Got drenched on the way from the car to our cosy stall (Chorley today) in torrential rain. A big, red umbrella caught our eye immediately, the red being a pattern of bright red strawberries. We swiftly purchased 2 which came […]
Its been quite a while since we last posted anything but we have been very busy collecting our two groups of people in Bury and Chorley who will be joining us on our ‘red day out’. Our aim was to […]
Although its been a while since we last updated our blog, it only feels like a day or two. Despite this we have been very busy working our socks off in Bury trying to get volunteers to participate in our […]
Dominique blogging today as its ‘my turn’! We started off the day with bacon barmcakes and cappuccino’s at Katsouris whilst admiring all the cakes on display and wondering if its possible all my red clothes might not fit me at […]
Teresa here after another horrendous day, weather wise that is. We left home, Dominique without her purse (did she do that on purpose?) and the photographs; me without the tablecloth and with no money whatsoever, so at that point we […]
Dominique here. Today we began the second phase of our ‘Red’ project which will be taking place in Bury and Chorley. During our residency in the St. John’s Centre in Preston we aimed to encourage at least one person everyday […]
The weather on Saturday morning couldn’t have been any worse but our event went ahead and despite the torrential rain, we had an excellent turn out. Everyone turned up prompt and the shop was thoroughly chaotic with hats of all […]
Hello again, for my second post of the day! Not a long one though, as we have lots of dying/painting things red and washing and ironing to do in preparation for the grand finale tomorrow! Today, three lovely ladies kindly […]
Dominique here today. Didn’t blog last night as it was a manic busy day and when i got home i was absolutely exhausted. I put all the red washing in(my normal washing is almost touching the ceiling) and then collapsed […]
Teresa here and I’ve just spent an age trying to sort my computer out and get Internet access. So, will be quick as I’ve not eaten yet and its now 8.30pm. Jake and Max, my lovely twin grandsons came to […]
Dominique here today! Last week was extremely busy and we spent Saturday having a general tidy up. We had a helping hand from Kathryn, one of our volunteers. She spent a good few hours ironing all the red clothes which […]
Teresa here. Today was another mad and busy day. Philippa called in to see us and we had Adele and Gemma to help us. Thank goodness for those two. We all walked together with Catrina who came in prepared in […]