Christmas porridge surprise at the Newbury Weekly News
Paper s office received a massive delivery of porridge for its Over 80s Parcel Fund
Joanne Fulker
The
Newbury Weekly News Over 80s Parcel Fund was literally bowled over this year when nearly 20,000 boxes of porridge were delivered in error to our offices.
The Magic Porridge Pot sprang to mind, but some quick-thinking and generous help from our delivery partner Swift turned the cereal crisis into a breakfast bonanza for local charities and schools.
When the original Two Ts Fund was started by third
NWN editor Frank Stillman in the late 1800s, it delivered either a packet of tea or a tin of tobacco to elderly people in Newbury leading up to Christmas – depending, of course, on whether they were a lady or gentleman.