HIGH tea at the Savoy, what could have been nicer on a wet and somewhat chilly Sunday afternoon than to fill the village hall at Bow with lively chatter and good food.
It was all the work of Bow Women’s Institute whose members wanted to fundraise for the WI but not do “yet another coffee morning.”
They had wanted something completely different, fun for those getting over the summer holiday blues and something to bring people together.
The high tea certainly did that with some folk who had not seen each other for years, others were neighbours but all enjoyed themselves at a most relaxing event.
It is quite possible it might become an annual event. Many people had taken the chance to dress up more than they would usually for Sunday afternoon, making it even more special.
Music was provided by the talented duo Every Cloud, Morwenna Millership and Graham Mansbridge, from Northlew and North Tawton.
A total of 76 tickets were sold for the high tea and the WI ladies buttered 16 loaves of bread for the four choices of sandwiches (cutting off the crusts of course).
The used 10 jars of home made jam and chutney, the cakes were home made, they used 2kg (about five pounds) of home-grown raspberries, 10 big pots of clotted cream among all the other ingredients of the tea.
Dessert included lemon posset or Eton Mess and then there were choices for children, plus chocolate eclairs.
The two tier cake plates were mostly made by members using a wine glass to support the top plate, well glued. These were for sale afterwards at £3 each.
More home made jams, cakes and cup cakes were for sale. There was a raffle for three big hampers.
Another raffle for a doll knitted by Eileen Farrell who died this year raised £75 for the charity run by Chrissie Mulindabigwi, who used to live in Bow and whose parents, Thelma and David, are still there, to help the women of Rwanda.
Chrissie’s project raises funds to buy materials and equipment so that the women can sew and knit things they can sell to raise more funds to keep the project going and to help them towards being more independent.
Sue Read