No walking the plank, just barrels of fun at charity’s Little Bramingham Farm in Luton

The residents and care team at Little Bramingham Farm, the award-winning Luton-based residential care home run by charity, Friends of the Elderly, had a swashbuckling time at their free community Talk Like a Pirate Day Party.

Captain 'Den' Hookline n' Sinker at charity's Little Bramngham Farm care home in Luton on Talk Like a Pirate Day. | Friends of the Elderly

placeholder image — Captain 'Den' Hookline n' Sinker at charity's Little Bramngham Farm care home in Luton on Talk Like a Pirate Day. | Friends of the Elderly

“’The Talk Like a Pirate free community event was full of ‘Yo Ho Ho’ fun, games and laughter,” said Emma Lawrance, the Registered Manager at the care home. “Everyone had a great time and enjoyed themselves. They also enjoyed an array of delicious treats and refreshments from Susie’s, our cosy tea room, which was ‘decked’ out in true pirate fashion.”

Reuben Dutton, enjoying the bouncy castle at Little Bramingham Farm's free community Talk Like a Pirate Day event. | Friends of the Elderly

“Our very own Captain Den Hookline-n-Sinker, had a lovely time, having ‘parlays’ with the visitors and residents, and got up to mischief with his crew of ‘scallywag’ pirates,” added Karen Charity, the Activities Coordinator at Little Bramingham Farm.

“The Treasure Island bouncy castle was a huge success and was enjoyed by everyone, not just the youngsters, and the pirate-themed activities which included Pin the Patch on the Pirate and digging for gold in our Golden Treasure Chest, went down a storm too.”

Captain 'Den' Hookline n' Sinker with Little Bramingham Farm Resident, Margaret Thompson at the Luton care home's free community Talk Like a Pirate Day event. | Friends of the Elderly

Captain Hookline-n-Sinker’s and Long John Silver’s Parot, Captain Flint, kept the crowds entertained, having playful inflatable sword fights and telling tall tales about their pirating escapades.

“It didn’t take long for the Captain to launch into a ‘raft’ of pirate ‘run a ring’ jokes, they kept on ‘flowing’,” continued Karen. “’What is a pirate's favourite letter? You might think it is R, but it's the C they love!’; What's a pirate's least favourite vegetable? Leeks’ and even ‘How do you turn a pirate furious? Take away the P’. They really were never ending but had everyone laughing.”

“The residents, visitors and care team had a ‘booty-ful’ time at the Talk Like a Pirate Day Party. We had barrels of laughs and fun and are now looking forward to our next community event – our free Halloween Spooktacular on Friday 30th October, which will be a ‘terror-ific’ party too,” concluded Emma.