CHARLIE’S UPDATES

VERY SAD TO SAY THAT WHILE BACK IN WALES, ONE OF OUR LONG LOYAL COSTOMERS PASSED AWAY IN TENERIFE, MARY POLLARD, A PROUD RESIDENT OF JANE,S BIRTHPLACE SALFORD. A LOVELY LADY, CLOSE TO HER 87TH BIRTHDAY. A MOTHER OF ELEVEN CHILDREN. WE WILL MISS YOU MARY, CHARLIE, JANE, EMMA AND ALL OUR STAFF.

AFTER 17 YEARS, AFTER LONG DELIBERATION, JANE N I WENT HOME FOR NEW YEAR, WE NEEDED TO PUT OUR FAMILY FIRST WITH OUR SON GARETH AND CARLIES MOTHER IN WALES AFTER PICKING GARETH UP IN WIGAN. WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT MY SISTERS HOUSE WITH OUR FAMILY, A ONE OFF BUT SOMETHING WE ARE GLAD WE DID. WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD COME OUT FOR NEW YEAR, BUT WE HOPE THAT AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME NOT SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AT THAT TIME OF YEAR PEOPLE WOULD UNDERSTAND. EMMA DID A FANTASTIC JOB WITH ALL THE STAFF, AS TOLD BY ALL ON OUR RETURN. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL..  C

CHARLIE, JANE, EMMA AND ALL OUR GANG WISH YOU A FANTASTIC CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR.

FOR THE FIRST TIME WE HAD RAIN ON CHRISTMAS. A STORM IN FACT, YET THE BAR WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS PACKED,LUCKY, WE HAVE AN OUTSIDE THAT IS COVERED. WE THANK ALL OUR LOYAL COSTOMERS FOR THERE SUPPORT OVER CHRISTMAS. WHAT A NIGHT IT WAS, WITH DANCES FROM THE STAFF, MANY A DANCE FROM NEARLY EVERYONE THERE. CHRISTMAS MORNING,STILL RAINING,BUT LOOKING FORWARD TO A GREAT DAY WITH OUR GANG. A VERY PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR. CHARLIE.

JANE AND I,ALONG WITH OUR SON GARETH,OVER FROM THE THE UK, WHO WAS WITH US AT THE START HERE WITH  OUR GRANDCHILD BRIONY, NOW THREE YEARS OF AGE, AND JANE’S AUNTY HILDA CELEBRATING 17 YEARS IN TENERIFE. 

 EMMA AND ALL OUR TEAM PUT ON A GREAT NIGHT WORKING SO VERY HARD. ENTERTAINMENT WITH DAVE ON HIS ORGAN, BOY GEORGE, NEIL DIAMOND, DARREN CLYNE, SALLY ANNE AND KATY KENNEDY GIVING THERE TIME FREE, GAVE US FANTASTIC MUSIC SUPPORT, WITH EMMA GETTING TO GET “VICTIMS” INCLUDING MYSELF TO APPLE NOGGING, A VERY WET AFFAIR. EMMA,SARAH AND VICKY GIVING US TWO FANTASTIC DANCES TO A VERY FULL HOUSE. JANE KEEPING IT ALL TOGETHER WITH ORGANISING THE SUPPORT FROM LOCAL SUPPLIERS,BAR DECORATION WITH DEBS, AND THE FREE HOT DOGS.

EVERY YEAR WE RAISE MONEY FOR THE POPPY APPEAL (PEOPLE HAVE TO WEAR A POPPY TO GET A CHEAP BAR) AND ALSO THE DOWNS SYNDROME CHILDREN IN THE NORTH OF TENERIFE, WITH A RAFFLE, 5 EURO DIP FOR 2 BED APARTMENT, STAND UP BINGO FOR FREE BAR SHIRT,BONUS BALL AND OF COURSE OUR,” CHARGE FOR TOILET USE” AFTER CHEAP BAR AND MANY OTHERS. WE HAD A GREAT NIGHT.

WE THANK ALL THE LOCAL BUSINESSES AND OUR SUPPLIERS FOR THERE SUPPORT AND OF COURSE ALL OUR COSTOMERS ON MAKING IT ANOTHER SPECIAL NIGHT

A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU TO JEREMY FOR FLYING OVER FOR 48 HRS FROM THE U.K. TO DO THE MONEY RAISING ON THE ” CHARGE FOR TOILER USE”, HE RAISED JUST OVER 151 EUROS ON THAT. GRREAT. THANKS MATE. CHARLIE

DAVE WAS FROM MY HOME IN RHOOSE, A VILLAGE OUTSIDE CARDIFF, I KNEW DAVE LOCALLY, BUT ALSO WITH PLAYING FOOTBALL ALONG SIDE HIM, AND PLAYING UNDER HIM AS MY  MANAGER, WITH THE “ABERTHAW BLUES”, BACK IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES. BUT I GOT TO KNOW DAVE BETTER, AS HE CAME TO SEE US A FEW TIMES HERE IN TENERIFE AND  SEEING HIM AND HIS FAMILY WHEN I GOT BACK TO RHOOSE, HE ALWAYS HAD A HAPPY OUTLOOK ON LIFE. DAVE WAS FOUND TO HAVE CANCER AT THE START OF THIS YEAR, ON ONE OCASION TALKING TO HIM ON THE PHONE, ASKING HIM HOW HE WAS COPING, HE SAID “CHARL, YOU HAVE JUST GOT TO GET ON WITH IT MATE”

DAVE LOST HIS BRAVE FIGHT, DAVE WILL BE BURIED THIS THURDAY THE 10TH SEPTEMBER. IF THERE IS A LIFE THERE AFTER, I THINK DAVE WILL BE UP THERE WITH A PINT ” GETTING ON WITH IT” WAITING FOR THE NEXT 6 NATIONS CLASH, HE LOVED HIS RUGBY. OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO HIS WIFE JAN, HIS DAUGHTER EMMA, HIS TWO BROTHERS ADRIAN AND ROBERT, AND ALL HIS FAMILY . REST IN PEACE DAVE. CHARLIE, JANE AND ALL AT THE ORIGINAL WIGAN PIER. A FRIEND LOST..

WENT TO DAVE’S FUNERAL, THE CHURCH IN BRIDGEND WAS FULL AND SOME, WITH SO MANY OF HIS MATES AND FAMILY THERE, DAVE WAS A VERY LIKEABLE GUY, HE WILL BE SO MISSED. WITH SO MANY PEOPLE THERE TO SAY THERE GOODBYS, I THINK IT WOULD HAVE PUT A SMILE ON DAVE’S FACE.

 LEFT TO RIGHT, 1ST,OUR DEBBIE N CARL, 2ND, EMMA, DEBBIE N SARAH, 3RD, JACK, OUR SON GARETH, N JEREMY, ALL WORKING, HELPING OUT, BUT HAVING GREAT TIME. ALMOST PERFECTED GETTING PICTURES ON HERE NOW, SO KEEP EYE OUT FOR LOTS, MORE. CHARLIE.

EMMA, DEBBIE N SARAH, JOINING IN THE FUN ON PARTY NIGHT, 21ST APRIL, 2008. AGAIN, JUST GOT HANG OF SENDING PICTURES. IN UK,AT MOMENT, BUT WHEN IN TENERIFE WILL GO TO TOWN ON MY UPDATES. CHEERS. CHARLIE.

PLEASE BE PATIENT, JUST GOT HANG OF SENDING PICTURES TO BLOG AFTER ALL THIS TIME. CHARLIE