When the residents of Castle Gardens invited us to their Irish Night we were honoured to attend. A night of Irish music, food and entertainment was planned in celebration of GVFB member John Doran (JD) – who regularly organised events and entertainment at Castle Gardens and was a friend to all.
An Irish gnome and plaque were revealed, and we were then entertained by dancers from Costello Irish Dance. Continue reading
A couple of photos from Ladies’ Night:
Here we share with you a few of the thing’s we’ve been up to recently…
Annual tidy-up of Newton Church graveyard
Clean for the Queen – street cleaning
More street cleaning…
JS making toast with a paint stripper.
Following the success of last year, the GVFB were asked to man the “Fire Walker” obstacle. This year our involvement was to ensure that the fires were fed throughout the 2 days of the event.
Unfortunately we had to stop halfway through the Saturdays when there were fears that the wall between the jump and the water would collapse. Luckily this was repaired overnight and we were back stoking the fires early on the Sunday morning.
With no hesitation, Brigade Major Doran shows how it was supposed to be done. If you’re having trouble spotting him, he’s in brigade fleece and fire helmet!
We hope you all had a good time, now prepare yourselves for the Pot Belly Babes….
And here’s a link to some nice photos by Wayne Neal, thanks Wayne.