by Jodie Currey | Nov 14, 2023 | Celebrations, Loose Valley Care Home
We spent Remembrance Sunday morning at Loose Valley Care Home watching all the serving and retired service men and women walking to the Centoaph to lay poppy wreaths for the fallen soldiers. Our residents watched in respect and observed the two-minute silence at 11am....
by Jodie Currey | Nov 8, 2023 | Arts and Crafts, Loose Valley Care Home
Poppy crafting Our residents at Loose Valley Care Home love arts and craft activities, so in preparation for Remembrance Day, we created various designs of cut-out poppies. Using tissue paper, crepe paper and red card, we created a circle design, as well as a wreath...
by Jodie Currey | Nov 14, 2022 | Loose Valley Care Home, Special Events
The red poppy is a symbol of remembrance to honour our armed forces inaugurated by King George V in 1919. We used our artistic skills here at Loose Valley Care Home to produce handmade tissue paper poppies and wreaths in preparation for Remembrance Day on Sunday 13...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 17, 2021 | Loose Valley Care Home, Special Events
We commemorated our fallen soldiers on Thursday 11 November (the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month) and also on Remembrance Sunday at Loose Valley Care Home. On Thursday, we enjoyed a DVD from our local church and watched the Remembrance service. We talked...
by Kirstie Newell | Nov 12, 2020 | Loose Valley Care Home, Special Events
On Wednesday 11 November at 11am at Loose Valley Care Home we remembered our soldiers who lost their lives for our freedom.  Alan our Maintenance Man told us about his dad Bill who joined the army when he was just 14 years old, pretending to be older than his age as...
