Big coffee morning for Macmillan Cancer Support

The Little Common and Bexhill branch however held its coffee morning on Monday and enjoyed a little sunshine left over from the weekend.

Around 50 attended the coffee morning held at the home of Peggy Goodberry in Peartree Lane, Little Common.

The sale of homemade goodies, including world-class lemon drizzle cake, proved successful and raised more than 70 by itself by the end of the morning, but the event also included a raffle, bric-a-brac sale and the chance to sit and enjoy the ambiance of a beautifully kept garden.

Branch chairman Cynthia Edwards said: "We couldn't do the coffee morning on September 26 so Peggy kindly offered her house to do it here today '“ this is the only day the majority of us could fit it in, so we decided to do it on the Monday.

"We have done this every year for the last 20 years '“ we were one of the first committees to set it up, and when we first did it we went round all the shops in Bexhill with a coffee morning pack.

"It is very popular '“ it raises quite a lot of money nationally for Macmillan Cancer Support. You tend to find in places either a little give a lot, or a lot give a little...here we have a lot who give a little."