The Hondón Valley Branch of the Royal British Legion celebrated “Armed Forces Day” on 27th June with cream teas and a “sing along”.
Members arrived at the Mercado in Hondón de los Frailes and found flags and red, white and blue table cloths. This was the setting for a lovely cream tea served by Tina@Frailes with delicious scones and real Devon cream! Tony and Margaret Brown led the singing of war-time favourite songs – with Tony reading various poems and monologues of the era. On show was memorabilia from Bletchley Park, newspaper cuttings from the 1940s and one member’s father’s photographic records of service in both World Wars.
The raffle was ingeniously designed by Wendy and Tony Dengate with prizes wrapped as ration boxes! The rustic atmosphere lent itself to memories of street parties of year’s ago. The next major event for this Branch will be a BBQ- with entertainment - on 4th August.
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