howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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last year it was packed out with stalls and people, best to get there early.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Hope that goes well for them as it is all a very good cause indeed.
Here is a picture from their reasonably recent open day where all we met were very nice indeed...
All girls together. Karen Tranter third from left is head honcho there.
Jan Higgins
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I hope they do well as it is normally run entirely by the shop staff they usually manage to raise well over £1000 for the centre
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Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Yes, I wish them well on Saturday, hope they make as money as last time for the centre, a very good cause indeed. I will try to pop in on the day
Hard to see the time they open, does it say 09.00hrs?
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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not sure of the time myself colette, to be on the safe side 10 a.m..
let's hope it will be a good fundraiser, will be there afternoon sometime.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Better not be too late Howard they tend to start closing things down at about 2.00pm, if you have your reporter hat on please remember Margaret who organises it all.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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thanks for info jan, will get there before 1 p.m.
is margaret the tall blonde lady?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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A short grey haired very slim 80year old who will either be bustling round or looking exhausted depending how smoothly everything has gone.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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all seemed rather quiet when i got there just before 1 p.m. hopefully it had been busy up to then.
seemed rather a lot of unsold goods including tombola prizes.
jan may be able to identify some of the people here.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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I recognise two of the ladies wearing blue tabards in the bottom picture. The lady in the background far right is Nicola who has been at the shop for at least eight years as she was there when I started. The other lady chatting to the lady in pink is Rita who has been with the shop for about five years. That looks a bit like Bob Newman in the top picture along with Mary holding up the jumper another of the long term shop volunteers.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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thanks for info jan, rather surprised that there were no signs outside to tell passer bys that something was going on inside, nothing close by either.
ken was online here this week and didn't mention it either.
good to see ronnie being as committed to the centre as when she was mayor.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Howard, they normally have an A board at the side of the town hall with someone giving out toys to the passing children, possibly short of shop volunteers at the moment, sadly Riverside staff do not tend to get involved.
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Guest 687- Registered: 2 Jun 2009
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The Jumble Sale is purely a much appreciated fund raising event under the control of the shop, the Centre staff if asked do give a hand to set it up. All the food is baked and cooked by the chefs at the centre on a voluntary basis and at least one centre volunteer was in attendance. It is very difficult to ask staff and volunteers to give of their time having already given it to entertain 66 of Dovers' elderly on the occassion of The Queen's jubillee earlier in the week.
Having said that I know that everything the shop do is very much appreciated by the Centre.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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Things must have changed since I left as previously the majority of Riverside staff did not help unless pushed and it is a FAIR with new items not a jumble sale as Ken states.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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that explains why ken did not tip us off about the fair/fayre.
as far as i could ascertain all the items were new.
