Already Thinking About Christmas

Despite the fact that the OC committee meet regularly in the run up to Christmas Day and on the day itself, we do not really socialise together.

To put that right, we recently got together on a warm summer's evening for a barbecue and a chat in a secluded garden in the south of Norwich.

Did our thoughts turn to Christmas Day?

Yes.

We wondered if the lower setting ordered this year by the magistrates for the sound limiter at St.Andrews Hall would interrupt the annual rendition of " I did it my way" by Robbie Lord and even worse, interrupt the dulcet tones of David calling out the bingo numbers!

As Christmas Eve is a Sunday this year, we also queried what day we would prepare the food at City College and at what time we would need people to visit the shops who usually donate surplus food.

And yes, we did catch up on each other's news.....

One told of his marathon running exploits, another of his trip to Germany to watch ten matches at the World Cup without seeing England play once, another showed us a superb collection of his own bird photographs taken over the last two years and one proud couple introduced us to their new son.

Lil telling us that she now opens the All Saints Centre on Sunday reminded us that Sunday can also be a lonely day for many and that there is a need for people to practically support initiatives which offer hospitality and friendship to those who would otherwise be on their own all the year round.