Happy 100th Birthday Uncle Charles.
Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 06:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
debris4spikeDo you remember me going to a 70th wedding Anniversary a few years ago Jan 2009 to be exact? Well Auntie Blanche (Mum's first cousin died in 2010) but last Saturday we drove back to Barnstaple again to celebrate Uncle Charles 100th birthday ... the even better thing is that he still has all his marbles, in that he lives alone. In fact he learnt a (very weird) poem to recite on the day ... better than I have ever managed to do.)
Sadly he had a fall coming home from Church last week (he had actually taken the service) so had damaged his hands, and had a black eye.
It was great to be there, see other cousins ... and hear the worst choir ever. Their music choice was weird (I only knew half of it, and my 3rd cousin who I was sitting with who is in a choir didn't even know all of them!) ... their outfits were nice, but the truly creepy thing was they all had matching necklaces on!
Still the meal was nice, the roads weren't too busy and we enjoyed the day.
Cutting the cake
Mum & Dad and the cousins we sat with -
And, finally, the weird choir -
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Sadly he had a fall coming home from Church last week (he had actually taken the service) so had damaged his hands, and had a black eye.
It was great to be there, see other cousins ... and hear the worst choir ever. Their music choice was weird (I only knew half of it, and my 3rd cousin who I was sitting with who is in a choir didn't even know all of them!) ... their outfits were nice, but the truly creepy thing was they all had matching necklaces on!
Still the meal was nice, the roads weren't too busy and we enjoyed the day.
Cutting the cake
Mum & Dad and the cousins we sat with -
And, finally, the weird choir -
.
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Date: 2013-07-16 06:21 pm (UTC)In 1976, my grandmother was in a nursing home. We spent a great deal of time with her and all of her friends who lived there. There was one man who turned 100 yrs old and was feisty and knew everything that went on around him. He was a joy to talk to and listen to him. I feel bad that so many younger kids do not get to really know their older relatives as we did growing up.
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Date: 2013-07-16 06:57 pm (UTC)I am lucky that my family are "older" so I have learnt of our last centuries history from a personal point of view. It was great that 4 of his 5 grandchildren were there ... as were their 18 kids! (The other one cut all ties about 10 years ago and lives in Vietnam)
And there were other cousins (that we sat with) as well.
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Date: 2013-07-16 06:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-16 06:58 pm (UTC)His family were all long-lived, but "only" into their late 80's
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Date: 2013-07-16 08:45 pm (UTC)I wish you'd videoed the choir!
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Date: 2013-07-17 04:43 pm (UTC)I think videoing the choir would have caused the camera to die!
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Date: 2013-07-16 09:37 pm (UTC)Reminds me of my late friend Nurmi, who passed away at 98. She was a lifelong Democrat, and was looking forward to scolding George Bush, but she didn't make it to 100.
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Date: 2013-07-17 04:44 pm (UTC)His cards were in pride of place.
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Date: 2013-07-17 06:35 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-17 04:45 pm (UTC)Yes, he certainly bounced well!
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Date: 2013-07-17 06:39 am (UTC)Wow..100 years. How amazing. He´s truly blessed!
You seem to have very good genes going round in your family! Looking good for you! ;)
That choir - really creepy. Are you sure they weren´t a secret cult or something? And if you didn´t know some songs, maybe they only exist to deliver hidden subtexts into people´s heads? LOL I don´t know..but - WEIRD!!
♥
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Date: 2013-07-17 04:49 pm (UTC)He is doing well.
Yes, that is one even scarier thought ... make me wonder what it was all about.
*hugs*
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Date: 2013-07-17 11:52 am (UTC)I like the gardening images on his cake.
And, it sounds awful to say, but I'm glad you've met the worst choir ever - I had thought that accolade might belong to the one belonging to our sister URC here on the island; they are (whispers) really not very good at all...
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Date: 2013-07-17 04:47 pm (UTC)He has always been keen on the garden, and the music is that when younger he was a member of a Male Voice Choir.
Sorry but your sister-Church has lost it's award!
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Date: 2013-07-17 02:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-17 04:48 pm (UTC)It was a great day.
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Date: 2013-07-17 06:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-18 06:26 am (UTC)He also got one from Ian Duncan Smith.
Overall a great celebration.
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Date: 2013-07-18 10:42 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-18 06:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-07-18 06:27 am (UTC)Congrats to your Uncle!
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Date: 2013-07-18 06:44 pm (UTC)Hope all is well with you.