It was time for Tea and Cakes on a summer’s afternoon at Armthorpe
Community Library when Volunteers
and staff organised a special celebration of the Great British Tradition of Afternoon
Tea.
The volunteers have been running the community library for over a year now with
the support of local council staff. They’d prepared a wonderful scene of tables
laid with the best china, pretty tablecloths and carefully folded napkins all
set for the afternoon tea festivities.
I was delighted to do my talk on 'The History of Afternoon Tea' all about the
characters in history who helped to make it popular, the key
elements and the ‘rules’ involved with lots
of questions to keep me on my toes.
And then fully briefed on the etiquette
of this quintessential British ceremony, we started on tea and cakes,
including Grandma’s traditional baking recipes.
Family Fruit Loaf
Feedback from everyone
was tremendous with pleas for more events like this one and suggestions to roll
out the format in other localities. A huge thank you to DMBC staff Shirley and
Helen for making this glorious event possible but, most of all, to the amazingly
talented team of Volunteers who are really making this Library so highly valued
and playing such a vital role in the community.
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