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premises had to be demolished to make way for a new road.
32 elderly people attend each day, in two shifts. Contract
work for local firms is carried out. The Workshop’s success in
getting a continuing supply of such work is a mark of the high
quality of the members output.
Holidays for the Elderly
During 1968 a variation took place in the arrangements
made the previous year. Because of changes at the Hopton
Holiday Camp, the facilities there were no longer available and
it was decided to take the Rogerson Hall Holiday Camp, Corton
for 7 weeks from mid-May to the end of June. This was roughly
2,100 places.
In addition the usual arrangements were made with the
Ramsgate Hoteliers Association and accommodation for 80 old
persons was booked at Guest Houses for a five week period.
This meant 400 old persons could be accommodated at Ramsgate.
3,169applications were received, made up as follows:—
987 Priority cases applied for Corton
355 -do- Ramsgate
1,442 Non-priority -do- Corton
385 -do- Ramsgate
Priority cases being those who did not participate in the 1967
Holiday for Old Persons.
All priority cases were offered a holiday and in all 2,009
people went to Corton and 390 to Ramsgate. 541 applicants
cancelled the holiday offered to them 229 people were not
offered a holiday, the majority being people who applied to go
to Ramsgate.
Bearing in mind that many cancellations were only received
a few days before the date of the holiday, every effort was made
to fill the vacancy. It should be appreciated that although an
old person may want and need a holiday, they cannot always
adjust or arrange their lives at short notice to take advantage
of an offer. Most of the cancellations received were on the
grounds of illness or pressing domestic arrangements.
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