EASTER CLOSURE DATES
Don’t forget that the centre will be closed on:
Friday 2nd April (Good Friday)
And
Monday 5th April (Bank Holiday)
We will be open again on Tuesday 6th April.
Wishing you all a very
Happy Easter
EASTER SPECIAL
2021
Nothing says Easter quite like nature at her best!
Photo by Ellie Mentry (via Facebook)
EASTER TRADITIONS
EASTER EGGS
A lot of us may chomp on chocolate eggs at Easter, but originally eang eggs was not allowed by church
leaders during the week leading up to Easter. So any eggs laid that week were saved and decorated as Holy
Week eggs that were then given to children as gis. Victorians adapted the tradion with san-coloured
cardboard eggs lled with Easter gis. The rst chocolate eggs appeared in France and Germany in the 19
th
Century but they were bier and hard. As chocolate-making techniques improved, hollow
eggs like the ones we have today were developed. The rst commercial chocolate Easter eggs
were launched by Bristol based J Fry & Sons in 1873 and have become a favourite tradion
today.
HOT CROSS BUNS
These Easter-famous breads can be
traced back to ancient Egypt, Rome,
and Greece, where they served as
symbols of honour toward their
goddesses, according to the Oxford
Companion to Food. Later, these
sweet breads became popular at
Easter, especially in England where
bakers were forbidden to sell spice
breads except on special holidays, like
the Friday before Easter. Many
people believed hot cross buns baked
on Good Friday would never grow
mouldy; they were kept as good luck
charms hanging in windows,
accompanied sailors on a voyage, or
buried in piles of grain to ward o
rodents. Today, they're mostly
representaons of the Chrisan
symbol of the cross, as well as a
sweet, buery addion to an Easter
meal.
EASTER BONNETS
According to Chrisan tradion,
the fashion for new bonnets came
thanks to Easter being known as a me
for renewal. With the fasng of Lent
over and people keen to mark the
religious occasion, female churchgoers
were eager to make and show o their
new clothes, including hats. So this
started the tradion of wearing Easter
bonnets.
The word "bonnet" is used rather than "hat", as it refers
to the type of headgear that was popular at the me. But it
wasn't unl the 1870s that the custom of Easter bonnets really
took o thanks to the New York City Easter Parade. This would
see women dressed up to the nines parade along Fih Avenue
in Manhaan to aunt their new hats. The parade then grew in
popularity and in the 1940s up to one million took part. This
was also partly due to the popularity of the 1948 lm Easter
Parade starring Fred Astaire and Julie Garland.
The New York parade takes place today with people keen
to show o their new bonnets, although it is a much smaller
aair with around 30,000 people taking part in the parade on
Fih Avenue. And now the trend is to wear the most outlandish
hat possible and decorate it with model birds, eggs and even
rabbits.
WHERE IN THE WORLD?
Can you idenfy these iconic Easter tradions from across the world?
Every 10 years this village is home to
probably the world’s most famous
passion play but where is it?
What is the Queen doing here and on which
day does this event happen?
Who is this? What is happening and where is it
taking place?
The house in the background is the clue to where we
are but what’s happening?
This mad Easter Monday tradion oen sees broken bones. What is this, where
does it take place and what’s the prize.
1. The first chocolate Easter egg was made in 1873 but by which company?
2. Who provides the voice for Peter Rabbit in the 2018 animated movie?
3. In what Disney film does the inquisitive rabbit Thumper feature?
4. Which of Willy Wonka’s badly behaved guests gets turned into a giant blueberry?
5. Babe is an orphaned pig who wants to be a what?
6. Who is the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice?
7. What colour is the Teletubby Tinky Winky?
8. Name the beloved pig in E.B White's classic children's novel Charlotte's Web
9. Name the missing bunny rabbit in The Tale of Peter Rabbit: Flopsy, ??????, Cotton-tail,
and Peter
10. What does the rabbit in Lewis Caroll's Alice In Wonderland always carry with him?
11. What happens to the clocks in spring?
12. On what street in New York does the city's traditional Easter parade take place?
13. In Switzerland, people believe a bird delivers Easter treats to children. Can you name
the type of bird?
14. What lyric comes next in this classic Beatles hit: "I am the eggman, They are the egg
men, I am …… ………..."
