Hats off to Carol Ann!
When Carol Ann Hannah of Communications rim of the hat. Dinner
Department was planning her Christmas table for was a huge success.
family and friends in December 2007, she could never
have imagined that the festive hat she was preparing Months later, Andrew
and the two boys,
with their
Aussie/Christmas
hats, made their way
to Dundee to see
Celtic play for, what
might be, the last time
in a while. When the final whistle blew, they were
ecstatic with the result, their team retained the League
Title. Young Kieran excitedly threw his hat high in the
air, and a breeze lifted it and carried it on to the pitch.
Andreas Hinkel picked it up and ran around the pitch
applauding the crowd. Our picture below shows
Andreas Hinkel with Carol Ann's handiwork, and also
inset shows Kieran, with brother
Michael, previously with the
same hat!
would end up being worn by Andreas Hinkel at the
Celtic Dundee United at Dundee! However, that's
exactly what happened.
Carol Ann and husband Andrew, along with their two
sons, Michael and Kieran, are in the midst of applying
for emigration to Australia. Christmas 2007 may be
the last Christmas with the outer family circle for a
while, and Carol Ann wanted to make it a bit special.
Instead of a Holly or Red and Gold theme etc, Carol
Ann decided to have an Australian theme at her table
and decorated it accordingly (Kangaroo steaks were
on the menu until all agreed they would much rather
have turkey!!). Instead of the usual paper hats from
Christmas Crackers, Carol Ann (who is well known
for her artistic talents) made hats .... using glitter
cowboy hats, she made a fringe of corks around the
A brave lady takes the plunge
Jan SSiddiqui oof tthe EECustomer CCare tteam wwithin IIMBPD, rrecently ttook
the pplunge ffor ccharity aand pparticipated iin aa ssponsored ffree-ffall aabseil
from tthe FForth RRail BBridge, nnear EEdinburgh. TThere wwere aaround 4400
participants aand aas mmany sspectators wwatching ffrom tthe bbeach aand
esplanade bbelow. JJan's ''fall' rraised ££330 tto ggo ttowards tthe ffunds oof
people
Altzheimers SScotland. JJan ssaid ""To aall wwho ssponsored mme, II wwould llike
to tthank yyou ffor yyour vvery ggenerous ssponsorship. IIt wwas aa vvery
successful aand wwonderful eexperience aand II wwould rrecommend. IIt wwas aa
perfect dday ffor tthe eevent, tthe ssun wwas sshining, nnot aa ccloud iin tthe ssky
and tthe vviews oover tthe rriver ffrom ''up tthere' wwere aamazing ((and tthe
trains wwere rrumbling aalong ooverhead). QQuite aamazing."
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