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Brenda Walsh is from The Oaks in Newbridge and is another dedicated member since the very beginning.
"My girls had got older so I had some time to myself for a change and my friend said did I want to go because we used to sing in the school shows...
"The first week or two we weren't sure about it....it was more kind of like a folk group but then the third week we were nearly going to leave and then Lisa arrived...
"Then it was gospel so we stayed and we are there ever since...now you come in here on a Monday and no matter how sad or bad humoured you are you leave in good humour...
"We're like a little community....we've been through everything....people have had sicknesses here, we've had a few cancers...we've had one or two people die.....we're always all there for each other".
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