Santa Came to Town

Father Christmas flew into Applewood, as a surprise, one evening. Some of our residents braved the cold to say hello and tell him what they wanted for Christmas.

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Christmas Market

Freda enjoyed a trip out to the Christmas market in Pengethley to see the festive lights and goodies on sale. There were lots of beautiful festive crafts and Freda agreed it was all very magical. It was lovely for her to reminisce about her childhood Christmases and she was amazed to see that some of…

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Chepstow Musical Choir

Last night we had the pleasure of Chepstow Musical Show Choir – CMSC visit Castleford for a Christmas performance! The lovely ladies sang a variety of Christmas carols whilst we enjoyed some festive treats and hot chocolate. We made sure to make enough for our guests, too! We watched the choir from inside, in the…

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Elf Day

We have been raising money for The Alzheimer’s Society. The Elf had been staying at Donnas house and she was finally able to send him to his new home today! Welcome to Ganarew, Elf.

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Winter Wonderland Trail

Today our residents went to winter Wonderland Trail at Keydells nursery, they had such great fun and enjoyed all the fantastic displays!Our lovely Pam mentioned that it brought so much memories back to her when her and her husband went there every year, she was so thankful that she relive that moment!

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Weekend Retail Therapy

This weekend a couple of our residents visited The Mall, Cribbs Causeway, to hit the shops! One resident wanted to get some new shoes and he enjoyed browsing around the shops the Mall has to offer. He chose some dashing new kicks and is extremely pleased with his purchases, he was even confident enough to…

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Christmas Trees

This year, five Christmas trees went up and were decorated beautifully by the residents. Two of our residents went out to pick a treeand it was the biggest one we’ve seen in our home. The task of decorating the rather large tree was challenging, but fun! Our residents were kept extremely busy decorating all five…

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Making Christingles

Making our Christingles ,we had so much fun singing along to Christmas songs whilst making them. We think the ladies did a fab job!

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The Orchard’s On Film!

A Hereford film crew came to The Orchard care home to interview our managerial staff regarding all aspects of working in care.It was an exciting although nervous time for our manager Debbie, deputy manager Marie and team leader Laura.All three ladies were interviewed and photographed inside The Orchard and outside in the homes lovely surrounding…

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