Avis Anderson
Tombola anyone?
 Lots of homebaking
Liz Bissett helping visitors choose their books
Jean and Isabel on the tombola
special raffle prize
Nhora serves the tea
Helen tea or coffee
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Story and photos Jim Paterson
Tea time at the Summer Fair
The sun
certainly had it hat on for St.
Mungo's Summer Fair on Saturday 22nd June, as it streamed through the
church hall windows and on to the displays of all things tempting for
visitors to buy, eat, drink, or perhaps win at the raffles.
 Attracting people from across
Penicuik, they were presented with a wide range of crafts and gifts. From home
baking and the bottle stall to bric-a-brac, tombola, books and music.
The raffles displayed a wide range of prizes with some special prizes
that would make a great gift. The strawberry tea was the icing on
the cake, an opportunity to chat with old friends and make new
acquaintances.
 Avis
Anderson manned the welcome table and was soon overwhelmed by the
numbers coming into the fair. First to be spotted was the home
baking, stall, where Joyce Hunter and Ina
McLaughlin displayed a wide selection of scones, fruit, plain,
cheese, including gluten free. Then there were cakes, biscuits,
pies and tarts. Fruit loaves, tea loaves, jam sponges, carrot
cake, Madeira cake, ginger cake, banana cake, and spice apple loaves
made the table groan under the weight. To finish it off there were
jams, marmalade and lemon curd to spread on your favourite choice.
Some of the loaves were divided into two, ideal for those finding a
full loaf just too much for them.
 Moving
round we met Barbara Sprott and Mary Paterson, ably assisted by Charlie
Sprott, displaying the selection of drinks on the bottle stall. Soft
drinks included lemonades, energy drinks, and of course Scotland's
other national drink made of girders! The wine selection of red and
white had travelled from many countries across the world to tempt
our visitors into buying a ticket, to see if they were taking one home.
Sherry, vodka and not one but two bottles of Scots Whisky was up for
grabs. I noticed a bottle of Dettol in the display, not sure if that
was for keeping the table clean or what!. Charlie was
also guiding you to the winning tickets in the selection tin.
 Marion
Mather, assisted by Gordon Macdonald, stood by the table of
ladies handbags, of all shapes and colours, some crochet examples among
them. Scarves, sheets, and other clothing, plus gift cups and cards
made up this stall of goodies.
The tombola stall with Isabel
Donnachie and Jean Lennie, had a variety of items from children's
books, games and toys to bowls, vases and glasses, plus the odd bottle
of wine to decant into a glass.
More items for the home,
and games for the children, plus plants for the garden were available
at the bric-a-brac stall, with Joan Cape and Margaret Connon. Soon we
were at a stall heaving under the weight of around a hundred CD's and
box sets, mainly with music from the sixties and seventies, with
Kathleen Shand, who was also displaying a few jigsaws, on show to
entice those addicted to making 1000 small pieces into a picture.
Some cuddly toys completed the 
display.
Margaret
Webster and Joan Cape seemed to be taking an interest in the book
stall, with Liz Bissett helping browsers to select a 'good
read', from a complete 'bookshop' full of titles of every type,
fiction and non fiction.
Susan Duns and Barbara Ramsay were
on the raffle stall, having a brisk time selling tickets for a range of
great prizes. Olive Darling and Eleanor Wilson were on
the special raffle for the sheep, the baskets, and the dressed
doll. Great gifts for a child to win.
By
now it was time for refreshments and the choice included pancakes,
scones, cakes, millionaires shortbread, and of course strawberry tarts.
We also had strawberries dipped in chocolate, some dark, others white
chocolate. All served with tea or coffee by Nhora Cox, Helen
McCall, Christine Jackson and Margaret Barry.
 It
was soon time to draw the raffle prize winners. Agnes Ovenstone held
the bag of raffle tickets and drew the first winner. Each winner drew
the next, until all the prizes had been won and collected. Lots of
happy faces.
Agnes
Ovenstone announced to the congregation at the service on Sunday 23
that the summer fair made just over £1000. By Monday 24
that had risen to £1050. A new
record amount for our
summer fairs, surpassing even last years top total.
Well done to everyone for your
support, be it donating, baking, making, buying, or helping set it all
up. Thanks too to the social team for all their planning. It all looks
as if it just happens. That's the result of a lot of planning and work
behind the scenes, and the weeks of preparation.
Published - 24 June 2019
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