Christmas community lunch success

A CHRISTMAS Day lunch in Wash Common for the elderly proved a festive feast today (Dec 25).
Around 85 people, mostly local elderly, who would otherwise have been alone on Christmas Day, tucked into turkey with all the trimmings, prepared and dished up by volunteer helpers, at St George's Church Hall, Wash Common, at the Communities Christmas event.
In charge of the kitchen this year was Heidi Woodham, of Speen, who said afterwards everything had gone smoothly:
"It went very well,everything was done on time," said Ms Woodham.
"Most of the preparation was done yesterday," she added.
A total 20 kilos of potatoes and 400 sprouts were prepared in advance for the meal:
"Five of us sat peeling sprouts!" said Ms Woodham.
Among those appreciating their efforts was John Dudley, aged 65, of Shaw, who said: "It was brilliant," and measured up to last year's meal, supervised by an army chef, from Denison Barracks, Hermitage, who was this year unavailable, as many of those based at the barracks are serving in Afghanistan.
Equally impressed was 92-year-old Eunice Collins of Newbury, who said it had been: "A jolly good lunch, addng:"It's much better than sitting on your own."
Organisers, Clare Serraya and her husband, Adam, were also relieved, after Ms Woodham stepped in at the last minute to oversee kitchen preparations:
"It went very smoothly," said Mrs Serraya.
Musical entertainment was provided by the Turton family of Newbury and playing a range of instruments, including brass, drums, violin and piano.

Source: http://www.newburytoday.co.uk/News/Article.aspx?articleID=18737

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