Hard to believe – but we’re now heading into a MAJOR season of anniversaries for the Dock.  This time last year, we were poised to sign the agreement for the use of the empty concrete shell that would become Dock Cafe.

So, this time last year, The Dock didn’t have a home.  This time last year, there was no ‘local’ for TQ residents to meet each other.  There was nowhere to pick up a loaf of bread or a pint of milk.  There was no whisper of an Honesty Box, no little cosy cafe with squashy sofas and nooks and crannies and quiet corners; no team of volunteers; no chillin’ with the students; no Titanic Guitars or Suki tea or local photography or knitters or singers or chess-players or…

This day last year, we got to work sweeping up the concrete dust so that the floor of the unit was ready to be painted once the lease was signed.  (Big shout out to Joe and Elaine, who did most of the sweeping, and Jonny and Olwyn, who turned up when the work was all done…)

And that means that we’re approaching The Dock’s BIG anniversary.  We’re calling it Eamonn Day – because the week of our most frantic activity, our boldest move forward, our brightest creativity, our hardest work and our greatest excitement, we did it all for Eamonn:

Eamonn Day is 26th February.  Mark in your diary now, for this year and for all time.  Because we have some big, big plans as to how we’re going to celebrate…