You guessed it !! It's been another busy Del & Al weekend.. We started off on the Wednesday by going to see David on his twentieth birthday and we had a nice Indian meal. We then made our way back to Al's mum and dad's on the Thursday, as it was their 60th Wedding Anniversary. They were the first to show us the card they got from the Queen. 
We had a Chinese lunch and played games with all the family together. Friday we had to sort out bits and pieces for Saturday, like balloons, cards and table plans. Saturday we took Pam and Alf to a hotel in Tenterden where we had a 60th Wedding Anniversary celebration. 
Joining us was Pam's bridesmaid and also their nephew, the son of the best man, together with seventeen friends and family. 
It started with a lovely afternoon tea followed by a meal in the evening with us all staying overnight. We had breakfast on the Sunday morning and said our goodbyes to everyone. We then took Pam and Alf to Hastings (an old haunt of theirs) where they watched the sea and walked through the old town reminiscing. 
On Monday we sadly had a funeral in the local church, of a close neighbour of theirs, Vera, and afterwards we were at the village pub for the wake. 
With the news of their 60th anniversary in the paper and on the bill board outside the village store they become sort of celebrities. Just what Vera would have wanted!! 
This was quite a draining weekend and we were pleased to get back to Derwent6 on the Tuesday. It had been so cold while we were away and Derwent6 really took some warming up; in fact it took four hours. The fridge gauge was showing the coldest it had been for a long time and the cupboards had condensation in them and had to be left open for a while. We were also iced in, so we couldn't go anywhere anyway.
We did manage to collect our licence for this year so we are legal again. 
We had a Chinese lunch and played games with all the family together. Friday we had to sort out bits and pieces for Saturday, like balloons, cards and table plans. Saturday we took Pam and Alf to a hotel in Tenterden where we had a 60th Wedding Anniversary celebration. Joining us was Pam's bridesmaid and also their nephew, the son of the best man, together with seventeen friends and family. It started with a lovely afternoon tea followed by a meal in the evening with us all staying overnight. We had breakfast on the Sunday morning and said our goodbyes to everyone. We then took Pam and Alf to Hastings (an old haunt of theirs) where they watched the sea and walked through the old town reminiscing. On Monday we sadly had a funeral in the local church, of a close neighbour of theirs, Vera, and afterwards we were at the village pub for the wake. With the news of their 60th anniversary in the paper and on the bill board outside the village store they become sort of celebrities. Just what Vera would have wanted!! This was quite a draining weekend and we were pleased to get back to Derwent6 on the Tuesday. It had been so cold while we were away and Derwent6 really took some warming up; in fact it took four hours. The fridge gauge was showing the coldest it had been for a long time and the cupboards had condensation in them and had to be left open for a while. We were also iced in, so we couldn't go anywhere anyway.We did manage to collect our licence for this year so we are legal again. 
4 comments:
So great the celebrations all went well! Will ask my Mum to keep me a Chronicle!
Z xxx
A GOLD Licence? Where are you off to?
Lesley
Thanks Z It's a lovely article and picture, really pleased with it. Also Mum & Dad say thanks once againg for the lovely flowers xxx
Hi Lesley, well spotted lol. Hoping to do what we didn't manage to do last year (fingers crossed)so hopefully see you at some point.....
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