Thursday, 9 December 2010

10th Anniversary Pensioners Lunch - 8 December 2010

118 of Bradwell's finest pensioners enjoyed lunch served by Bradda Dads and once again ably assisted by their wives. Children from both the Infant and Junior Schools sang Christmas songs and Bradda Dads did their own special rendition of O Come All Ye Faithful, some of which was even in tune!, plus a communal version of 'Bring Me Sunshine.'

Holding an event like this in December would always have the possibility of poor weather. We have been very fortunate in previous years that the weather has been kind to us, but we can't have imagined how much snow and ice there would be this year, although it was a sunny day. We were very pleased that so many people made the effort to attend, despite the slippery conditions.




Mick Taylor, winner of the Bradda Dads caption competition


This year Martin was in charge of the icing sugar shaker
























Sunday, 7 November 2010

2010 Bonfire

A bumper crowd turned out on a perfect evening for a bonfire, cold but dry. The crowd was entertained by another great firework display by 'Big Bang.' Thank you to everyone who visited and supported this annual community event.

So you can relive the experience, some video footage is shown below at the end of this posting.
(turn up your speakers)



















Saturday, 6 November 2010

2010 Bonfire Building

A warm crisp sunny November day and Bradda Dads collect firewood for the bonfire. Malcolm lent us his tractor/trailer combo and rookie driver Martin did a great job.
Mike Thompson takes a break (isn't that an antique chair...) Rookie driver Martin

Wednesday, 20 October 2010

It's not goodbye, it's just au revoir

The Bradda Dads 2010 Annual General Meeting This year two founding members of Bradda Dads have decided to retire after each serving more than ten years. Thanks to Paul 'Kodge' Karlsons and Richard 'Corky' Houchin who over the years have both given a lot of their spare time and expertise for the benefit of Bradwell. We wish them well and hope they both will remain social members of Bradda Dads. Malcolm Sowerby too has decided to call it a day. Malcolm joined Bradda Dads a few years ago and has generously given up his spare time, diesel, tractor and trailers for many of the events that Bradda Dads undertake. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to you Malc and you appear to have aged a lot since joining up - must be something to do with all those 'birthdays' you had. I'm surprised nobody sussed out that you had multiple 'birthdays' each year. Malcolm was also the Chairman in his final year at a time when finding someone to replace Mike Thompson was proving difficult, so thanks for fulfilling the post. Who will ever forget the guest appearance of 'The Stig....' As with all the 'Dads, we'd be nothing without the support of our wives, so thanks to Julie, Viv and Lorraine. The new officers for 2010 are Lee Bradbury, Chairman and Martin Riley, Secretary who replaces John Boyle who has done a great job. Darren decided to stay on another year as treasurer, thanks Darren. We welcome new member Steve Turner. Malcolm thanks incoming secretary, Martin Riley Out with the 'old' (figure of speech Malc) and in with the new, Lee Bradbury, Chairman for 2010-2011 John Boyle retires as secretary Kodge retires after more than 10 years loyal service to the village of Bradwell. Unfortunately Corky was unable to attend the meeting due to work commitments.

Saturday, 4 September 2010

Eyam Carnival - Winners in two categories!

The Mick Dawson Cup for Best Comic Entry in Carnival

The Castle Gate Cup for Best Overall Entry in Carnival

For the very first time we took the float used at Bradwell carnival to Eyam carnival. There was a very good turn out of other floats including a charity float all the way from Leicester and it was nice to see the White Hart float. A large crowd enjoyed many performances of the Bradda Dads dance. We won two cups, one for the best comic entry in carnival and another for best overall entry in carnival. Well done again to all concerned.















Happy birthday Ben Ollerenshaw and not forgetting Malcolm of course. It was his birthday again, apparently!





This video clip shows part of the main dance, plus Nellie the Elephant that wasn't shown on the Bradwell Carnival video. Enjoy!