Coinciding with my involvement with the Cubs, I was also on the St. Joseph’s school PTFA, helping to organise events to raise money. I became PTFA secretary in later years, and in 2003, became chair of the committee. I was quite willing to do my bit to help the school, especially since it was easy enough to leave this role as soon as Laurence left school in 2004. Over the years, the team earned quite a substantial amount of money for the school organising summer fêtes, Christmas fairs, barbecues, bulb sales etc.. I learned some interesting facts, too. Did you realise that three hundred £1 coins just fit nicely into a 1 litre ice-cream container? And that a filled tub weighs over 6lbs? No, I didn’t think you did.
