Dave Page

This just in from the hardworking volunteers at Friends of Platt Fields:

OUR MIDSUMMER STRAWBERRY AND CREAM TEA PARTY
THIS SATURDAY 19TH JUNE
On the lawns in front of Platt Hall, in Platt Fields.

There will be

• lots of Victorian games and activities (stick and hoop, jacks, croquet, hopscotch, egg and spoon races,  giant chess and draughts, three-legged races, sackraces),  along with a few more modern ones – giant jenga, spacehoppers, and traditional floor mazes …
• a Victorian juggling show,
• try your hand at hulahooping,
• strawberries and cream tea, lemonade, cucumber sandwiches etc!
• Also we shall have a go at tea-dancing (I’m sure children’s grandparents may remember that but we would love parents and indeed children to try out a polka or a foxtrot, especially people coming from different cultural origins (where gentle dancing is acceptable)
• we shall have our wonderful Poem for Platt Fields – dedicated “to the children” read out by its author Mike Garry, with copies for people to keep as postcard souvenirs, and a plan for where it will be permanently installed in the park
• a chance to see the exhibitions in Platt Hall costume gallery (open all afternoon)

Free for all local families  (pay for food)
2 – 4.30pm

SEE YOU THERE!

This sounds like another excellent event organised by the Friends in Platt Fields’ centenary year, and I look forward to seeing people there!