Everyone attending his charity birthday bash gave generously raising the magic total of £940!!

Gary is pictured receiving the cheque on behalf of the group from John; we would like to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And to thank John for this fab donation and for his fabulous support over the years ………….

 

MONDAY MEETING

 FOR MAY

 

 

HAWICK MEETING SURPRISE!!!

 

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

This month’s meeting will take place on Monday 25th May in the Chaplaincy Centre 2-4. This month Wendy Taylor returns with her singing wi Parkinson’s’. A meeting highly recommended not to be missed. Also Lesley will doing Indian heed massages while she sings-along-wi’-Wendy.

Jill Anderson oor Parkinson’s Nurse Specialist will be in attendance.

Last month we were treated to exercise in the company of Denise Carmichael from ‘Fit-Borders.’ Thank you to everyone who came along on the day the turnout was tremendous, an am sure Denise enjoyed her visit.

 

 

 

 

Everyone is welcome to come along and join Wendy, Lesley an Jill, an there’s the added incentive oa having a cuppa ana chat too.

 

 

 

There was a humungous surprise for everyone attending the meeting last month at the hame oa Hawick Knitwear oor hosts since the start oa the year!!  As the meeting started the door opened and 2 of the staff arrived an told us that they had decided to hold an Easter fund-raiser consisting of a raffle, a treasure hunt, and they had volunteers who knitted Easter chicks, they raised an amazing £600. They split this 3 ways the beneficiaries being MS Borders, MacMillan Nurses, an ourselves.

 

Attendees at the Hawick Meeting receive a £200 cheque from staff at Hawick Knitwear

We are very fortunate to have the support of this local company and all their staff, an thank them very much for the cheque totalling £200!!

                         

‘Parky the BEAR’

Recently Parky Bear has been doing the rounds in Gary’s boot, attending meetings inviting people to guess his date of birth for 50p a shot. The bear has been donated by Erin granddaughter of Angus an Margaret McKay of Selkirk. Erin had been given the bear (a build a bear), for her birthday and wanting to raise some money for her grandfather who has Parkinson’s, donated it to the group to raise funds with. Erin will release Parky’s DOB next month.

Bet her Gran an Papa are proud as owt!!

 

 

For more information contact Gary Hattie

T 01750 22588

E garyhattie@btinternet.com

Free* confidential helpline 0808 800 0303.
Monday to Friday 9am–8pm, Saturday 10am–2pm. Interpreting available. Text phone 0800 111 4204.

*calls are free from UK landlines and most mobile networks.

Visit us online at parkinsons.org.uk
Drop us a line at hello@parkinsons.org.uk

Parkinson’s UK is the operating name
of the Parkinson’s Disease Society of the United Kingdom. A company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales (00948776). Registered office: 215 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London, SW1V 1EJ. A charity registered in England and Wales (258197)
and in Scotland (SC037554).

© Parkinson’s UK, January 2010

 


 

 NEWSLETTERS HOME PAGE