Category: Bridge House

“scruffs” dog show!

What an absolutely wonderful afternoon we had at bridge house for our dog show!! 12 canine friends joined us as we put them through a variety of fun cat agonies all enjoyed by bridge house residents and relatives and our very own panel resident judges, the dogs behaved fantastically and everyone really got involved with …

Bridge house VE DAY Party

What a wonderful celebration we had at Bridge house for VE DAY! we spent time ahead of the party collecting memories from residents about the parts they played during war and VE day, We invited a local junior school along to join in our reminiscence tea party as we shared all these memories with stories, songs and …

Bridge House Open Day

What a wonderful day we had as we opened the doors to the public to give them the experience of life at Bridge House! With a stream of visitors enjoying looking around the home all day we finished the afternoon with a typical Bridge House afternoon of entertainment with some fantastic live accordion music and …

Trip to the Ashmolean Museum

What a wonderful day we had on a beautiful sunny afternoon when we took a trip to the Ashmolean museum, stopping for a riverside picnic on the way we went on to enjoy the ancient art and history in oxford, Was interesting and enjoyable day and everyone had a great time!

Wearing something funny for money!

What great fun we had fundraising for Comic relief raising over £50 for charity and having a great time doing it!

Fine Dining Experience

Our new monthly activity was already top of the menu this week when the residents enjoyed a wonderful lunch from a first class menu by our head chef Dave, residents really enjoyed this taste of exquisite food and it already looks like this is going to a great hit! The spaces  for next month is already …

Antiques Evening with Christopher Payne

Bridge House in Abingdon recently  hosted a special event featuring the BBC Antique Roadshow’s Christopher Payne. The free event  took  place between 5pm and 7pm on Wednesday March 4th.  It was open to the  local community, as well as the residents Bridge House Care Home and their friends and family, a chance to gain some real insights …

A snapshot into the life of a resident!

Richard Russell was born in London in 1935 but spent early years living in Malaya and South Africa. He returned to to England in 1945 and enjoyed school and college life. In 1954 Richard joined the Royal Armoured corps and did 2 years National service with the 10th Royal Hussars. He continued his education at …

Owls Visit

What a lovely afternoon we had when we were visited by Al and his beautiful Owl’s, So magical to be up close to such beautiful creatures.

Bridge House Wedding

Chantelle Oswin is the much loved Activities Coordinator at Bridge House and got married on 14th September  in Steventon, Chantelle and her husband, Clive, had a wonderful day with friends and family, but she also wanted to celebrate with her Bridge House family. The residents and staff were delighted when Chantelle arrived for the party …

Bridge House residents raise money for Young Dementia UK

Despite the questionable yet expected summer rain, our recent summer fair was a roaring success with circa £200 being raised for Young Dementia UK. Over 100 residents and relatives descended on the Riverly Club and took part in what ended up being an action packed day. The local community filled stalls and Age UK, Carers …

Day Trip to Bournemouth!