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A Dementia Support Project supported by the Hornsea community and surrounding villages. for more details please contact Linda Stross on 07903257976

As Time Goes By Cafe (Formerly Hidden Friends)

Join us in a relaxed, informal and free drop-in where we provide support for people with memory difficulties and thier carers. We provide companionship, activities, occasional entertainment and the chance to chat over a cup of coffee. for more details please contact Linda Pugh. 07903257976

03/11/2026

Morning everyone. Cafe tomorrow and we are welcoming The Farmers Daughters who will be singing for us. Looking forward to seeing you all.

22/10/2026

We meet every other Wednesday for two hours. If you’ve had a diagnosis or are currently waiting for one, please come and join us. The dates up to the end of the year are on the poster.

22/10/2026

For those of you who were able to make it to the afternoon tea yesterday, I hope that you enjoyed it as much as we did.

Some of you made your own way to Eastfields, some of you took advantage of the coach, but we all made it. We all had about an hour to take a look around the garden centre and their lovely Christmas displays. Was anyone tempted to buy early Christmas presents or decorations? Some of you chose to just sit at the table and chat and it was lovely to see new connections being made.

Once everyone was seated, orders were taken for teas and coffees and then the food came out-first the special orders for gluten free, vegetarian and savoury. These were followed by the amazing afternoon tea stands full of sandwiches and choices of cakes as well as the delicious cream scones. The amount of food was incredible and it was just as well they provided lots of boxes for everyone to take home what they couldn’t eat 🤣.

We would like to thank Helen again, for her generosity in paying for the afternoon tea. Helen, you are an absolute treasure 🤗.

While I had a captive audience, I made an announcement regarding a change to our Christmas lunch. We have changed the lunch to the following:

Date: Wednesday 9th December
Time:12.30 onwards
Two courses plus tea & coffee
Venue: Hornsea Garden Centre, Sigglesthorne.

Our next meeting is on November 4th when we will be entertained by The Farmers Daughters, who would love you to join in with the singing 🎵. We will also be joined by some of the residents from The Mere Care Home, so I’m sure you will give them a warm welcome.

20/10/2026

Good morning everyone. Well it’s nearly here, tomorrow is afternoon tea at Eastfields Garden centre. For those that need a lift, we are meeting at the URC hall at 12pm and departing at 12.30. Looking forward to another wonderful afternoon.

08/10/2026

Well I don’t know about you, but I had a fantastic time today. It was wonderful to see you enjoying yourselves at our recreation of Hull Fair. Even the weather was typical Hull Fair weather.

Paddy was responsible for organising everything from the stalls to the prizes, so a massive thank you to her for all her hard work.

By the time everyone arrived, the stalls were all set up and I explained that the food and drink would be available from a stall, just as if we were at a real fair. Along with the usual food, we were also serving hot dogs for those who wanted them, served with either mustard or tomato sauce and onions. You must have been hungry today as the food went very quickly.

When everyone had eaten all they wanted, people started to wander round and play the games on the various stalls. Hook a duck, darts, ball in a bucket, bowls, hoopla, skittles but by far the most popular was tin can alley. I think a lot of frustration was taken out on the tins judging by the number of times I heard them get knocked over.

It really was a fantastic afternoon and everyone said they had enjoyed it immensely.

Amongst all the chaos, we welcomed a new member, Janet, and a big thank you to all at the tea table who sat and chatted to her and made her feel at ease.

Our next session on the 21st, is our annual outing to Eastfields Garden Centre for afternoon tea. Please note, unless you are making your own way there, that we meet at the hall at the usual time of 12 and the coach and car shares leave at 12.30. Hopefully we should be at the garden centre by 1pm, which gives everyone an hour to look around before they serve us tea in the Potting Shed Conservatory. If you have booked for the tea, but now find you are unable to make the date, please let me know as soon as possible as I have to advise them on numbers.

Until then, I hope you have a good weekend, and look after yourselves.

06/10/2026

Morning everyone, just a reminder that it’s Hull Fair week at the cafe. There will be lots of stalls, and games to be played, so don’t forget to bring your 1 & 2 pence pieces to add to the authenticity.

Looking forward to a fun afternoon.

