Accordions and applause for the NHS in our normally quiet street
![Mrs Mabel Shaw, of Connor, plays her accordion outside her house during the applause for the NHS staff on Thursday April 16 2020](https://www.newsletter.co.uk/webimg/TUFZMTIyMDgzODcw.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&trim=&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Mrs Mabel Shaw, of Connor, plays her accordion outside her house during the applause for the NHS staff on Thursday April 16 2020](/img/placeholder.png)
(The story can be read here: ‘Loyal order bandsmen and women beat out tributes to virus frontline fighters,’ April 23).
Before I even saw that article I had thought of the same idea, and on the Thursday night in my street near Ballymena I brought out my accordion at the front door. I quickly summoned help from a neighbour, a wee boy across the way, to rattle the tambourine and sleigh bells.
Normally it is a quiet area but maybe we will add the saucepans and frying pan this week!
By the way, I’m a retired school teacher, age 78.
Mabel (Mrs) Shaw, Connor