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One evening in the 1990s, Disneyland cast member Chris Perley was working the control console of Gadget s Go Coaster in Toontown. As the guests loaded in, a mother got my attention and quietly let me know it was her daughter s 18th birthday, he recalls. I dispatched the train and over the ride s PA system, I directed the queue s attention to the young lady in the first row and got the entire line to sing Happy Birthday to her as the coaster zipped around above them. She had the biggest smile on her face when the ride was over. And as a birthday gift to the entire train, I sent them around for a second time.
STAFF and residents at a care home are inviting the community to undertake a yarn bomb project as part of a Britain in Bloom entry. The Hall Residential Care Home, in Thornton le Dale, want to make sure their home is as decorative and colourful as possible with yarn flowers and pollinators. To bring the Thornton-le-Dale community together, the home is inviting people to get involved while the country is in lockdown. Yarn bombing is a form of temporary street art that uses crocheted or knitted yarn to decorate buildings, benches, lampposts and fences. Staff and residents are planning to make use of the form of street art to decorate the outside of their building in time for Easter weekend this April.