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• 10 May 2021
UNIQUE: Amanda Thomas returns the completed quilt to Maggie Else, who is delighted with the finished product
FIFTY years after it was started, a hand-stitched quilt has finaly been completed, thanks to crafters who laboured over it during lockdown.
Maggie Else, from the Midlands, discovered the part-made quilt while clearing the home of her recently deceased aunt.
She contacted her friend Julia Nelson, a member of the Carlbeck Community Centre, in Lunedale, to see if anyone would be interested in completing the quilt. Fellow Carlbeck Centre member Amanda Thomas, from Mickleton, agreed to help take on the challenge with help and advice from other members including Caroline Upton.
A SECOND mass Covid-19 vaccination hub opens in Somerset this week. The Royal Bath and West Showground will start to vaccinate local residents and frontline heath and care workers from the highest priority groups. It will open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm, as part of an additional wave of ‘large’ vaccination centres opening across the country. Final preparations have been taking place on site before the first people arrive to get their jab this week. Health and care organisations have been working together for several weeks to put detailed plans in place to prepare the site for the large scale vaccination programme.
A SECOND mass Covid-19 vaccination hub opens in Somerset this week. The Royal Bath and West Showground will start to vaccinate local residents and frontline heath and care workers from the highest priority groups. It will open seven days a week from 8am to 8pm, as part of an additional wave of ‘large’ vaccination centres opening across the country. Final preparations have been taking place on site before the first people arrive to get their jab this week. Health and care organisations have been working together for several weeks to put detailed plans in place to prepare the site for the large scale vaccination programme.