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PRIMUS PLUS NEWSLETTER 12th. EDITION May 2012 1 PRIMUS PLUS NEWSLETTER WELCOME! Welcome to the twelfth edition of the Pri- mus Plus Newsletter, written by members, staff, and volunteers for the members. Contributions for the Summer 2012 news- letter need to be in by Friday June 29th Free places are available on Saturdays from 2012 please. 9:30 –3:00 for people with disabilities, who Pages 1,2 Saturday Plus, Sewing. have unpaid or informal carers. Page 3 Drama. Lunch and transport is provided. Page 4 Drama, The allotment, ‘Out and About’, Rudyard Carvery. To find out more telephone 0161 474 8288 Page 5 Shopping Stockport Market, Puss in Boots, Carers’ Lunches. Page 6 Wetherspoons, Woodford Park At Saturday Plus there is an Garden Centre. exciting mix of crafts and other Page 7 Etherow Park, the White Hart, activities. Page8 Theatres, Portland Basin, Cheadle Mosque. In the morning there is usually a Pages 9,10 Cooking. cookery class on offer in the fully Page 11 Craft days, Music. adapted kitchen where members Page 12 Creative Art Workshop, Yoga. Page 13 Volunteers and Students. can make all sorts of delicious A puff pastry pie Pages 14, 15, 16, Life in Japan, Sushi food to take home. Page 17 Upstairs Downstairs, My Week. Colin enjoyed making Page 18 Family News, Travel to Primus. scones and Easter buns Page 19 Easy Go, Easter Bonnets, and Vivienne loved the Graham retires. salmon and potato tartlets Page 20 St George’s Day, Writers’ Corner which we made for Na- Page 21 Kieran’s blog. tional Pie week. Page 22 Writer's Corner continues. Page 23 Poetry anthology, Mark Jones A long and ambitious Reps.’ Committee. project was the construc- Page 24 ShelterBox. Page 25 Book review, Jokes tion of a blue dragon to Page 26 Birthdays, Diary dates. celebrate the Chinese Year Work in progress on the dragon of the Dragon which is to be entered in the Stock- port Carnival. The head was con- structed from 2 large milk cartons and a bal- loon. The members then covered it with papier mâché and the eyes, and The jaws eyebrows were sculpted open and out of this. close and a The whole head was then covered in thick PVA glue to make it scaly effect smooth. Some members then had a go at airbrushing it with was created paint. using fish net Janice and some Primus members helped decorate it with a stockings! long strip of cloth for the body. PRIMUS PLUS NEWSLETTER 12th. EDITION May 2012 2 Some Saturday Plus members enjoy making hand February 15th crafted cards and others have done some sewing Deborah has been making a hot-water bottle cover or altered garments. today. She says, “I am sewing a teddy bear’s face for the cover. It is brown with yellow eyes.” Members are currently busy painting bunting for the Jubilee celebrations. Members also have the Jamie has already knitted a baby's pink dress. He opportunity to be accompanied to the nearby says, “With the help of Janice I made a pink and yel- market or to attend events at the Town Hall or low flower and a purple and white one and sewed Plaza. Learning support is available for those who them on the dress.” want to improve their literacy skills. Jennifer is making a dragon hand puppet, “I am sewing it together. The colours are green, yellow and Either Sonya or Ann cook a lovely lunch. In the orange. It is all going to be sewn by hand. It has got afternoons some like to play board games or bright eyes. It's nice to Bingo. make something good to take home.” Jester the parrot occasionally visits. “He’s a real charmer” says John. Heidi is also making a pup- pet, She says "It is green Volunteers make an enormous contribution and with yellow and orange and support members in a range of activities as well beautiful blue eyes with se- as helping the staff. quins down its back.” Dragon hand puppet Paul appreciates the help he gets from volun- February 29th teers and staff Jennifer, “Today I am finishing my dragon puppet.” Adele and Lucy are currently on placement. Heidi is continuing with hers...”I will think of a name for it when it is finished.” Anupa says “The volunteers are brilliant friends.” Mary T thinks, “The Saturday sessions are su- Deborah “My hot-water bottle per. The staff are excellent– always.” cover is nearly finished. I am looking forward to using it.” Carol A says, “I like doing different things. Ann