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Scottish Borders Branch
www.bordersparkys.org.uk |
April 2016 |
Written By Gary Hattie |
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YUP! I KEN IT’S LATE |
MONDAY MEETING |
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BORDERS PARKY’S
WHAT’S ON GUIDE |
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Monthly Meeting
Monday 25th
April
2.00 Till 4.00, Chaplaincy Centre, BGH.
Hawick Thai Chi
Every Tuesday Until Further Notice
2.00 Till 3.30, Wilton Dean Village4 Hall
Hawick Cuppa Ana Chat
Wednesday 27th
April
2.15 Till 4.15, Frank Scott Court
Buddies Meeting
Tuesday 10th May
6.30 Till 8.00, Buddies Diner, High Street, Galashiels.
Newcastleton Cuppa Ana Chat
Wednesday 11th
May
1.00 Till 3.00, Health Centre, Newcastleton
Peebles Cuppa Ana Chat
Thursday 19th
May
10.00 Till 12.00, Peebles Community Centre
Coffee Morning
Saturday 21st
May
10.00 Till 12.00, Langholm Community Centre
Hawick Cuppa Ana Chat
Wednesday 25th
May
2.15 Till 4.15, Frank Scott Court
Monthly Meeting
Monday 30th
May
2.00 Till 4.00, Chaplaincy Centre, BGH
Newcastleton Cuppa Ana Chat
Wednesday 8th
June
1.00 Till 3.00, Health Centre, Newcastleton
Buddies Meeting
Tuesday 14th June
6.30 Till 8.00, Buddies Diner, High Street, Galashiels.
Peebles Cuppa Ana Chat
Thursday 16th
June
10.00 Till 12.00, Peebles Community Centre
Annual Outing
Sunday 26th
June
Afternoon Tea On the Bo’ness and Kinneil Stream Train.
Hawick Cuppa Ana Chat
Wednesday 29th
June
2.15 Till 4.15, Frank Scott Court
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Can I firstly send ma humblest apologies fur the lateness oa
this newsletter. A’ cannae pin point one reason why it’s late
other than well it is Gary after all, an as you know efficiency
isnae ma middle name!! I think that explains everything.
Well as we come to the end of awareness week, I think this year
has been the most media coverage the charity has had since the
group started some 16 years ago. Locally we had a double page
feature in the Peeblesshire News and also a double page feature
in the Borders Telegraph. There was a phone in on Radio
Scotland, BBC News ran a feature, there was a feature on the
‘Wan show,’ Borders TV News ran a story about the Cumbria Branch
launching a new information video. All in all a fantastic
awareness week, and the icing on the cake was, that we had a
sale oa hame baking at the BGH on Monday and Tuesday raising
just under £400! Aye four hunner poond!!
Thanks to everyone who helped out an contributed to it, be it
hame knitted jam or cakes thank you!! I can confirm the rumours
that a certain Selkirk lass going by the name oa Margaret Shiell
that’s S-H-I-E-L-L, I think that’s how sell it, Ha-Ha sell it
get it! Oh a crack masel up at times!! Anyway yes rumours that
Margaret was burning the midnight oil Monday night, frantically
baking mair cakes fur Tuesday, after just aboot being selt oot
on Monday are correct, if ah hadda hat on Margaret I’d take it
off to you, many thanks. Jennifer was also there with products
knitted an sewn by Walkerburn Craft Group. SERIOUSLY, A BIG
THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED MAKE THE SALE THE SUCCESS IT WAS!!!
Anyway am rabbiting on, that’s the kettle boiled ……please enjoy
your April Newsletter which you might get in May!!
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By the time you receive this newsletter the winner of the April
2016 ‘Gordon Melrose Parky Brain oa the Borders Cup’ will have
been crowned. Did the three amigos win it furra second time?
Aye! Ah doubt it!! Full details of winners will be in next
month’s newsletter. Last month saw us all have a hoot with
Denise Carmichael from fit Borders, if you missed all the fun
fear not as Denise will be joining us again in September.
