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a holiday at a good class, boarding house in Broadstairs at very
reasonable terms during early and late summer periods During the
season 1960 253 pensioners participated as compared with 241 in the
previous summer. The charges and periods for the 1960 season
were as follows:-
Period 1960 Charge per week Return Fare
20th May to 3rd June £4 15/-
10th September to 24th September £4 15/
Holiday parties, escorted by volunteers from the Women s Voluntary
Service and St John Ambulance Association travelled from Fulham Town
Hall direct to boarding houses in Broadstairs The Rural District
Council as in the past made several concessions to the holiday
parties including free use of deck chairs and reduced rates of
admission to entertainments
Chri stmas Parcels Scheme
A generous donation by His Worship the Mayor (Councillor Mrs.
Florence C Pusey, J P ) from the Mayor's Party Fund made it possible,
last Christmas, to distribute over 300 parcels to elderly Fulham
residents living alone The names were selected from lists submitted j
by local organisations and churches, and the parcels were delivered
by Fulham boy scouts. One interesting feature of the scheme is
that several local firms and private persons apply to the Town Hall
for names of deserving old age pensioners to whom they wish to
send Christmas gifts and the names are willingly supplied Local
organisations who have schemes of their own co operate by sending
their lists to the Town Hall for checking against the Mayor s own
list This helps to avoid duplication and enables many more old people
to benefit from Christmas gifts than would otherwise be the case
BATHING FACILITIES FOR THE ELDERLY
Public Baths
Old people may obtain without charge a hot bath at the Fulham
Baths on Tuesdays and Wednesdays between 10 a.m. and 12 noon, and
2p.m. and 4p.m.
I am informed by the Baths Superintendent, Mr R C Gerred.
M N A B S , M.I. Mar. E , that 30-40 persons a week take advantage of
these facilities
Home Bathing
This service was commenced in April, 1954 It has proved
immensely popular and not unduly costly.