Well May 24 th was always known here in England as Empire Day as it was Queen Victoria’s Birthday and mine too!Only mine was a bit later than hers(
)Her’s 1819 mine 1937.
There were parades etc ,and there were still many horses in use when I was a child and back from being an evacuee 1945.
They were dressed in their brasses and red white and blue ribbons and rosettes .
The Gas Works, Co-op ,milk carts and bread carts were all in a parade .
I used to think it was so kind of them to do that for my birthday!
Until Mum enlightened me-
That is not why I am called Viktoria really but the little girl after whom I was named ,with the German spelling , was born about the same time as I was and her father sought out other children born that day .It is actually my second name .Mum had chosen mine but agreed to Viktoria as my second name ,as the family of my namesake were GermanJewish people with a business in Manchester .( ,the name of one of Kaiser Wilhelm’s daughters ) I do not know what became of them ,in 1937 I would not think they would go to Germany even to try to wind up a business assuming it had not already been commandeered by Hitler’s lot!
There is record of an emigration of the only person with the name spelled with the k to Australia.
So we never met.
As we do not have an Empire anymore it is Commonwealth day but not sure what date or if and how it is celebrated .
Glorious sunshine but very chilly.
Still not heard from daughter about exact details of the puppy shortage.
She is very busy at the moment in a battle with their dealership principal ,I use lowercase letters on purpose !
She won’t relax standards yet so business is very slow.BUT,is as safe as she can possibly make it for customers and her team which is very close knit and loyal to her .Her Dad would have been so proud of her standards .
I would love to see your paintings Roobarb ,
Back and leg bothering me at the moment so will give a few more days
to see if it is from my deep step down from the ladders.
Was hoping to go to daughter’s for all the May birthdays WA s etc but no news yet of being able to mix like that.
Well if Boris has been naughty re flat decor etc it is nothing that will go away and could keep until things are better.
Who remembers The Blairs,Cherie!Do I remember something similar?
Only with no Pandemic to deal with .
I am open to correction.
Not heard re the results from the “Rapid Response Chest Pain Clinic!”
However as things are not too bad mustn’t grumble.
What lovely lively babies !Thanks .
Some keys were put in my fence but had they slipped down into my border would not have been seen, so I put a notice in my window ,they were belonging to my neighbour’s daughter but I had asked her husband(daughter’s ) and he said not their’s.
Well must get on.
Cheerio folks, look after yourselves.
Viktoria.
