Children Visit Home

Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31235, 6 December 1966, Page 2

Children Visit Home

Carols sung with youthful enthusiasm captured the rapt attention of the elderly residents. When he introduced his choir, the headmaster of Bamford School (Mr R. N. Wood) said the children had been looking forward to the occasion for many months, and they regarded it as a privilege to be allowed to sing. “It is our privilege to hear you all sing,” one of the residents replied.

Children and residents were delighted when the matron (Miss J. Potter) said a whole year was a long time to wait to hear the choir sing again—perhaps it could visit the home about the middle of next year and sing again. Looking very smart in their white veils, red capes and blue school uniforms, members of the Bamford Junior Red Cross

circle distributed their presents. Many hours of hard work had gone into the preparation

of the hankerchiefs, draped around the little hats, the home-made bonbons filled with sweets and the cakes of soap, wrapped in cellophane and presented to look like a posy of flowers. No-one was forgotten. More than 80 residents, members of the staff and even the reporter from “The Press” all received thoughtful individual gifts.

Residents in wheelchairs and others confined to thenbeds smiled their thanks—and for 40 boys and girls who had willingly given their time to bring a measure of good cheer to the lonely and forgotten these smiles were their own reward.