Merry Christmas everyone!

Christmas Bake Off!

Just look at the amazing entries in our Bake Off competition this week! The residents did a tasting session and much fun was had along the way. The winners were the large cake with Santa stuck in the chimney and the Christmas Tree Cupcakes. Clearly we have lots of budding Great British Bake Off hopefuls!

Remembrance Day

This year was the 100th Anniversary of the Unknown Warrior being brought from France to be laid to rest in Westminster Abbey. Despite the restrictions of Coronavirus there was still a need to takepart in our own remembrance service here at Hoar Cross and it felt important that we continue this tradition. Our local vicar, […]

105th Birthday celebrations

On 9th September Hoar Cross will celebrate another ‘first’ when resident Muriel Alderman celebrates her 105th birthday. Muriel lived in her own home in Barton under Needwood until she came to live at Hoar Cross in 2007. She was the youngest of 11 children and always speaks of how wonderful her Mother was. In later […]

Armistice Day

We were very fortunate to have Richard Upton, as our guest speaker on Saturday 9th November. Richard is a volunteer at National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas and is full of knowledge on aspects of the British armed forces and the civilian organisations which played such an important role during World War II. It is the […]