Over 50 people attended a fundraising event for St Peter’s Hospice which was held by Soroptimist International of Bristol on 23rd February 2022.     This was held at Audley Redwood whose friendly staff served tea and delicious cakes to our guests. There was lots of chat as old friends were re-united and new friends made. After tea Bristol Soroptimist Pauline C delighted the audience with a demonstration of how to cover a cake with shop bought royal icing. We watched in awe as she deftly softened the block of icing, rolled it into a perfect circle and lifted it up to cover the cake. She went on to show us how to make roses and then how to do piping round the edge of the cake. There was a concentrated silence in the room as we watched in awe.  On another table there

Toby is not a stranger to SI Bristol and he started by reminding us that the last time he came to talk to us it was snowing hard, and we wondered if we would all get home safely.  This time we were threatened by the rain! He told us that he was the third generation of the family to be in the antiques trade.  His grandfather started the trend, he was originally a fishmonger and started his day incredibly early and saw antique sellers starting their day so much later.  So he sold his fish shop and moved quickly into the antiques market.  First in Luton then soon moving to Suffolk where people queued up to purchase goods even before he got them out of the van. Toby accompanied his grandfather and uncles and at an early age took an interest in antiques.  He studied