00:00Well this is the start of the storehouse's Christmas party. Not too many here at the
00:13moment yet, we're still waiting for them all to turn up. And basically if you're homeless
00:19or anything else, you've been invited down for a meal. If you're an addict, you're invited.
00:27Come on now, have a meal and we'll see what comes up as the day goes on.
00:33This is the second group of the grammar school students.
01:03These are, I think there's about 18 grammar school students.
01:30They're doing very good actually. They've got the highest amount ever when they were
01:37like already 33. Yeah, that's incredible. This is the largest, this is our fourth year
01:45running. And then we've got the grammar school, which we had last year, we've got the sixth
01:52I'm not sure if you can see some of them in the background. They're here to help get the
02:01guests seated and everything like that. So it's really, really good. And it's a bit of
02:07a lot of work.
02:38Hi. Well, we're in the kitchen. How many are you going to actually be feeding today? Do
02:47you know? 170. 70? 170. Are they all the same meal or are they going to be different meals?
02:58Yeah, we've got about, they've got about 10 special diets. People allergic to bananas,
03:08allergic to milk and all of that. The sort of people what's invited today? Yeah, people
03:13in the community, we've got the elderly, we've got the homeless, we've got all sorts of people
03:20from the Skegness community coming in. So it's a lot of work. It is a lot of work. And we see
03:28we've got the grammar school students here. Yeah. We take it they'll be helping you serve
03:33the meal. They help us serve the meal. About 18 of those. And the grammar school, we've
03:39got two lots of 22. Oh, 22. So it's 44 grammars. Yeah, so 44 in total. Right. And you think
03:46how many adults going off today? We've got entertainment coming up. One, so we're going
03:52to have Christmas carols, Christmas music, a bit of singing, dancing. And who's doing
03:59the entertainment today? It wouldn't be Steve, Real Deal Promotions? Yes, yes, exactly. Thank
04:05you. From that promotions. Yes, Steve is the one doing the, he's not coming physically.
04:10No, but we've met Steve a few times. He really does a good job. So yeah. And as you can see,
04:17we're in the kitchen. Yes. Roast potatoes. Anyone for a roast potato? Yeah. There's Linda
04:24over there, but she's not saying a lot. I'll say we're in the kitchen. We're under their
04:32feet. There we go. I might even be stopping for my dinner myself. Yeah. Who knows? So
04:44yeah, I mean, it's one of those things. How many years has this actually been going on?
04:49This is the fourth Christmas meal. The fourth Christmas meal we've put on. Yeah. And we
04:54have the grammar school over there. Right. So you want us to go over there? Yeah, we'll
04:58go through there. I don't want to knock anything over. There we go. Look, without the pot washers
05:05the place is nothing. Yeah. Is it Linda? And more potatoes to be roasted. All the food
05:12up. There it is. So we're in the area now where the grammar school is and we've got
05:22tables set up here. Yes. Hey, nice to see you. You okay? Nice to see you. There's roughly
05:37about 44 or so children or students, let's say, from the grammar school. Well, we're
05:49with two of the grammar school students, Isabel and Ruby. I think I've got that right.
05:54Yes, that's right. How did the grammar school get involved in this? We believe it's been
05:58going four years now. Yeah, so our school came last year as well to volunteer with the
06:04lunches, like all the Christmas lunches. And it's really, our school's all about giving
06:08to the community and it's, you know, it's only up the road. So it's really not too hard
06:12for us to get here either. And it's just really nice to see all the community, like, coming
06:17together. You know, all the students, you know, we all volunteered to do this. It's
06:21not forced. I believe there's about 44 students today. Yeah, I think that's about right. Yeah.
06:27At least I've got some at right today. And, you know, I'm not a grammar school boy. I'm
06:33a secondary, modern school. But, you know, my daughter went through the grammar school.
06:38She came out with flying colours. I know what the school does for you. I know it's a lot
06:43learning as volunteers and all the rest of it. So to see you all here on a day like this,
06:48helping the public, coming together, giving the public a good day. We believe Steve's
06:53turning up later on with real-deal promotions to sing carols. Are we going to get any carols
06:58singing from the grammar school? Well, we do have a choir, but not today. Thank you
07:04very much. And we'll see you later on. Yeah, see you later. Well, as you can see, it's
07:10filled up quite nicely now. Everyone's sitting down. The meals will all be served soon. Just
07:20waiting for the entertainment and everything going to arrive.
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