We had a socially distancing get together down our lane last night.
We all put chairs up in the widest bit of the road & the ones round the corner came up to our end.
We had to shout a bit sometimes to make ourselves heard but it was very enjoyable.
The warm evening helped, always nice to sit in the evening sun.
We had a quiz & lots of bunting up to make it festive. Normally we would have had a much bigger do but circumstances ruled that out.
When it was the Golden Jubilee in 2002 we had a massive party in the red bricked barn you can see in the main picture. It just had straw in then before it was developed.
Three good things:
1. A neighbour down the road who normally comes to our celebrations & of course couldn’t this year rang me this morning to tell me she was remembering all the happy parties we have had over the years...I was really touched!
2. I realised how much we miss having friends & family round...tea & cakes & laughter.
3. I have finished my book this afternoon....a bit of unlikely coincidence at the end but we all could forgive that because it’s such a heartwarming story.
What a great idea and good to have a gathering of the neighbours .. I think when this is all over we will be alot more aware of the people close to us ... My cousin who lives in Manchester said she had met neighbours at their street party that they had never seen in the 17 years they have lived there...
@julzmaioro It’s amazing how neighbours who have never spoken to each other before have bonded together.....there is a real wartime spirit around...hope we all continue afterwards. As the Queen said yesterday ‘our streets are full of love!’
How lovely to be able to get together at a distance. The British spirit is alive and well even in tough times. We are all dealing with a different kind of world war these days. Who would have thought it.
So nice to see some light relief during the covid crisis.
Sounds like a great celebration! I like to read the books you’ve suggested - so looked for Finding Henry Applebee! It isn’t available in the U.S. so searched around and found it on EBay from a seller in the U.K. Great reviews! : )
Looks as if you had a great time with so many of you. Well played!
We had planned/hoped to have all the family with us for my 70th birthday in mid-April. We-ll it didn’t happen in the way we had expected, but we had a jolly good bash. We had a 3 way What's App assisted party...of significant duration. Great occasion...assisted by its novelty value!
So nice to see some light relief during the covid crisis.
We had planned/hoped to have all the family with us for my 70th birthday in mid-April. We-ll it didn’t happen in the way we had expected, but we had a jolly good bash. We had a 3 way What's App assisted party...of significant duration. Great occasion...assisted by its novelty value!