The Whitehall Road gnomes (and others) have been beavering away and have come up with a whole host of street party goodness for your delectation.
Timings
The road will be closed at 10:00 am on the 12th and we’ll be decorating and preparing like mad until the main event starts at 2:30 pm. We expect to have tea at around 4.
Helping
Please come and help. We’ll need people from 10 am to help decorate the street, put out tables, set up stalls, and so on. We’ll then need people to run stalls (Whack a rat, raffle, games, etc) from about 2:00 pm. Finally, when it all ends we have to tidy up. So the more help the better.
Food
Please bring as much as you and yours will eat at or around 2:00pm. The food will be put out on tables to be shared (so if you really, really, really like your homemade cakes make sure that you’re sitting in front of them when we sit down to eat). Anything goes, sweet or savoury as long as it can be eaten with fingers (we will have paper plates and cups).
Drink
Tea and squash will be provided. If you want to drink anything else bring it with you (it is legal to drink alcohol if you wish). Drink won’t be shared out like the food (unless you want to share it of course) so be prepared to carry it around with you.
Entertainment
There will be games, music, a fancy dress competition and stalls for young and old.
Labelling
If you bring anything that you want back (plate, chair, bunting, etc.) then put your name and house number on it so we know whose is whose.
Decorations
More, more, more. If you have balloons, bunting, etc. please bring them to number 2 by 10:00 am on the 12th (the earlier the better so we can decide where things will go).
Chairs, tables and gazebos
We are borrowing some tables from the school but need more to go down the centre of the street. So if you can, please bring one along at 11:00 am. If you want to sit bring a chair. If it looks like it might be damp please bring a gazebo if you have one as well.
Quiet zone
There will be a (relatively) quiet area for the less mobile. If you have neighbour who falls into that category please offer to escort them to this place of refuge when we start so that they don’t feel intimidated or left out. It might be an idea to include them in your food and chair preparations as well. Don’t forget to help them to get home again later.
Raffle
There have been a few expenses to date which so far have been kindly underwritten by individuals. We’ll be having a bucket for donations and a raffle to try and pay them back. If by any happy chance we end up with a surplus it will be given to charity If you have any items than can be used as raffle prizes then please bring them to number 2.
See you there!