On June 9 we held a Garden Party to raise funds for the RUH Cancer Care Appeal and also in memory of our daughter Nicola, who died from cancer in March 2013.

The weather started out dry and sunny and luckily remained that way all day allowing the party to be well supported. The fantastic sum of £1,318 was collected with various family members and friends helping with teas, coffees, and homemade cake sales, secondhand books and DVD’s, raffle tickets, quiz, tombola and BBQ.

Thanks to everyone who donated tombola and raffle prizes and the following local businesses for their very much appreciated support: Asda, Autoline, Beaven Butchers, Co-op (Blackmore Road), Costa, Flowers in Focus, Gompels, Leekes, Lovett Mini (Bath), Milk Churn, Patty Perry Zumba, Pins & Needles (Devizes), Platinum Nissan (Trowbridge), Shaw Country Hotel, Trowbridge Ford, Waitrose and Whitehall Garden Centre. We could not raise this amount of money without your help.

Quizzes are still available from bev_viveash@yahoo.co.uk or

07867 757697 at £1 each (closing date July 31) to win a Wiltshire Cream Tea for two kindly donated by Beechfield House Hotel, Beanacre.

John & Bev Viveash

Willow Close

Melksham