Remember to support dementia when others can't ... Time for a Cup of Tea - MARCH 2 - MAD HATTER TEA PARTY 1-8 March 2014 Time for a Cup of Tea - Mmm, is there anything better than a cup of tea? No matter what, it just seems to make everything better! And that's what Dementia are working to do: make things better for both people with dementia and their carers. There are millions of people in the world with dementia. People with dementia gradually lose their memory. This can mean … [Read more...]
MAD HATTER Tea Party & Gift Show – MARCH 2
December 17, 2013 by
Afternoon 'high tea' is a light meal typically eaten between 4 pm and 6 pm. Observance of the custom originated amongst the wealthy classes in England in the 1840s. Anna Maria Russell, Duchess of Bedford, is widely credited as transforming afternoon tea in England into a late-afternoon meal whilst visiting Belvoir Castle, though Charles II of England's wife Catherine of Braganza is often credited with introducing tea to the court upon her arrival in 1662. By the end of the nineteenth … [Read more...]