Just in passing, Freddy Mercury would have been 75 today, according to the Classic FM presenter!
You can’t imagine some people being old.
Sadly some never reached old age.
A lovely bright crisp sunny morning .
Son coming tomorrow probably to raid my shed where there is a lot of paint and varnish .They are giving their conservatory furniture to charity and he wants it to be in perfect order .
There is a little wear on the arms of the settee and chairs, rattan.
Need a little attention ,just a coat of sealant of some sort.
So there will be a lot of displaced spiders!
I won’t kill them, but neither will I put the kettle on for them!
Boiler man tomorrow ,so yippee a bath tomorrow evening.
Drain man on Wednesday —— I don’t know how I will stand the excitement !
Three visits in one week!
Spoke to sister in law yesterday evening ,my husband’s younger sister .
We had a laugh over family incidents ,like the day after her wedding .
She lived in the house next to her parents after marrying.
Honeymoon to start on the Monday
For Sunday dessert she had made a jelly .
No fridge in those days but a cool shed with a meat safe in it was pretty good.
Jelly put in there to set.
Come tea time and s in l went in a panic to her mother — “ someone has been in the shed and stolen my jelly!”
Mother said she had taken it to put in her fridge so it would be set as a couple of hours in the meat safe would not be enough .
Was going to put it back when set but forgot !
Oh dear, to be in such close proximity to a mother like my m in law spelled trouble!
Such funny things happened in that family though.
Boxing Day was always “ Grandma’s party” .
There would be as many as twenty plus ,a buffet, crackers, present opening ,games etc and lots if laughter .
We had to take chairs down in the pram !
The last Boxing day before we went to Belgium in the January was a mix -th
usual gaiety, and realising what we were leaving behind .
On the way home ,there were a lot of Policemen about especially near our home.
There was a big recreation ground ,with a fair on it.
The Police were looking for Lesley Ann Downey,abducted by Brady and Hindley.December 1964.
The little girl had gone to the fair ,not very far from her home.
That sticks in your memory.
Grandma’s parties continued for years and years.So many daft photographs to laugh over.
Keeping wrapping paper intact etc as she could use it next year, she never did.Never remembered where she had put it!
A long-standing joke was a tea towel with Father Christmas on it.
I gave it as a little “ stocking filler “ ,I got it back the next year ,she got it back the year after ,I got it again etc .
She never remembered though and everyone else was in on the joke.
BUT, she could not laugh at herself ,sooo
Silent laughter ,we had to be careful - very careful so the laughs were
always on me.
There was usually a mass exodus of the men —- for a cigarette but really to have a laugh out loud moment without risking grandma’s considerable
withering powers
She taught Norah Batty I am sure!
We women did the mountains of washing up .laughing in the kitchen.
“ No grandma, you sit down ,have a rest and we will clear up and make some tea then we can play games”.
What fun we had and not a drop of alcohol passed our lips.
Oh dear memory lane again , but what laughs I have when I wander there.
Worth a visit anytime.
Cheerio.
Viktoria.
