The HICA Bulletin
Pets Corner
Over the past few months, many of our homes have been enjoying the company of some of our fur and feathered friends. Rabbits, ducks, guinea pigs and even egg-hatching projects for chicks have all played a tremendous role in daily life at these homes. Residents get an enormous amount of pleasure from helping to care for ...
Activities take on lots of forms…
Marie Gillingham enjoying the fun Never before has laundry been so much fun thanks to the care and initiative of staff at The Hollies... Washdays are something of a talking point with many older people and the memories of wooden dollies, carbolic soap, Reckitt’s Blue, washboards and mangles make good signposts for reminiscence. With this in mind, ...
60 Years of Marriage
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Pullinger on celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. Colleen Pullinger is a resident at The Hollies and the couple met while both working for Handley Page Ltd in London. Colleen worked in the calculating office (long before calculators and computers) and Gordon was an Aerodynmacist. Their first date took place on ...
Food for Thought
From garden to plate - it couldn't be fresher and it's great fun too! Growing vegetables has turned into quite an art form at HICA and green-fingered residents are now supplying some of our kitchens with their own freshly grown produce. Residents take a great amount of pride in this - and from the hard work ...
On Yer Bike… or should that be trike!
Images of the open road, the wind in your hair and carefree travel to scenic places... that’s what a motortrike conjures up for most of us and by the looks of this man’s face, he’s a long way from Cleethorpes! Service user Mr Lilliendahl from the Haverstoe Suite looks truly at home on this magnificent ...