01/11/2026
And...its over. The Principles that started with Carol and Jackie and morphed over the years into The Nook@ Principles with Norma and Elaine.
5 and a half years of building a community. Local residents, the care home, the food drinks, books fayres, music, breakasts sunday roasts and Christmas dinners!
Its been gratifying to hear that what we tried to do and be was mostly successful, that we created a place to come and find a friendly face,a cuppa,help and information as well as great, good value food..
I, personally would like to thank Carol who brought me in and Jackie, who later made it possible to carry on as The Nook.
It was a hard act to follow for Elaine and i but i like to think we gave it our best shot , tho at times it was harder than anyone knew.
Obviously weve had some great staff over the years, as you all know.
Earlier in the year Elaine had to return to Ireland and i wanted to keep going until the end of the year when i was planning to retire.
Unfortunately my health had other ideas, and i was taken ill.
Thats when the team stepped up. Elaine returned for a week and then , superwoman Diane took on the kitchen alone, Debs helped in kitchen and bar,James managed the bar as he always has like a rock and last ,but absolutely not least, Gabi took on extra responsibilities, kept us all laughing and was the person we will all miss, staff and customers alike.
Unfortunately, my illness became longer term than expected and it was impossible to carry on however much we wanted to and we made the decision to sadly close the bar.
We would all like to thank you,the customers for your support and encouragement, the walking football and The Nook Cycle group,and each and every one of you.
Now, id like to thank Chris Shire for all his help. The shopping ,the cleaning sweeping ,delivering,fundraising and collecting Youve looked after us all at the Nook staff and customers and we all really appreciate it, tho we dont often say. Now you can retire (a bit)
Thank you all.
Sorry for the long post . Gonna miss you all xx
Sorry if ive missed anyone xx
