To celebrate Euro 2021 here at Appletree we had a little history on the game and shared our memories. We asked our residents “Where were you in 1966?”
Some of the responses we got were:

“We had a little black and white television everybody in the street sat in our sitting room to watch the game.”

“We saved up all year for a camping trip to Wales, however when England got to the final my husband made his pack up and left so he could watch the football instead.”

June birthday celebrations are very exciting. People born in June are effortlessly attractive. Born on the cusp of spring and summer, June babies are often outgoing and friendly. They are giving and forgiving. Most people born in June fall under the sign of Gemini, which means they frequently see both sides of an argument and are very balanced and fair.

Here at Abingdon Court, we appreciate that Fathers Day has different meanings to the people who live here. Therefore, we decided to dedicate the day to honouring the male figures in our lives who have helped to shape who we are today. It was a great pleasure and a real joy to be able to invite some family members into our garden as we hosted a socially distanced, COVID secure, Fathers Day lunch.

Throughout Abingdon Court, there is a shared love and admiration for the royal family. The Queen in particular, has had a huge impact on many lives, and royal stories evoke loving and heartfelt memories for lots of people. To celebrate the Queen’s birthday, we decided to have some fun and made a Queen themed picture bingo game. Many enjoyed rediscovering old photos and shared stories of what they were doing during events such as her Coronation.

As we enter the summer months, everybody is falling into that summer holiday feeling. With most of us unable to jet off anywhere any time soon, we opened up Abingdon Airlines and brought the holiday to our home! Boarding passes were delivered to people’s rooms, ready for them to board the flight to Canada later that afternoon. We feasted on pancakes with Canadas most famous maple syrup (plus other delicious toppings) whilst we watched videos which explored different areas of the Canadian landscape.

One of the ladies who lives with us was telling us all about her life working in the fashion sector throughout her youth and how she loved following the trends and seeing what new and innovative pieces were being developed by the big fashion houses. This inspired our Activities Coordinator, Stanley to dig through some Vogue editorial archives to share with her. She was excited to revisit these images and commented on how she noticed these old trends returning in the modern day.

Our regular residents meetings are key dates in the Deepdene calendar where people who live and work at the home get together to discuss important matters.

There are always plenty of refreshments available including drinks, fruit sticks and homemade scones with creams.  The atmosphere is always just lovely.

 

We have decorated the lounge ceiling this week with bunting all cut out by one of our residents, the residents painted beach nuts to hang amongst the bunting.  We celebrated a birthday with a cake and our special 'birthday hat'.

Today the residents at Mary chapman court enjoyed some garden time with a parachute. We made it float like a butterfly then we made it a stormy sea. We had great fun and a little exercise too.

Hope Green garden was filled with music and dancing in the sunshine with a wonderful visit from a talented local accordion player. It was delightful to see everyone getting involved whether that was tapping feet, clapping hands or dancing the waltz. We're really looking forward to his next visit in August.