Full steam ahead for museum’s festive tea garden
THE old Port Alfred station grounds will once more come alive on Saturday December 16 from 9.30am to 12.30pm.
The trains may not be running, but, following on last year’s success, it is once again full steam ahead for a festive tea garden in the grounds of the Kowie Museum at the old station.
Join residents for a cup of tea or coffee and two eats for just R40 which includes entry to the museum. Enjoy the music and ambiegarden ambience with your family, friends and visitors; get a sense of the past as you walk along the platform and cross the rails where train engines once stood hissing out steam; and look for the new museum exhibits – such as an original settler ship’s compass belonging to the Berringer family, a ceremonial Wilkinson sword, South African Railways badges, furniture, crockery and even a train toilet!
The museum appreciates your support in helping to preserve and display the history of our town and its people. THE ladies of Petticoat Lane would like to thank everyone who donated much-needed clothes and linen to our little shop.
Without your incredible support we would not be able to aid the various local charities that desperately need ON BEHALF of St Paul’s Anglican Church Ladies’ Guild, I would like to thank everybody who helped to make the St Paul’s Christmas fete a success.
Special thanks go to Feathers Farm for their donation of eggs and Pick n Pay for their donation of rolls for the bacon-and-egg “brekkie roll” stall; Gary Fletcher for his donation of pineapples and Basille Granville for his donation of vegetables for the help. Through storms, floods and changing premises we have carried on helping those in need.
We reopen in January. Please come and visit us.
A happy Christmas to all. deli stall.
After expenses, the fete raised R23 185.60 for local charities.
The winners of the Christmas hampers, were: first prize, B Danilatos, second prize, J Pople.
Thank you everybody for your generosity, hard work and support. May God bless you all and have a happy Christmas.