It was a very hot day and we were happy to spend it in the air conditioned The Bear, A Firkin Pub this afternoon with other Coronation Street fans. We usually have a spring ping, but with a busy spring and a trip to England plus The Fox and Fiddle closing it was delayed till today. Over 50 Coronation Street fans joined us for some great food, laughs, trivia, games, good prizes and Corrie chat. I was surprised by how many were attending their first ping, always great to meet new fans. We have our regulars as well and it is always wonderful to see their smiling faces.
A few weeks ago we were happy to see our old pub location had reopened as The Bear, a Firkin pub. It was nine years ago this week that we had our first ping at The Bear & Firkin, their old location. What wonderful renovations they have made. Many pings later we are still going and how great to be back at The Bear.
Today we had draws for three great prizes. Fans chose which prize(s) they wanted to win. The first was two tickets to any of the theatres where Sue Cleaver (Eileen) & Tony Hirst (Paul) will be in Sept. The second was a gift basket with some British goodies and the third was for a beautiful stained glass piece. This is the latest stained glass between the booths in the newly renovated Rovers, made by our talented Sheila.
The winner of the two tickets was a very happy Audrey! Enjoy the show!
Eileen & Paul will be in Hamilton, St. Catharine's, Ottawa, Barrie, London, Oakville, Guelph and Markham from Sept. 21st to 28th. To find out more visit their facebook page here or follow @strollpro on twitter.
The winner of the two tickets was a very happy Audrey! Enjoy the show!
Eileen & Paul will be in Hamilton, St. Catharine's, Ottawa, Barrie, London, Oakville, Guelph and Markham from Sept. 21st to 28th. To find out more visit their facebook page here or follow @strollpro on twitter.
The lucky winner of the basket is below, while Joan was happy to win the stained glass piece.
There were lots of other draws thanks to the kind donations from other fans. A HUGE thankyou to all who donated.
A group photo for those that wanted to be in it.
Thankyou to everyone who attended, plus the staff at The Bear who made it an enjoyable afternoon.
Enjoy the rest of the summer and we'll see you in the fall.
Until then, happy Corrie watching!
If anyone has any other photos they would like to share with us, please email them to me. If you are in any photos and are not happy with it, just let me know and I will removed it immediately.
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Enjoy the rest of the summer and we'll see you in the fall.
Until then, happy Corrie watching!
If anyone has any other photos they would like to share with us, please email them to me. If you are in any photos and are not happy with it, just let me know and I will removed it immediately.
If you were at the ping and would like to leave a comment, please do by clicking on the guestbook box below..