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Gift
Day at Elizabeth
House
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(27
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| It was a very
special Gift Day at Elizabeth House on Saturday 27th June, when Sir
Michael Parkinson CBE came to officially open the new look Elizabeth House
where an extensive face lift has been undertaken recently. |
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| Chairman of
Elizabeth House, Reg Wilsher, talked about the wonderful work that had
been done in refurbishing and thanked all the many people who had helped
raise the funds for the refurbishment and what a wonderful result had been
achieved. |
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Wendy
Craig (centre) with volunteers Dot Scotford (left) and Dorothy Moodie
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| Sir Michael
Parkinson said that he felt such places as Elizabeth House were becoming
more and more important, as we got an aging population. He said that the
first person to reach the age of 200 had already been born. He also said
that he had been involved with people with dementia and was pleased to
hear that Elizabeth House was going to allow people with dementia to come
there with their carers. President Wendy Craig then spoke about the work
that had been undertaken and what an achievement the whole project was. |
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Elisabeth Sanders |
Michael Parkinson. Wendy
Craig and the Deputy Mayor with the Unveiled Plaque |
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flowers was then presented to Elisabeth Sanders, Elizabeth House being her
brain child in the early 1970s, when it was converted from the old police
station. The plaque to commemorate the new Elizabeth House was then
unveiled by Sir Michael. |
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| Charles
Benson Provides the Music with Richard Kellaway |
Parish
Council Chairman Cllr Derek Fry with Charlie Hewitt a visitor from Zimbabwe |
Cookham
Society Chairman Georgina Kilner with Cookham Society President Jean
Stretton |
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