Month: July 2020

Dear all, Please see below your answers to yesterday’s question: I was looking for food named after or from British Places (savoury or sweet). I started you off with Bakewell Tart Thank you everyone for sending me your answers, I hadn’t heard of some of them – see below, lots of food for thought…. Chelsea… Continue reading ‘Monday Mind Workout’ – answers from Monday 27th July 2020

Good morning, This week’s Monday Mind Workout is once again over to you to provide the answers. I am looking for food named after or from British Places (savoury or sweet). I will start us off; Bakewell Tart: it is associated with the town of Bakewell in Derbyshire. Good luck.

Dear all, From Room to Zoom! i’ve joined the Chorus of ‘Opera North’ No you won’t see me on stage in their next production – this is ‘From Couch to Chorus’ an invitation via ‘Caring Together’s’ web post. Rehearsals involve one hour a week on Zoom with homework at one’s leisure ; yet another event… Continue reading From Room to Zoom! written by Maureen Kershaw

Part of Arts La’Olam, between spaces project and funded by Arts Council England Acclaimed singer and vocalist Helen McDonald is making her phone number available to older people to call her and sing jazz and classic songs together over the telephone, offering a joyous and anxiety-releasing interlude from the daily void that social distancing can bring. Callers can… Continue reading Telephone Jazz Sing-a-long

Good Afternoon As the Covid-19 lockdown eases, and we move towards our new ‘normal’ the Covid19 Trading Standards Team are intending to reduce the frequency of the Alert – to monthly. Please find attached the latest West Yorkshire Trading Standards Newsletter Scam Alert. This weekly alert outlines trending fraud patterns during the current COVID-19 pandemic… Continue reading WYTS news alert issue 17 24.07.2020

Dear all, “Is the kettle on?” – I first heard the word ‘Elevenses’ when I was four or five playing with friends. Mrs Chaffer would say to her son Keith and his friends “time for elevenses” and reward us with milk and biscuits. I would have never believed that almost 70 years later, friends and… Continue reading Shared Moments: “Is the kettle on?” written by Maureen Kershaw

On July 25, 2020, film your day and you may become part of a historic global documentary, produced by Ridley Scott, directed by Kevin Macdonald and filmed by you. In 2010, when the world was a very different place, Ridley Scott and Kevin McDonald created a film entirely from footage uploaded by people all over… Continue reading Would you like to be part of a historic global documentary?