Baby Bank regulars Karen and Sheila were delighted to be joined this week by Siobhan who came all the way from GoodGym Camden to help with clothes sorting. The facility was short of volunteers this week, so it was great to have some extra help. We quickly settled into the routine of checking that the clothes donations were of good quality and cleanliness - with Siobhan on first checking and Karen and Sheila following up with a secondary check and putting them away in the correct boxes . A productive morning.

Sheila, Carol and Karen helped at the Baby Bank this morning, following the usual routine of clothes checking and sorting. Punctuated every now and again with a cry for help from downstairs to help carry donations upstairs. We were pleased to be able to leave the sorting tables empty by the end of the session, ready for business to resume after the bank holiday weekend

Karen, Sue, Maggie and Sheila met on a beautiful sunny morning at Spital Cemetery to help tidy up some graves. The first grave we attacked, had been overrun with brambles. Once we had cleared the area, it was revealed to be in memory of 3 sisters, daughters of John George Care. A quick Google revealed that they had 15 siblings and another 11 half siblings! Mr Carey, an architect and surveyor of Gloucester Place, had been a busy man!These were the 3 unmarried daughters. We moved on to trim a Pyracantha bush, whose thorny branches were overhanging the path. Lastly we cleared some branches of a wild rose masking another grave belonging to Richard Mentz-Tolley, who we discovered to be an Ironmaker of Osborne Road, Windsor. Karen and Sue worked hard to uncover the beautiful stone cross which had fallen onto the grave, but since covered over with soil and creeping weeds A really interesting morning!

Baby Bank regulars Carol, Karen and Sheila settled down to a peaceful morning of clothes donation sorting. We conquered the piles in the end, that is, until next week!

Karen met up with Mrs E who is housebound and who needed a few items from the local shop. Mrs E was grateful for the help.