Month: December

10th December
Toft Friendship Club
Posted by: Liz T

Friendship club Christmas party

The annual Friendship Club Christmas party saw 20 members enjoy a festive afternoon of quizzes, games, pantomime and carols from Toft Session, after a buffet tea and raffle were held.

Tags: Music; Toft Session;

13th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T

Christmas Dinner

The world famous Christmas Dinner, lived up to its title, Carol & Martin produced a wonderful Christmas dinner with all the trimmings, followed by Richard's annual Christmas Game, it was a very good start to the Christmas celebrations.

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17th December
Unassigned
Posted by: Liz T

Cafe

Father Christmas paid a quick visit to the cafe, along with Toft choir who also visited Home Meadows to sing a few carols

Tags: Music;

20th December
General
Posted by: Liz T

Toft choir at Wimpole

Toft choir sang carols at Wimpole, the weather was cold but dry, and we had a good audience enjoying the music.

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20th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Liz T

Christmas Entertainment

We were treated to a fantastic evening of entertainment, From very talented members of the social club community.

Toft Session, Jane and Jake and The Hats, played and sang some brilliant Christmassy music.

Katie and Jean readers two very funny Christmas themed poems

Koran treated us to a funny stand-up routine.

And RicMar provided us with their funny films, which had everyone laughing.

Well done Richard and Martin a great evening.

Tags: RicMar; The Hats; Toft Session;

24th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S

The Club Christmas Draw

The annual Christmas Draw took place on Christmas Eve.  There were lots of prizes including a "first prize" of a £100 John Lewis Voucher and second prize of £50 M&S voucher.  The John Lewis voucher was won by Emma Mitchell.

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25th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin S

Christmas Day Lunchtime Club Opening

The Club opened at lunchtime on Christmas Day for the first time since before lockdown.  A couple of dozen people enjoyed a pre dinner drink and chat with friends!

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28th December
Toft Social Club
Posted by: Martin Y

Toft Slow Session

Toft Slow Session

An event which was previously called The Saturday session and put on hold due to COVID was revived in March 2023 with a slightly revised name and ethos. The Toft Slow Session is a traditional, mostly Irish, music session for players of all levels of ability and experience, where tunes are played slowly. Specifically, it is aimed at people who are learning or reviving an instrument, people who want to play together as a social activity in a friendly, welcoming atmosphere and people who find the speed of other traditional music sessions just a little too fast to join in comfortably.

In 2025, we met in January, March, April, May, July, October and December. Each session was attended by between 10 and 18 players on a range of instruments, including fiddles, guitars, whistles, concertinas, melodeons, mandolins, mandola, bouzouki, double bass, bodhrán and uilleann pipes. Our list of tunes grew from 30 in January 2025 to 39 by December and we’ll be starting 2026 with over 40, covering most types of traditional tune: reels, jigs, slip jigs, slides, polkas, marches, waltzes and flings. After the Slow session finishes around 9pm, the evening continues with a ‘slightly faster session’ with songs interspersed. The Slow session grew from strength to strength in 2025 and has become a regular fixture at The Club, attracting both musicians and a number of faithful listeners.

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29th December
General
Posted by: Martin Y

Parkrun Runners

The following have all been completing Parkruns during the year.

Steve Pugh, Sarah Redsell, Marc Phillips, Tom Phillips, Clara Ribas-Calsina, Luis Borrell, Rebecca Howling, Jason Howling, Felix Howling, David Sales, Sam Austin, Martin Yeadon.

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