Whoever it was that first coined the phrase “act your age not your shoe size” clearly didn’t have MBC’s Lunch Club in mind. Then again maybe they did, but if so, had they taken any notice of him or her today’s Christmas Lunch Club would have been a much more dowdy affair than it was.
With Christmas jumpers, hats and trees, reindeer ears and even flashing lights all adding to the already joyful mood, the balance of seasonal quizzes and carols rounded off with a wonderful lunch was absolutely top notch.
It’s sometimes all too easy to forget just what a blessing Lunch Club is to many of our Seniors. As one said to me this morning “If it wasn’t for Rachel and the team, life would be a real struggle. Thank God that at least once a week I get to come here and meet up with my friends.