We are all Macmillan Cancer Support charity enthusiastes on
this 25th Birthday Anniversary Fundraising day Friday, 25th
September 2015 and here I am in Banbury’s Overthorpe Road at the charitable
premises of John Nicholls (Trading) Ltd,
Banbury OX16 4TB, for all things plumbing as well as building materials through
their outlets Banbury Building; and I am here with Grace Grineaux, Head of
Human Resources, who is showing me around their offices, showroom and sales area
for Sarah Payne, Host of Nicholls Macmillan
Coffee Morning.
I sadly missed Sarah who was out on a mission so Grace
kindly toured me to their Accounts Office where busy staff were happily looking
forward to their coffee break for tucking into their spread of gorgeous
cupcakes, millionaire shortbread, macaroons, brownies plus a lemon sponge cake
and a vanilla sponge cake.......
We left everybody hard at work and made our downstairs,
around corners and out into Banbury Building sales area where, on a wide
counter was another fantastic array of sweet baked cakes……
Jovial counter staff and keen customer appreciation,
balloons, bunting and cheerful banter were the background for my photo-shoot
before I was kindly ushered towards their showroom once more by team member
Tom to whom I bade sincere farewell and warm thanks for John Nicholls splendid Coffee Morning Event for Macmillan Cancer Support 25th Birthday.
My next stop was at Pizza Express Banbury, 39 High Street,
Banbury OX16 5ET, to meet up with Coffee Morning Host, Leah Man who, so badly
wanting to get her friends together over coffee and cakes but finding home spacial
limitations a great nuisance, was able to encourage her Pizza Express bosses to
see how good it would be for all concerned to hold a jointly hosted Event.....
So, here I was, in the middle of a roar of
chatter, munchings and sippings of steamy hot coffee. Little ones were scampering about, friends
were reaching out for just one extra more-ish mouthful and .....
generous supporters
were filling in donation papers. Great
was the enjoyment and merriment of the occasion and wonderful the display
toothsome crumbs of comfort.
My
farewells to this lively throng were tinged with regret for I’ve good memories of
very happy occasions at Pizza Express Banbury
which will, undoubtedly include their tremendous 25th
Birthday anniversary Macmillan Coffee Morning today, and thanks to Leah Man who
so wanted to share coffee and cake with all of her friends.
And then I was off to Marks and Spencer of 36 Bridge Street, Banbury OX16 5YA.......
for their Macmillan Coffee Morning in their 6th year as “Official
Partner of Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning”. M & S have produced a wide range of items
for this year’s campaign including a bright green tin for biscuits or cakes and a
lovely coffee cake, tasters of which were available to try in their 10p. Cake
Pots ready and waiting on their Macmillan promotions table in their first-floor
coffee shop.
Staff member Karen was
standing duty over the Cake Pots and other promotional material, bunting and
balloons and Coffee Shop Manager, Sinead Hibbins was on hand to kindly give
permission for my next photo-shoot. My
sincere thanks to Marks and Spencer, Sinead Hibbins and Karen for their
positive reception of me and my camera and questions....
Then I came across a fourth Coffee Morning event for
Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning at Anker and Partners
of High Street, Banbury OX16 5ER...... where Kim Wattam, Office Manager, generously
allowed my interruption of their busy morning. giving me leave to take photos
of clients, luscious baked crumbs of comfort......
and staff members in their bright corner premises
……………….cheerful with posters, bunting and balloons.
My grateful thanks to Kim and her staff
colleagues for so kindly sharing their Anker and Partners 25th
Anniversary Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event....
I hurried away home to unload my cameras of their photo-booty
for I was anxious to see what images I’d managed to create out of my morning’s
coffee morning adventures about Banbury.
My fifth Macmillan Cancer Support World’s Biggest Coffee
Morning took place on the following morning Saturday, 26th September
at Banbury Rugby Union Football Club, Banbury OX15 4AF......
with Host Philippa
Button who had organised a very joyful
and well attended coffee gathering.
There was a grand display of cakes, bakes, flapjack, biscuits and all
manner of delicious cake items.
Kind friends
had generously helped with the cake baking and Philippa had hung the large
reception room with Macmillan bunting, balloons and posters and promotional
material – their cake flags, collection box, donation forms, green pink and
white spotted table coverings, sticky labels, recipe cards, Baked or Faked “No
Peeking” game blindfold, Spot The Cake game for guessing the number of spots on
the cake, M & S Treat Yourself to Gourmet Coffee or Tea literature and helpful
details for fundraising and paying over your raised funds to Macmillan.
I bought one of the cakes made by Philippa's friend and, before we ate a slice or two at home, took another photo or two just for you to see in my blog post......
I shall post some of my photos to Macmillan via their link -
#CoffeeMorning – and send them copies of my Blogger Posts too, and also send copies to all kind Hosts and Coffee Morning Event holder Banbury businesses and firms,
for whom once again I offer my thanks for their generosity in allowing me to
access and photo-shoot their Macmillan Coffee
Morning events for Macmillan Cancer Support World's Biggest Coffee Morning 25th Birthday Anniversary year of 2015.
I hope everybody, everywhere, enjoyed a wonderful Coffee Morning event as I did...
Daisy xxx .
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