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this page was last updated on
03 January 2017
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 New
Year's Eve
sadly my continuing heavy cold means
it's not wise to go out to the NYE
Party invited to. A quiet night in
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 Archie's
7th birthday party - 31st December
Out of the house for the time since
Boxing Day (unwell .. !!) for my
great-nephew Archie's 7th birthday.
Jelly & ice crème! Nice. Another
photo
here |
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 Boxing
Day lurgey ...
I succumbed to a heavy cold in the
early hours of Boxing Day, bad
enough to cancel my planned visit to
my sister Bev's for another family
lunch & tea. Pity, as it's part of
the 3-day family Christmas
festivities that I look forward to
so much. Still very much under the
weather on 27th ... |
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 Christmas
Day
2016
Mum & me at my sister Belinda's for
lunch. I love turkey and have a
passion for Christmas pudding!! The
3 of us in a post-lunch selfie ...
!! Then we snoozed |
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 Midnight
service - 24th/25th December
2016
after the family party a number of
us went to the Christmas Eve
midnight service' a quieter
introduction to Christmas. |
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 The
Family gathers for Christmas Eve -
2016
as always for Christmas Eve, as many
of the family that can meets up at
Barrie & Jane's where we swap
presents and get in the Christmas
mood. It's my favourite family time
of the year! More photos
here |
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 Carols
from Kings - 24th December 2016
just finished watching the annual
Nine Lessons & Carols from Kings
College Cambridge - their singing is
beyond description and is always the
Start to Christmas proper |
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 priority
seating - 22nd December 2016
oh dear oh dear, getting on the bus
today a guy got up from his seat
when he saw me!! I said "don't
embarrass me, I'm not there yet" but
I thanked him for the thought ...
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_small.jpg) Laura's 21st birthday party - 19th December 2016We old fogies were invited to Laura's 21st birthday bash - needless to say my absence on the dance floor was noted!! Seen here with Judith and my sister Belinda. |
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 Nine Lessons and Carols - 18th December 2016a lovely mini-Carols from Kings style service at St Thomas' church in Stourbridge. They have a lovely Choir, augmented for the evening, and it really was lovely to hear all this marvelous music envelop me. |
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 Carol singing - 15th December 2016
from church we went to two local
residential homes to bring,
hopefully (!!), some festive cheer!
I've chosen to end my days at The
Limes as it has a bar!! Gins & Tonic
on tap ... !!! |
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 reunion meal - 13th December 2016
we've known each other for 50 years
plus and get together 4 or 5 times a
years. Good friendships are so
special and I cherish them |
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at Birmingham symphony hall -
12th December 2016
John Rutter, composer & conductor,
seen here in full flow for his
‘Christmas celebration’ – a superb
evening of music supported by the
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & the
Bach Choir ... more photos
here |
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 Christmas
concert with Colla Voce - 3rd December
From the raucous crowd at the Hawthorns this afternoon to this evening's
more genteel audience @ Colla Voce choir’s Christmas concert! Eclectic,
‘wot me guv?’ |
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 Lily
Mae & Jack James @ age 1 - 24th September 2016
celebrating the 1st birthday of my great-niece & nephew - in London at
Simon & Jodie's. I went with mum, Bev & Belinda and it was good to meet
up with others especially niece Abigail with Alan and her 2 kids. More
photos soon here |
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Lily
Mae & Jack James @ age 1 - 24th September 2016