The Village Hall at busier and happier times
The chairs in the Memorial hall had been set up a suggested one metre apart formation but in the end most of the villagers that turned up sat in groups of two and three.
Around thirty souls turned up to volunteer.
I know most of them.
Irene &
Mo, matriarchs from the
Friendship Group sat on the front row.
Surrounded by members of the Community Council and the Community Association
The Crown's landlady ,
Karen and Bunty from the
Women's Institute and
Affable despot Jason Sat alongside
Hattie from choir and
Meirion who used to help out with the Flower Show.
A lady with COPD on oxygen sat away in one corner .
Nick, the velvet voiced Linda ( his wife) and Ed ( son of the red faced Welsh farmer ) added to the numbers nicely
Jason whispered " Dads Arny " as the meeting started
Most of the older villagers, I know wisely stayed away
Like most meetings that have to look at unknown worries there was a lot of talk.
I could see Hattie getting slightly frustrated as our remit seemed clear to her an experienced young nurse.
Find out who needs and wants help
And coordinate volunteers to sort out that help
Simples!
What was agreed is that the whole village of
Trelawnyd and her sister village of
Gwaenysgor will be flyered with cards offering help and the contact numbers of a couple of coordinators. Once we know numbers that require support then the appropriate number of volunteers can be allocated
There was a lot of talk about just how much the economics of the virus will affect people's livihoods when the meeting broke up .
Hattie and I looked at each other carefully
Our jobs will only get bigger
Hattie and me
