We have been very busy with a few things!! The restaurant seating area has been refurbished which includes new tables and chairs along with a brand new floor. We are currently waiting for a new refrigerated counter to be fitted for Ozzies fresh home made cakes. The restaurant has a new coffee machine (just like Stevensons Rocket) serving Latte’s and much more. We are even selling Panini’s, calamari, humous and pitta bread. I think you will love the changes. (All we need now is to get Ozzie smiling. All these changes and he is still miserable).
Alongside refurbishing the restaurant we have also updated our linens department, where we have several brand new lines and cracking offers. Keep an eye on our adverts in the local papers. Again we have had new flooring and racking and we have received excellent feedback so far.
We have just held a staff retirement party for Don in Hastings. He has been with us from the very start (1977). He came in the shop to get his sponsorship for West Hill Boxing Club (his passion alongside West Ham FC) and he never escaped. As I mentioned in my speech at his party, this will be the only time in his life he has got parole.
He is going to be spending his retirement with his family in Spain (he always liked the current bun) and also spending his time in Essex. What a life!! He is 80 years old in January and still packs a mean punch on the punch bag. He is a lovely man and it has been a pleasure working with him for so long. I wish him all the very best.
I hope you like the photo of Handy Chair and a friend waiting for the bookies to open. Don’t they look happy.
We are now busy organising Christmas. This year we are launching the opening of our Grotto on the 22nd of November and this year it is going to be extra special. Not only will we have our nativity set back with the real reindeer, calf, sheep, donkey and of course the main man himself( Father Christmas) we have purchased for this year a North Pole scene with animated figures which include polar bears, Eskimos and seals. You will also get the chance to visit Father Christmas’s workshop and see the characters making toys. Also on the opening day we will have a fun fair with free rides, hot dogs, burgers, rock, toffee apples, candy floss and a hog roast.
What a day!! Do not miss it!! The grotto will open at 10.30am.
Regards
Bob
