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BERWICK AREA HEART SUPPORT GROUP
SEPTEMBER 2005 NEWSLETTER
Next meeting September 7th at the day Hospital, Berwick Infirmary from 7.00pm – 9.00pm. Guest speaker Jill Hunter, will give a talk on the benefits of Yoga, Jill may also, time permitting take us through a small exercise programme.
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Music and Movement
After a long search by Micheal Redican we are now 95% on the way to having a new instructer for Music and Movement, Micheal is meeting the lady next week to tie up all the loose ends, and should hopefully at the next meeting be in a position to confirm that music and movement will restart on Thursday15th September at Berwick Middle School.
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At our last meeting, on 3rd. August, it was a joint venture, and we met up with members of the Walking for Health Group, and between us undertook two different walks around town, and met up again at the Day Hospital for a cup of tea and something to eat. As my grandson would say, we had a Worzel Gummage Party, i.e., ‘a cup of tea and a slice of cake’. Hopefully everyone enjoyed themselves, including our guests.
Consequently there is not much to write about for last month, so again I’ve had to think of a longer yarn. You would think that emptying my brain of all this nonsense over the last few months, there would be room for some sensible thoughts, but I don’t feel any.
Wally’s Yarn.
Anyway about Billy, he lived with his parents in an isolated country house, was 20 years of age, an only child, and led a very sheltered life. His parents were very protective towards him, and girlfriends were a no-no, so he was not a confident person nor was he very ‘street wise’. He had known girls at school but since leaving school and working in his fathers business, he had lost touch with all his school mates, and he had had very little contact with people his own age.
However, this summer things were to be different, his slightly older cousin was coming to stay, whilst his parents were on an extended cruise. His cousin Tommy who lived in a big City was a total opposite to Billy. Tommy liked to go to discos and pubs, and had also had a few girlfriends.
Initially he accepted the rural existence, but did like to boast of his exploits to Billy when they were alone, and Billy did start to think he was missing out a little.
There was to be a big summer barbeque, sports day and disco in the village on Saturday. This happened every year, but normally Billy didn’t get to go, so after a while he never bothered asking. But things were different this year, Tommy was there on holiday. The two lads had spoken about it, and Tommy assured Billy that it should not be missed.
They spoke to Billy’s parents about it, and because Tommy was there, they gave their consent for them to go, and that they would come and collect them at the end of the evening.
All Tommy could talk about until Saturday was about the girls he was going to meet, but Billy was very uncertain, after all Tommy’s boasting he was fearful of being alone in a female’s company. Tommy tried to put his mind at rest; his best advice was for Billy to just be himself.
Saturday came, during the day Billy chatted with some of his old school chums. He found that some had left the village either to attend college or to seek work. Some had stayed, and most of them were now married.
The disco hadn’t started until later in the evening, after folk had been drinking and were a bit more relaxed. During the evening he found himself on the dance floor with Sally, a girl he had had a soft spot for when they were in the same class at school. As they talked he found out that she had was not married and was unattached. He started to reminisce and some of the old feelings he had had for her started to come back. He became tongue tied but tried to convey these feelings to Sally but due to his lack of confidence they came out as disjointed ramblings.
She cottoned on to his confused messages and stopped Billy in his tracks. She told him that she had liked him at school, but had since moved on, and that she was infact a Lesbian, and possibly had always been. This stunned Billy as he didn’t quite understand, and it caused him to really think. He admitted that he had not know, and in his attempt to cover his ignorance he asked her which part of ‘Lesbania’ she came from.
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RECIPE OF THE MONTH
New Zealand fish salad
4 fish steaks, preferably salmon or tuna
225g new potatoes
115g fresh or frozen French beans
1 loose leafed lettuce
228g grated carrots
½ sliced cucumber
1orange
method
Cook potatoes and beans and leave to cool
Grill fish steaks and cool
Line serving dish with lettuce leaves
Fill with sliced cold potatoes, beans, carrots and cucumber, place fish in centre. Decorate with orange slices, sprinkle dressing over the top and serve.
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