There have been firefighter calendars which sell to a ready market but has anyone thought of releasing a Christmas CD – “Firefighters at Christmas – Christmas Carols for the Hard of Hearing”.
I’m sure, even with our rough and ready approach to singing, it would sell like the proverbial hot cakes.
As usual we had a good turn out from Normanshurst and what we lacked in musical talent we certainly made up for with enthusiasm!
And even with a recession the good people of Lowestoft dug deep and helped us to raise nearly £1000 for charity. Thank you!
The money is being split between the Fire Fighters Charity and Sportability, a charity that helps people with paralysis to try adventurous sporting activities.
Sportability is close to my heart as I have been a trustee of the charity for around 10 years and it helped my wife Karen travel to Moscow back in 1992 for some ground-breaking rehabilitation therapy.
Back at Normanshurst to count our donations and then sit down to Lil’s Christmas Dinner. Starters, main, dessert, mince pies, fruit, mints and coffee – all for just £3. Thanks Lil, I don’t know how you do it but as always your hard work is very much appreciated by us all.
Of course it doesn’t take long for improvised missiles to be launched at the other tables using party poppers loaded with cranberry sauce, sprouts or peas. And when Red Watch got a shout a hail of peas and grapes were sent back and forth as they made they way out to Ladder 1.
And not much later the bells went again, accompanied by our alerters, with a turnout for the PRT see my next post…
Pretty good timing too as it got us out of the tidy up – removing peas and other items from wherever they had landed!
Back on station soon for our drill night. Hopes of an ‘end of term’ evening playing games, watching video’s and not wearing uniform were dashed with news that we are meant to be having a BA drill this evening. Hoorah!