Resident news
Christmas Party Time
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
Alexander House residents held their Christmas party on Monday 19th December.
Tom and Derek Muir who play the accordion and sing were the entertainers and they soon got everyone into the party spirit with a mixture of Scottish and pop songs.
Live Music Now Concert
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
Residents enjoyed a concert recently by musicians from Live Music Now . Margaret Flannigan is a recipient of the Funds generosity and her daughter Joy kindly made a donation to the organisation on behalf of all the residents at Alexander…
Christmas Cake Competition
Wednesday, 4 January 2012
The Kingdom Homes Christmas cake competition is always fiercely competitive and this year was no exception.
Alexander House cookery club members began their entry at the beginning of December during one of their regular club sessions.
All of the…
Halloween Party Photos
Tuesday, 20 December 2011
Here are some of the photographs taken at Alexander House Halloween party this year. As well as a concert with entertainment provided by Mr Alcock there were games and dooking for apples.
Alexander and Craigie join forces for the Fete
Thursday, 1 September 2011
Alexander House and Craigie House decided this year to join forces and have a combined summer fete. A great deal of planning and organisation went in to making the day a success and a grand total of £760 was raised which will be split 50/50 between the…
Alice's Wishing Well Experience
Tuesday, 9 August 2011
Alice Black's "Wishing Well" request was to visit Deep Sea World in North Queensferry. The trip was organised for the 15th July and a few of the other residents from Alexander House accompanied Alice on the company's minibus.
Alice…
Sarah's Royal Garden Party
Monday, 1 August 2011
Sarah Thomson opened her mail and was delighted to find she had been invited to attend the Queen's Garden Party at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in July.
This wasn't Sarah's first visit to a royal Garden Party as she has previously been at the Buckingham Palace party and also met the Queen and Prince Philip at Dunfermline Abbey a few years ago.
Sarah played and coached…
The Wishing Well
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Residents and their families at Alexander House, and all Kingdom Homes care homes, have a novel way to let staff know what activity or outing would really "make their day".
A Wishing Well has been placed in reception where wishes can…
Happy 100th Birthday Rosa
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
There was great excitement at Alexander House last week when one of our residents, Rosa Bryce, celebrated her 100th birthday. Rosa has lived at Alexander House since November 2009 and had a stream of visitors on her special birthday.
Dunfermline and…
A Round Up of Autumn Bus Trips
Wednesday, 8 December 2010
Here is the round up of the trips out with Tom on the minibus this autumn.
Wednesday 8th September - A return to Anstruther for the ever popular fish and chips lunch.
Thursday 30th September - At the request of a resident, a party was held…