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£5,670
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    Iʼve raised £5,670 to Raise a memorial bench, plaque and Tree to shade the bench

    Funded on Tuesday, 27th July 2021

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    Gruff/ As many of you will know Gareth passed away recently and will be truly missed by everyone who passed within his sphere of influence, a true force of nature, an amazing, funny, mischievous, grumpy ( I worked with G for years, and without a morning coffee in him beware ) wonderful bloke.

    Im putting this together in an effort to raise the monies to have a bench erected with a plaque for Gareth The Baker and a tree to shade the bench at Cosmeston Lakes and Medieval Village where many of you will have met him, feeding the kids Welsh cakes and telling tall tales, it was nothing to see Gareth working away in the Bakers cottage at events in the village with all the reenactors children waiting for a hot Welsh cake.

    He will be sorely missed, its hard to even type this right now and not cry, I still can't believe the mischievous pixie is gone, off on another adventure with a bottle of something interesting from his still.

    Also, Gareth and Sally were totally self employed, Sally also has some medical treatment to go through soon that will seriously affect her ability to keep a steady income coming in, any excess monies will go to Sally for her to do with as she wishes.

    Really going to miss you mate x

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    • martin cowley4 years ago
      martin cowley

      martin cowley

      4 years ago

      this made me cry all over again, it was such an honour to know Gareth https://penarth.nub.news/n/34he-touched-the-lives-of-so-many-people34---community-rallies-behind-medieval-village-baker-memorial-bench-fundraiser

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    • martin cowley4 years ago
      martin cowley

      martin cowley

      4 years ago

      well, we've raised the monies for a memorial bench you beautiful bunch of people but I'm leaving the page to run for a week because Sally is due an operation and will be unable to work properly for a while so I'd like it if possible to raise a little extra so Sal can take the time off being self employed to come to terms with what's happened and also give her time to recover from her own surgery without worrying about bills etc, many thanks for your help, xx PLEAE SHARE THIS PAGE if you haven't already xxx

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    • martin cowley4 years ago
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      martin cowley

      4 years ago

      We are planning a Gathering for Gruff to hopefully be held at Cosmeston Medieval Village where he worked for many years as the village Baker, We would like to do it to coincide with the installing of the bench and tree planting. We have to be realistic, due to Covid restrictions it may well not happen for a few months but we're using that time to raise funds for the Gathering, no monies collected on here will be used for that, we aim to do that some other way, we need to plan it so it will be the type of Gathering Gruff would appreciate.

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    185

    • Frankie and Nige

      Frankie and Nige

      May 12, 2021

      £20.00

    • V

      V

      Apr 21, 2021

      ❤️

      £20.00

    • Mark Griffin

      Mark Griffin

      Apr 16, 2021

      Happy to donate so people can have a sit down and a bit of a rest and a think.

      £40.00

    • Lorna

      Lorna

      Apr 16, 2021

      £20.00

    • Debbie Lough

      Debbie Lough

      Apr 15, 2021

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Apr 15, 2021

    • Kate & Charlie

      Kate & Charlie

      Apr 15, 2021

      Much love xxx.

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