15. He's Alive became an Easter hit for which country music icon?
16. Who wrote The Tale of Peter Rabbit?
17. Where does the annual cheese rolling competition take place?
18. Tangled is based on which Disney princess?
19. Which of these is not a friend of Winnie the Pooh? Tigger, Eeyore, Piglet, Woody,
Christopher Robin
20. In which ocean is Easter Island?
21. On which New York street does the traditional Easter Parade take place?
22. What would you normally expect to see on the top of a Simnel cake?
23. How much money does the Queen give to pensioners on Maundy Thursday?
24. Which bird lays the largest egg?
25. Nubby Guns is an anagram of a famous cartoon character. Can you name him?
The Big Easter Quiz
MORE PUZZLES
RIDDLES
1. What kind of lion never roars?
2. What goes up and down but never
moves?
3. What two words when combined, have
the most leers?
4. What can be seen in the middle of
March and April but can’t be seen unl
the end of summer?
Brish Cies Nicknames
Can you idenfy these Brish Cies by their
nicknames?
1. City of a Thousand Trades or Venice of the
North
2. Coonpolis
3. The Toon
4. Steel City
5. Brizzle
6. London of the North
7. City of Perspiring Dreams
8. Chocolate city
9. Auld Reekie
10. The Granite City
11. The City of Saints
12. Copperopolis
Can you guess
what is
depicted in this
zoomed up
photo?
POETRY PLEASE
FUNNY BUNNY
by Grandpa Tucker
Lile Easter, the comedienne
bunny,
Tried too hard at being funny.
She juggled and she dropped the eggs
They fell and smashed between her legs.
Poor Easter le the stage in shame
And thought that she might change her name.
But then that bunny read this ad,
"This Sunday we need help real bad."
So Easter Bunny kept her name
And through the years has gained much fame,
When Easter's Sunday comes each year.
She delivers eggs and we all cheer.
TIPS FROM THE EASTER BUNNY
1. Don’t put all your eggs in one basket
2. There’s no such thing as too much
chocolate
3. Some body parts should be floppy
4. An Easter bonnet can tame even the
wildest hair
5. The grass is always greener in someone
else’s basket
Hot Cross Buns
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One ha’ penny, two ha’ penny,
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons
One ha’ penny,
Two ha’ penny,
Hot Cross Buns!
WHAT’S ON AT LEOMINSTER MEETING CENTRE – APRIL 2021
DATE AM PM
Thursday 1st Easter Celebraons Movement and Co-ordinaon
Friday 2nd Closed Closed
Monday 5th Closed Closed
Tuesday 6th Music quiz Jenga
Wednesday 7th All about birds Movement and Co-ordinaon
Thursday 8th Bingo Dance with Rachel
Friday 9th Gardening Connect 4
Monday 12th Gardening Jenga
Tuesday 13th Reminisce spring cleaning Movement and Co-ordinaon
Wednesday 14th Table top games Giant snakes and ladders
Thursday 15th Pubs and Inns Movement and Co-ordinaon
Friday 16th Dessert Island Discs Dance with Rachel
Monday 19th All about the weather Dance with Rachel
Tuesday 20th Spring poetry and song Movement and Co-ordinaon
Wednesday 21st Talk on old money Movement and Co-ordinaon
Thursday 22nd Earth Day (see poster) Bowling
Friday 23rd St George’s Day and
Shakespear’s poetry
Favourite movie
Monday 26th What’s in a name? Bowling
Tuesday 27th Music quiz Dance with Rachel
Wednesday 28th Gardening Giant snakes and ladders
Thursday 29th All about food Movement and Co-ordinaon
Friday 30th Our Own Jazz Fesval Cheese game
EASTER CLOSURE
We will be closed for Easter on Friday, 2nd April and Monday, 5th April and back
open on Tuesday 6th April.
During the pandemic, we have been unable to hold our Friends of Leominster
Meeng Centre support meengs, but support is always here. You can ring us during
our normal opening mes - Monday to Friday 10.00 am to 3.00pm. Or Contact
Demena Maers (Herefordshire) Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm on:
01432 804480 (new number) and ask to speak to an adviser.
Out and About
In issue 6 I asked if you could guess these spring
locaons. Did you get them right?
1. The Priory Church from the Riverside Walk
2. Planters outside Lloyds Bank, Corn Square
3. The Priory Rooms taken from the Riverside
Walk and was the old workhouse
4. Steel arch at the entrance to Riverside Walk
5. Pinsley Bridge looking north
The toilet and piano are to be found outside the
Community Centre. Aren’t they great!
