KIDS OUT -WEDNESDAY 11th. JUNE
DENNIS BRAGG, RAY HARE AND PE- TER FULHAM MET AT CORBETS TEY SCHOOL AND SET OFF FOR SOUTHEND SOON AFTER 9AM. , CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY THE SCHOOL BUS CARRYING 12 CHILDREN AND 3 TEACHERS.
FIRST STOP WAS THE CAR PARK ABOVE THE FUN FAIR AND MORE IM- PORTANTLY, NEXT TO THE „NIGHT OUT‟ NIGHT CLUB. AS USUAL THE ARRANGEMENTS WERE FIRST CLASS, FREE CAR PARKING WITH GENEROUS ALLO- CATIONS OF SPACE SUPERVISED BY A TEAM OF ROTARIANS. DOWN THE STAIRS INTO THE NIGHT CLUB WE ALL ENTERED ANOTHER WORLD. A LOVELY SUNNY DAY WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A DARK, MYSTERIOUS, BONE RATTLINGLY LOUD, STROBE LIT DUNGEON.
THE KIDS LOVED IT. THERE MUST HAVE BEEN WELL OVER A HUNDRED OF US, BOUNCING UP AND DOWN (MAINLY THE CHILDREN!) EATING THE PROVIDED PACKED LUNCHES AND DRINK- ING AS MANY FREE NON-ALCAHOLIC DRINKS AS WE COULD MANAGE. AT 12 O‟CLOCK WE LEFT THE NIGHT CLUB FOR A GENTLE 5 MINUTE WALK DOWN HILL TO THE FUN FAIR. THE WHOLE AREA WAS ALIVE WITH ROTARY CAPS AND SHIRTS. IT TOOK A WHILE TO QUEUE FOR OUR WRISTBANDS; BUT ONCE WE HAD RECEIVED THEM, THE WHOLE FUNFAIR WAS OURS FOR THE TAKING!
IN REALITY, ONE OF YOUR MUSKETEERS CHANCED 3 RIDES IN THE FOLLOWING 2 HOURS, ANOTHER DID ONE, AS GENTLE AS THE LONDON EYE, WHILST THE THIRD
MUSKETEER HAD HIS FEET FIRMLY ON THE GROUND THROUGHOUT- BUT HE DID KEEP A VERY WATCHFUL AND PROTECTIVE EYE ON THE KIDS.
JUST AFTER 2 O‟CLOCK THE LOVELY DAY OUT WAS OVER. THE KIDS, WHO WERE BRAVER THAN THE REST OF US PUT TOGETHER, HAD A WONDERFUL TIME. THE TEACHERS TOO ENJOYED THEM- SELVES IMMENSELY (I THINK!) ONCE AGAIN ROTARY HAD DONE THE KIDS, FROM MANY SCHOOLS, PROUD. PETER R FULHAM
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