Hillview Road has been holding parties twice a year since the Jubilee street party. This year about forty people turned up from Hillview Road and Hillview Close. Our Xmas party with a cost of £25 had been cancelled due to lack of support but when the price dropped to £5 for a cheese and wine party the interest magically multiplied. Several tables of enthusiasts gathered in the Guide Hut.
The food consisted of several types of cheese including Brie, Camembert and blue cheese, with bread and biscuits, green olives stuffed with red pepper on sticks, and black grapes. Each table bought red or white wine. Once couple who could not drink wine brought their own elderflower drink, which costs about £2 a bottle from Sainsbury's. The dessert course included mini chocolate eclairs.
A quiz on London Underground Station names kept us entertained. We were asked for £1 for one raffle ticket, £5 for a strip of six. I won first choice of prizes and chose a teach yourself Spanish course. I think every table won something. Other prizes included bottles of wine, chocolates, a picture frame, fancy boxes of toiletries tied with ribbon, and a book on cooking.
As it was Burns' Night, at the request of our Scotsman Loudon, we ended with Old Lang Syne.
For more information about Hatch End, our area has a website.
Below are photos of residents such as Alice and Loudon, Chris, Aubrey and Edna, Sandi, Lucia, Trevor, and more. If you know the names, please tell me. When I have time I can search on the electoral register.
The food consisted of several types of cheese including Brie, Camembert and blue cheese, with bread and biscuits, green olives stuffed with red pepper on sticks, and black grapes. Each table bought red or white wine. Once couple who could not drink wine brought their own elderflower drink, which costs about £2 a bottle from Sainsbury's. The dessert course included mini chocolate eclairs.
A quiz on London Underground Station names kept us entertained. We were asked for £1 for one raffle ticket, £5 for a strip of six. I won first choice of prizes and chose a teach yourself Spanish course. I think every table won something. Other prizes included bottles of wine, chocolates, a picture frame, fancy boxes of toiletries tied with ribbon, and a book on cooking.
As it was Burns' Night, at the request of our Scotsman Loudon, we ended with Old Lang Syne.
For more information about Hatch End, our area has a website.
Below are photos of residents such as Alice and Loudon, Chris, Aubrey and Edna, Sandi, Lucia, Trevor, and more. If you know the names, please tell me. When I have time I can search on the electoral register.
Angela Lansbury is the author of twenty books including: Quick Quotations; Wedding Speeches; Dating Online; How To Get Out Of The Mess You're In; Poetry Pets and Pests.
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