Music Hall Medley

Last night (and Friday night) I helped out at the village music hall. I did some costumes for them and seem to have been sucked into the group! So Saturday night found me behind the bar and I even pulled my first ever pint both of lager and beer! Lager was harder because it is so fizzy but I did it, and no-one complained. Wallking home through the village at midnight after a few drinks with the cast and crew in the hall I suddenly thought how lucky I am to live in such a safe place. Even though we have only three street-lamps in the whole village it is totally safe to walk around even at that hour - and we have two pubs in the village street. Mind you most of the punters are still in them at that time!
It is good to have entertainment in the village. The group performs for local clubs and charities, last night was the British Legion and Friday it was the Tennis Club. They sell the tickets, the guys perform and everyone has a great time, on their own doorstep and very few need to drive home. Actualy the more they consume the better the performance - according to the Master of Ceremonies!
Braughing is a very social village, there are umpteen societies and clubs most meeting in the village hall or the quaintly named 'Old Boys School' (which was used as a location for Foyles War a few years ago. A lot of local people care for the village. One old gentleman trots up the street regularly collecting litter in his plastic bag and the two pubs keep their frontages immaculate. It has got harder for them since the smoking ban as the smokers cluster outside the front door for a fag now instead of smoking inside. It gets a lot noisier than it was before as they have also had a fair bit to drink but so far we haven't had any real trouble