Off in our minibus to Chichester for a Phab South East Fun Weekend
Going round Oxford and Abingdon, loading
Lunch at MacDonalds
We checked in to the hotel, and unpacked in our rooms, and then it was time for the ice breaker activity.
Mingling in the bar, trying to find people Chelsea supporters and people who are allergic to cats. A good icebreaker as there are people from all over the South East here.
During the meal we were entertained by an excellent singer.
The meals at the hotel were good – here we have reached the coffee stage, still enjoying the entertainment.
This was followed by more chatting and entertainment until people drifted off to bed.
Author: john
Mary's Paul Hope Award in the Oxford Mail
An article about Mary’s reception of the Paul Hope Award has been published in the Oxford Mail at http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/14021580.It___s_absolutely_Phab_as_social_club_founder_is_awarded_for_her_work/
It is great to see news of what we are doing reaching a wider community.
Murder Mystery Evening
Phab were invited to the Wesley Memorial Open Doors Murder Mystery evening. This included a meal, being prepared here.
The hall was set up.
Tables were labelled with the names of famous detectives.
We are Oxford after all – we also had Lewis, as well as Rebus and so on from other places.
Here is the Hall filled with aspiring detectives.
The players in action
Enjoying the meal.
The Inspector reveals the result, which was a surprise to my table,
We alway enjoy joint activities with the church.
Meal at The Narrows
We went out to the pub – The Narrows in Abingdon.
The food and drinks were very good value. (so good that I did not take any pictures until we had all finished eating !)
They gave us our own section of the pub, conveniently close to the lift you can see behind us.
Hot Diggity Dog!
It’s hot dog night at Oxford Phab.
cooked in the Wesley Memorial kitchen
and served through the hatch.
We had hot dogs with or without onions, as well as crisps snd other snacks.
and a Birthday Cake !
Quiz night
We had a quiz using Simon’s laptop and the projector we bought for the club when he won the Paul Hope Award.
Here he is setting up.
We split into teams.
and BOTH teams ended up as (virtual) millionaires!
Noodle Night !
We had already given our menu choices for meals from Noodle Nation and they had been told what we wanted and had it all ready for us to collect. They had even labelled all the containers with whose order it was, which made distributing them very simple.
Mary had baked biscuits for desert for anyone who still had a space !
Normal Club with board games
We played a variety of board games.
including Boggle.
Some passing visitors to Oxford also came in and sung to us!
Mary receives the Paul Hope Award
At a ceremony at the House of Lords Mary was awarded the Paul Hope Award for all her contributions to Oxford Phab, Phab South East and Phab Nationally over many years.
Here is Mary with Jackie of Unity 70. For the first time the award was shared between these two very deserving candidates.
Here is a video of her receiving the award.
There is an item about Mary receiving the award in the Autumn 2015 issue of KIT – the Phab magazine.
Jesus Chris Superstar
We went to Jesus Christ Superstar at the New Theatre. Fast paced with plenty of excellent musical numbers.