KEEP UP WITH THE CYBER WORLD AN HELP US SAVE SOME TIME AN
PENNIES
Calling all computer owners!! Calling all computer owners!!
If you have a computer do you have an Email address? Do you use
Email? If the answer is yes to both questions, would you like to
receive your newsletter via email, saving us time an money. Our
mailing list for our monthly newsletter is now over 200, and if
we can send some of them by email it would save a lot of time
and make the distribution of them that little bit easier.
So if you would like your newsletter delivered via the world
wide web, simply send Jennifer Brown an email with the email
address you wish your newsletter to be sent to, to
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BUDDIES MEETING
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COFFEE MORNIN’ IN LANGHOLM
Just to let you all ken that Annan branch of Parky UK are holding a
coffee morning in Langholm Community Centre on Saturday 21st
May 2016 from 10-12. So if yer around on that day why not pop down
the A7 furra coffee. You never know some of Robb’s finest shortbread
might be on sale that day!!!
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PEEBLES MEETING PEEBLES MEETING SO GOOD HE WENT THERE TWICE!! |
ANNUAL OUTING 2016
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That is a play on words from the song ‘New York New York, so guid
they.
Traffic cops in a lay by on the A72 last Thursday were seen to be
scratching their heed in puzzlement as the saw this greyish Peugeot
speeding past them not once, not twice, not even thrice but try four
times!! Is this guy oan drugs or whit they asked themsels!! Well ah
wiz but no the ones they were thinkin of!!
Let me explain, after the last Peebles meeting a few were having a
blether outside the community centre and cheering Betty Warner as
she sped up the rather steep brae in her mobility scooter heading
hame!! As Betty disappeared over the horizon we all headed oor
separate ways Gary following the legendary Jim Dee as his hoose was
the destination furra coffee. On arrival at Jims hoose kettle
boiled, Gary went to get milk from his car, and suddenly thought
where’s ma diary? Could it be found? Nup! Jim ah’ll have tae gaun
back tae Peebles ah’ve left ma diary there!! Ok it was a bit mair
like ‘awe S&$% Jim ah’ve
left ma F@&£$% diary at
B&$£% Peebles!!’
So they both jumped into the Hattmobile an sped back to Peebles, the
car got faster as Gary remembered oh ma note book wi all ma
scribbles is there too, then they broke a ton an the polis lost
sight of the hattmobile when it dawned on Gary that the group cheque
book wis there too!!
On arrival at the Community Centre Gary parked roon the corner and
when he a Jim walked round corner they saw on top of the wheely bins
outside the community centre a cardboard box (yes Co that cardboard
box!) with Gary’s contents in it which he remembered putting down
there when they were cheering Betty up the brae!! Thank god fur
that! Vee relieved they both went round the corner an got in the
car, it wis then Gary then realised he had left the keys in the car
an the engine running!!! Aye
F?&%£ Parky’s got a lot tae answer fur.
On the journey hame Jim was heard tae mutter,
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We Are in the Process of Booking This Year’s Outing. This Year We
Are Going On the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway. We Are Going for
Afternoon Tea On a Steam Train. This Will Be On Sunday Aye That’s
Sunday 26th June.
The Train Leaves Bo’ness Station at 14.10 And Lasts an Hour an Ten
Minutes with Afternoon Tea Served On the Trains Oldie Worldly Buffet
Carriages! Bus Times and Pick Up Points to Be Confirmed in Next
Month’s Newsletter.
Let Gary Know of Your Interest in Person at Meeting, Or Email
Garyhattie@Btinternet.Com
Or Txt 07906 527 682 Or Leave a Message On 01750 22588. Pick Up
Points Will Be Innerleithen, Galashiels and St Boswells (I Think).
All Costs Are Covered for This Lovely Day Oot in The Summer
Sunshine!!
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For more information contact Gary Hattie |
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01750 22588
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