…..the queen came to the throne and…..
….. we were born!
So I invited lots of people from (almost) all parts of my life……
…..to a buffet lunch to celebrate (not on my birthday}.
There were family…..
….local friends…
…a pupil from when I first started teaching – who travelled down from Dundee!! She is retired, too, so I feel all of my 70 years.
There were also university friends and ex-colleagues ……
…..friends from my time in Kenya….
….people who I had known locally but had moved away, a school friend who lives locally and even people I hadn’t met before!
Then (most) people started to mix and chat, as I had hoped they would.
By five o’clock there were left friends who don’t meet up often and were catching up and family playing a game called “Dobble” – well the younger ones were playing.
So? Well, I enjoyed myself and others have said they did too. It was lovely to see people I hadn’t seen for years and to catch up a bit – it just needed longer to catch up properly with everyone.
(Thank you to Brian, Esther, Fleur and Jude for some of the pictures)
Thank you for a really enjoyable party. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting your family and friends. What a great bunch! Happy memories.
Thanks so much for a lovely party, and it was great to see you again after Covid. You certainly looked as though you were thoroughly enjoying yourself!
It was so lovely to meet again after 16 years and see that you haven’t changed a bit. Great to meet family and friends old and new too. Thank you so much for inviting us.
Great to see that you two haven’t changed either! Lovely to see you.