En route to a lunchtime concert at Chichester Cathedral yesterday, we paused for coffee. 'You sit down' Ray said 'I'll order.' I chose a table with two comfy armchairs, soon realising that the group at the adjacent table were Red Hatters.
Thankful that I had taken my camera to Chichester I approached the ladies for a photo. They graciously agreed and we decided on a group portrait at one side of their table to best use the light from the window.
They are, from extreme right moving clockwise: Carolyn, the Queen of this Chapter 'The Crimson Coasters', Gill, Jasmine and Pamela.
The Red Hat Society was started in California in 1998 by Sue Ellen Cooper, inspired by Jenny Joseph's poem 'Warning':
When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn’t go, and doesn’t suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we’ve no money for butter.......
The Red Hat Society defines itself thus:
' a unique international playgroup for women that promotes our passion of fun, friendship, fitness, the freedom to express ourselves in positive ways, and a dedication to the fulfilment of lifelong dreams, gained all through the power of fun!.
I have sent photos to the Crimson Coasters and in return received Red-Hat Hugs. Thank you so much to them all for making my day.
Good concert + lunch at Cote Brasserie. Hope to go to the next concert! The program has been changed but the chap making the announcement assured us that the notes would be the same, just in a different order. I seemed to be the only one thinking that really funny!
How indeed Beryl ?
Good concert + lunch at Cote Brasserie. Hope to go to the next concert! The program has been changed but the chap making the announcement assured us that the notes would be the same, just in a different order. I seemed to be the only one thinking that really funny!
The age requirement to join is now dropped. I understand that ladies under 50 wear pink and purple!
Aha! Phil, maybe you are thinking of this..... https://365project.org/quietpurplehaze/365/2018-01-14
What a brilliant photographic memory, Phil!