The traditional Port Navas Christmas Coffee Morning took place on November 26th. It was a lovely sunny morning with snow still on the ground.
The Village Hall was packed as usual. Tiffa’s French walnuts sold out almost immediately and there was a brisk trade in cakes and Christmas cards.
Dollar Bruton of ‘Shearwater’ Port Navas.
1912-2005
I would like to thank everyone who attended Mum’s funeral on 22nd April – and for all their generous comments, letters, cards, emails and telephone calls. I organised the day as she had asked and I am certain she appreciated the presence of people from Port Navas and beyond – both at her funeral and the Reception afterwards at the Village Hall.
A special thanks to the Reverend Robin Thomas who conducted the service as she had requested and who knew Mum from our arrival in Port Navas in 1947.
The collection raised £400 in Mum’s memory and has been forwarded by Keith Penrose to the Stroke Association – the national charity which helps in the prevention and treatment of strokes.
The two photographs are of Mum as a baby in 1913 and Mum with her great friend Arthur Rendle in March 2005 (taken by Patsy Loake of ‘Rocky Waters’).
Mike Bruton and family
On the evening of March 31st Tiffa Meadows held an party in the Village Hall to celebrate the opening of her exhibition of watercolours there. The proceedings went with a swing and more than a dozen pictures were sold during the course of the evening.
After 5 years at the helm, Yacht Club Manager Geoff Dandy, and Chef Extraordinaire Jane Rendell, are moving on. A large boisterous crowd gathered at the club on their last evening to wish them well. Roger Catherall made the presentations: a splendid magnolia for Jane and a MacSalvors gift voucher for Geoff!