does some quite exotic dishes with us (in cook- March 14th ing) that you couldn’t buy in the shops.” Susan W ‘”I finished my hot- water bottle cover. I am giving it to Peggy.” Sewing with Janice February 8th-April 18th 2012 Anupa “I finished my jewel- lery roll today. It was my idea Janice is a volunteer who runs a sewing group to do it and Janice helped. It has red hearts and blue for Primus members on Wednesdays. stars on it with a green base. It is patterned on the outside.” Here is a diary of these activities. Jennifer, “I am now making a tea-cosy. It is pink.” February 8th Today Sue began tacking the waistcoat which March 28th she is making. She started sewing it on the ma- Janice says, that today, “They all worked very hard chine. She is enjoying the sessions and says, “I and they’ve learnt a lot. They all do neat stitching.” can wear it when it is finished. It’s also reversible. Heidi, Jennifer and Susan are making tea-cosies. One side has flowers and the other is burgundy.” th PRIMUS PLUS NEWSLETTER 12 . EDITION May 2012 3 Anupa is making a bag Heidi says” My mat is holder for her walking now a Spring mat. frame. Sue C. says. “I Karen-Louise likes the am making a Marilyn bunny’s tail. Janice Monroe costume for cut a circle out of felt Drama. I can’t wait to and cut slits all finish it and put it on. around it. But I got it The drama is called ‘A tangled. Janice says Night at the Movies.’ I that it actually looks started with a long piece better because of the of cloth and cut it into 4. tangles. I like doing We gathered it at the things to make my shoulders and under the flat nice.” bust. It’s going to look very glamorous.“ Jennifer says, ”I’m mak- April 4th, ing a blue beach bag Jennifer “Today I’m sewing ‘tea-time’ onto my tea with decorations on it. -cosy. I am enjoying this activity.” I’ve got a green fish, an Heidi “I am making an Easter mat. I am working orange sea-horse and a hard at putting on the Easter bunny.” yellow starfish. On the Susan “I am sewing a tea-pot by hand onto my other side it will say tea-cosy. I like sewing with Janice.” ‘Holiday’. I enjoy sewing Anupa “I am sewing the letter ‘A’ on to the bag. and I like the company.” This is to hang from my walking frame.” Jamie is now making a bed cover for a friend’s birthday. It’s going to be Jamie ”I am doing knit- blue with an orange teddy on it. Jamie is knitting ting . I have lots of the teddy to sew on later. wool. I’m knitting socks for my footballer.” DID YOU KNOW? Janice, our sewing Deborah “I have nearly fin- teacher was asked to do ished my hot-water bottle the embroidery on the cover. I am sewing the face curtains for the four- onto the cat. The ears are al- poster bed at Staircase ready sewn on.” House in the Jacobean style and design. Be Anupa is repairing her hand- sure, if you visit to have bag today. She says, “ The lin- a good look at her work. ing came undone and it ripped. I had trouble Drama finding my mobile phone. I by Hilary was going to get a new bag from Matalan and then Hilary accompanies Paula, Wendy and I thought, why don’t I re- Delores to drama every week. Alison and pair it? I brought it to Mark from Primus also go to the class which is Janice and she said this run by ’The Big Umbrella Theatre Company’ in was something I could do Romiley. Here are the reports on three sessions. myself. I have pinned it to- February 7th gether and am sewing it We carried on with the play ‘Lilian’ which will be with small stitches.” performed at the Romiley Forum in the summer. th PRIMUS PLUS NEWSLETTER 12 . EDITION May 2012 4 Wendy says, “The group I was in described the The allotment different sounds Lilian would have heard.” April 20th, 2012 Delores says, “Today we decided who would be in by Philip and Hilary Lilian’s family and also their names. In one of the Primus members go to work on the allotment in scenes I am going to be best friends with Susan Woodbank Park on Friday mornings. Today and in another scene I am going to be someone's Hilary , Carla (a student) Philip, Colin and wife”. Janice went to Hilary writes, ‘Today we made very good progress do some gardening with our play ‘Lilian’. The different members of the up there. group are putting their names forward for various Philip says,“ We parts. We have now decided the names and ages had a tidying up of Lilian’s family and friends.