Frodsham Community Festival.
On Saturday the 8th of September, six of our Club members were pleased to respond to the request for the provision of high quality helpers from the organizers of the Frodsham Community Festival.
Our
involvement was split into a morning and afternoon session, where we
helped our very good friend and Club Honorary Member, George Bunner,
with the setting up and then dismantling of the sporting provisions on
the lower field. This was coupled with helping provide the cordoned off
run-in to the finish of the Downhill Run.
As you might expect, the day was not without its problems and it was left to President Barry to demonstrate his extensive anatomical understanding of joints as he made light of the running repairs to several Gazebos that were kindly provided by Frodsham Forward.
Throughout the day of course, our work was constantly overseen by Club member, Sam Williams, who as Chairman of the Frodsham Community Association made sure everything was done to the highest of standards, the sort of standards that are ever present in Sam's personal DIY projects!
The day would also be remembered by those Club members who helped because part of the deal was that they all had to complete the Downhill Run, as can be verified by the fact that everyone was proud to wear their 'T Shirt' which were awarded to all who entered the race!!!!!!!!!!!
Apart from the main focus of the day being the Festival itself, it was also special for our Club member, Don Paterson, who's birthday it was. In order to mark the occasion, a modestly sized 'Birthday Cake' with an appropriate number of candles was publicly presented to Don, with lot's of Pomp and Circumstance, much to the amusement (excuse the intended pun) of the Stallholders who were running the Fun Fair, especially when Don then had a ride on the little Red Fire-engine!
Happy Birthday Don.
Our Club looks forward to helping with next year's Community Festival.
Port and Cheese Tasting
On Thursday the 20th of September the Club held a Port and Cheese
Tasting at the Forest Hills Hotel. Brian Henshaw gave a knowledgeable
talk on history of Port and the various Port varieties, liberally
illustrated with tastes of 5 good Ports and 5 unusual cheeses. The
Ports and Cheeses are shown below. Needless to say, a good time was had
by all the tasters.
Types of Port - there are 9 officially recognised types
- White,
- Ruby,
- Vintage Character,
- Tawny,
- Crusted,
- LBV,
- Single Quinta,
- Colheita,
- Vintage
IPP Malcolm Davies gave a Vintage vote of thanks and the remaining bottle of Port went to Keith Millington for his bizarre knowledge of the accompanying cheeses.
| Port | Cheese |
|---|---|
| Cockburn's Light Dry White | Grandma Singleton's Lancashire - a hard pressed but crumbly cheese. Aged for a minimum of ten months. Semi-soft, slightly crumbly, yellow colour, strong, tangy flavour. It is the strongest of its type made in the UK. |
| Warre's Warrior Special Reserve - Vintage Character | Manchego - a Spanish aged cheese, made only with milk from the Manchego sheep breed. The most famous cheese of its country |
| Graham's 10 year old Tawny sold under Sainsbury label | Old Amsterdam - a Dutch gourmet cheese of exceptionally high and consistent quality, with a buttery mature aged flavour. |
| Dow's 2000 LBV Bottled 2006 | Somerset Brie - made from milk supplied by 12 of its local farms traditionally ripened, superior creamy taste and rich texture. Largest selling in its class - and it's not French. |
| Taylor's Single Quinta - Quinta De Vargellas 1998 bottled 2000 | Yorkshire Blue - from God's own backyard. This is a traditional, vegetarian, blue cheese made from sheep's milk. |
Bulb Planting in Frodsham.
It was with the greatest of pleasure that, following a request for help from Rita Shearn the Chairman of the Amenities Committee of Frodsham Town Council, two of our Club members dusted off their spades and went a bulb planting.
At 10am on Sunday the 30th of September Vince Akers and Malcolm Davies joined a galaxy of important Civic Leaders at the Netherton Arms in order to plant bulbs in the nearby grass verges alongside the A56.
So well organized was this task, that Rita produced a coloured-up drawing showing exactly where the bulbs were to be planted, so everyone was clear on what had to be done, and where. (Most untypical of the Council, Malcolm discreetly remarked!)
Once the planting began it became abundantly clear that Vince?s part time job, a local grave digger for the funerals of Mice, Gerbils and other small pets, came in handy as the speed of his hole digging fair took peoples breath away.
Once the job was done and everything was left neat and tidy, it was time for a Team Photo and true to life, three of the guys demonstrated the ancient art of Leaning on Your Spade, for all to see and admire.
We now look forward to next Spring, when the fruits of our labour will be apparent, taking the form of a wonderful display of ?
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
etc. etc. etc.
Yes, well done! - Daffodils.
