News and Stories

The smell of Christmas… the smell of the cake… I always associate the smell of spices with Christmas. The Christmas cake and the pudding came in November. Everyone had to have a stir [...]

  Mam’s Christmas Cake   My Mam trained as a Domestic Science Teacher, but shelved her teaching career when she married my Dad, a farmer.  However, she didn’t hang up her apron on [...]

On Monday 10th, Silver Thread took part in the Taste of DCU event organised by AFU (Age Friendly University).  We had a very well-attended session, where many memories were shared and stories [...]