24/09/2026

Hi everyone,

Well I think we can all say it was a wonderful session yesterday and how lovely it was to welcome back Active Communities; Beth, no Joe as he was poorly, and Kimmy, who some of you may remember from the very early days of the cafe.

We welcomed two new members, Lance and Pat, who I hope had an enjoyable time. We also welcomed back Gerry, who has been poorly for several weeks and also Alice who has now recovered from her fall, but is still sporting a very fashionable plaster cast on her arm. It was fantastic to see you both.

Lunch over, Beth announced that as a change to the previous sessions, the music quiz would take place first. Divided into two teams, named The Stars and The Best, the quiz soon became very competitive with The Best taking an early lead, despite a lot of split points.However, by the end of the quiz, including a few extra questions, the winners were The Best, but only by one point, 19-18.

We then moved onto lawn darts, with a player from each team taking a turn, The Stars did slightly better finishing with 86 points, but still a win for The Best with 98. Then some sit down exercises to music, made all the more fun by the fake microphones and Pom poms, great to see you all moving to Jailhouse Rock, Don’t blame it on the Sunshine and Moving on Up. With a short time to spare, it was back to the music quiz and again The Best were the winners with 13-9.

It was a wonderful session, really good fun, so thank you to Beth and Kimmy for a great time. Please don’t leave it too long before you come back again.

Before I finish, I would like to say a massive thank you to Pat Tate, who used to come to the cafe with her lovely husband Colin. Unfortunately Colin passed away a while ago, but Pat has been visiting the cafe all this summer, whilst staying in Hornsea. In Colin’s memory and because he so enjoyed coming to the cafe, Pat has donated £50 to the group. Thank you so very much Pat, and we look forward to welcoming you back next year.

Our next meeting is on October 7th, when we will again be paying a visit to “Hull Fair”, courtesy of Paddy. Don’t forget your 1 & 2 pence pieces for visiting the stalls and playing games such as Hook a Duck, bowls and Tin Pan Alley.

22/09/2026

Good morning everyone, a reminder that it’s cafe day tomorrow and we will be welcoming back Beth and Joe from Active Communities for a Musical Memories the return. They are looking forward to catching up with everyone and hearing what we’ve been up to. As I mentioned in my last email, there will definitely be a quiz, so I hope you’ve all had your thinking caps on and come up with some brilliant ideas for team names. See you tomorrow folks.

10/09/2026

Hi everyone,

Well yesterday wasn’t as we’d planned, due to the Hornsea Ukulele group having to cancel because of illness. However, thanks to a very talented gentleman, Ray Hawker, who stepped in last minute, we did have some entertainment.

Due to many people being away on holiday, we were down on numbers, but that didn’t stop everyone enjoying themselves. Once lunch was over and everyone was settled, Ray began to play his guitar and sing for us. He had a wide range of songs, but they were all ones that we knew and soon some people were singing along. From Dean Martin’s “Lil ol’ w**e drinking me” and “Memories” to “My Girl”, “Dreams” and “Songbird” by Fleetwood Mac, “Back Home Again” and “Country Roads” by John Denver, “Bus Stop” by The Hollies, “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding and we mustn’t forget “Dream Lover” by Bobby Darin plus many more.

It was lovely to see Paddy and Viv up dancing, we haven’t had many dancers in the group for a while now, so it was fantastic to see. Ray has had a very interesting career and only learnt to play the guitar once he retired, so he is coming back in December to chat to us about his working life, with a presentation and he will also be playing some more songs for us as well. We look forward to that very much.

Our next session on the 23rd, we will be welcoming back Beth and Jo from the Active Communities team to do a reprieve of their Musical Memories sessions. There will be team games, so I need you to have a think of a couple of really inspiring team names for next time. Can’t wait to see what they have lined up for us.

I hope you all have a good weekend, whatever you have planned and see you on the 23rd.

08/09/2026

Hi everyone, following the cancellation of the Hornsea Ukulele Group tomorrow, I’m pleased to announce that I have managed to secure a replacement act. Ray Hawkes is going to come and play the guitar for us, so I hope everyone will give him a warm welcome. See you tomorrow 👍

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