Our Christmas dinner is an opportunity to eat together – always popular – and to thank the people who have helped us. The team who prepare the meal arrive early, and set up the room to be festive. and are busy in the kitchens, preparing the Christmas Dinner As members arrived we enjoyed a game… Continue reading Christmas Dinner 2025
Christmas Bingo
Bingo is always popular, and our members, their families and other supporters had provided us with a good selection of prizes. Some were edible, some festive and decorative, some chocolate and some not. The bowl at the left hand end contains mini-prizes – little chocolate sprouts and Christmas puddings, etc. After one of our members… Continue reading Christmas Bingo
Christmas Crafts and songs
We got into the Festive Spirit, not only with some Christmas Crafts, but by putting on Santa hats and reindeer antlers, and performing a signed version of We Wish You a Merry Christmas with ukulele accompaniment!
Annual General Meeting
We held a hybrid Annual General Meeting, chaired by Tom, ably taking us through our agenda. David and Mary – who have been members of the committee for many years retired, and we thanked them for their contributions, particularly in the fund raising for the Minibus, and in the role of Club Secretary. Once again… Continue reading Annual General Meeting
No Zumba, but interesting chats
Unfortunately George Martini, who was due to lead us in a Zumba session was unable to come, as he was helping a member of one of his other Zumba classes. As we were short of drivers this week our numbers were lower than usual for our popular Zumba sessions, so we look forward to an… Continue reading No Zumba, but interesting chats
Cookie making
Cookie making is a popular activity, particularly as the evenings are becoming darker and we appreciate some tasty treats. Marie made cookie dough, and we added our favourite toppings. A short time in the oven and they ended up like this
Celebrating Forty Four Years of Oxford Phab and Helen’s contributions.
Oxford Phab started in September 1981, and has now been running for 44 years. Although our regular meeting schedule is once per fortnight we felt that we should celebrate the occasion with a little party, so we had pizzas and a selection of snacks and soft drinks. Mary gave a brief overview of our History,… Continue reading Celebrating Forty Four Years of Oxford Phab and Helen’s contributions.
A late summer Garden Party
The Wesley Memorial Church Garden Party took place towards the end of summer this year – but the sun still shone (some of the time) and we had a wonderful time, Phab and Church members, and visitors from as far afield as Cumbria. There were plenty of scones, and tea and cakes and opportunities to… Continue reading A late summer Garden Party
Avon Tyrrell in July 2025
For many of our members our Activity Weekends at Avon Tyrrell are a highlight of the year, and we booked for 2025, in order to have the accessible cabins we need, shortly after our holiday in 2023. Preparation Many things need to be in place for a successful holiday. and the planning starts months earlier,… Continue reading Avon Tyrrell in July 2025
Anticipating Avon Tyrrell
A big focus of the evening was our forthcoming Holiday at Avon Tyrrell. There is always a lot of details to be arranged – accommodation in two cabins, transport arrangements, food etc as well as reminiscences about previous trips and looking forwards to what we hope to do this time. One of our members, who… Continue reading Anticipating Avon Tyrrell