The Keswick Guardian Sat, 8th Jan 1910 THORNTHWAITE-CUM-BRAITHWAITE

THORNTHWAITE-CUM-BRAITHWAITE

The Keswick Guardian - Sat, 8th Jan 1910

PARISH GATHERING 1909 On Thursday Dec 30th, nearly two hundred adult parishioners attended annual tea and social in Braithwaite School. Mr F. P, Farrer and his helpers had given the room a festive appearance with holly and lanterns and the tables were covered with enticing confectionery , amongst the ladies were Mrs Dunlop, Miss Burdekin Mrs, Duffield , Mrs. Skelton,  Mrs Fidler  Mrs. J Bowe (Applegarth) , Mrs. J. Bowe .(Lane Foot) , Mrs. Scott , Miss. Wilson (Fern Bank),  Mrs. Jay,  Mrs Jackson , Miss. Edmonson, Miss Acaster Miss J. Lowden Miss Nicholson the Misses Dufflield, etc etc. The Rew W.R.Burnett vicar gave a pastoral speech reviewing the work of I909. The sad record of deaths was read and sympathy expressed for the relatives greetings were sent from the meeting to five villagers who had turned the age of four score and the vicar concluded by hoping for "greater unity - less discord" in 1910.  the room was arranged so that those present could exchange free intercourse and sociability through the evening.  In a kind of drawing room entertainment songs were given by Miss Skelton, Miss Towers, Miss Postlethwaite , Mr Tom Wilson, Mr Wm. Hodgson Mr. Hedley Duffield, Mr. G  Watson and an item by Mr. W.W.Farrer . Old fashioned dances and games were indulged in ,  Miss. Ada Wilson ( Fern Bank ) and Mr T. Wilson ( Keswick ) gave gratuitous service at the piano , the gathering closed about the Midnight hour  with the singing of " Auld Lang Syne " and cheers and " for hes a jolly good fellow for the vicar . In every way the gathering was a record, and a popular one.