Now we are talking about serious coincidences!! This lovely young woman was down at Winthrop this afternoon with her Grandad, who celebrated his 98th birthday yesterday. We were just putting the finishing touches to our Poppy Wall and we had some WW1 music playing. ‘It’s a long way to Tipperary’…
Stripes and Onions!! Great Day at Winthrop welcoming GCSE French Students from Wickersley School for lunch. Designed by Miss Davies as an opportunity for the students to vlearn more about this gem of a community project on their doorstep in preparation for French orals!! And we were delighted to transform…
Lovely to meet Christine Firth and her daughter yesterday. Christine has known Winthrop from the very early days, she remembers being at the official opening on 29/07/2005 when John Healey MP did the honours and was given a bunch of rhubarb rather than flowers!! Christine was also able to tell me…
We’ve brightened up the outside of the Tea Rooms with three fantastic photoboards of images from our lovely gardens. Mike, the photographer, and Tony spent most of the morning in damp drizzle getting the boards up and they are fantastic images full of memories of our long hot summer! Come…
Excellent afternoon with Meryl White, aka Grandma Abson’s Traditional Baking! Very entertaining and informative talk about the history of Afternoon Teas with a lovely group of women with lots of chattering and laughing! Hugely reassured that we have our sandwiches, scones and cakes in the correct order on our three…
The Winthrop Memory Cafe is held on the first Friday of the month between 12 noon and 3pm. Between 12 noon and 1.30pm we offer a light lunch – generally sandwiches and / or home made soup, followed by a selection of cakes and hot drinks From 1.30pm it’s just…
