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APRIL 2008
This month the group presented Joe Middleton with Birthday cakes, cards and a DVD, in recognition of his 90th Birthday on 13th April. Joe who had to give up his car, due to weakness in his arms, had taken advantage of the ‘Ring and Ride’ decision to cross area boundaries to visit us. At the moment there appears to be ‘teething problems’, a local mini-bus brought him but the one that came to pick him up was 1 hour early and had come all the way from Bolton just to take Joe home, a round trip of nearly 50 miles.
MARCH 2008
This meeting was held in the IT room at our new venue, following the group business the members were able to surf the Internet. It enabled members who don't use a computer to visit our website and the site's of the Fellowship and Lincolnshire. They also looked at the calculator at www.entitledto.co.uk, which works out if you are entitled to benefit's that you might not be aware of. We also looked at the Warmfront site to see if we are entitled to free cavity wall and loft insulation, plus boiler and central heating replacements and finally we looked at sites in Lancashire that loaned out Tramper scooters for days out.
FEBRUARY 2008
The February meeting was held at our new spacious venue and all members who attended said what a difference there was, it is adequate to accommodate a number of wheelchairs and plenty of room for guest speakers.
Our new venue
Member Bryan Edwards presented the chairman with a wooden case engraved with the name of the group and inside was a gavel and block, Bryan had made them.
JANUARY 2007
No January meeting due to the festive holiday season.
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