An Outing to Beckenham on June 15th
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Yes thank you Fiona - without your sterling efforts they would not appeared on the site!
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Nice photos, Francis.
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Great pics, thanks for sharing.
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Yes, lovely to see some photos at last! There are rather a lot of backs though!
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Great photos! Thanks, Fiona and Francis and thanks for your emails, Francis
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It's great to see your photos, Fiona and Francis! Thanks for putting them on, Fiona.
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Nigel wrote
Seriously, as I was so slow on the update, that was my most common view of people
on the day. I did take a lot more back views but decided a little went a long way!
Yes, that was quite deliberate of course. I wanted to see if you still recognised them!Yes, lovely to see some photos at last! There are rather a lot of backs though!
Seriously, as I was so slow on the update, that was my most common view of people
on the day. I did take a lot more back views but decided a little went a long way!
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Of course I was so slow on the uptake that I didn't realise I had written 'update'!
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Are there any more thoughts on this as I'd love to go too?Sally wrote:A few of us have proposed a further ad hoc meeting at Old Thatch in Bourne End on 3 August - will post separately.
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An outing is planned for Sunday August 4th Shelley. There is a thread about it elsewhere - on the Miscellaneous site.
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Here's the thread, Shelley:
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Thank you Anita, I'm just trying to catch up, I've not been able to have a chance to look on here properly for a while.
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The company and tour sure did make up for it, it only started raining bad once I had finished and was waiting for the bus.Lucky Star wrote:Live updates. The wonders of modern technology.
I'm sorry to hear about the rain but I'm sure the company and the tour made up for it. Looking forward to the reports.
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No, I'm fine thank you Anita, when you live in London and have to travel on jerky buses you get used to being thrown about or trodden on.Anita Bensoussane wrote:Later in the day we were standing up on the bus and it jolted and threw me hard against poor Shelley - I hope she isn't suffering from any injuries!
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Hi Katherine, It was lovely to meet you and your family too. It wouldn't have taken too much time to visit the last leg but as the rain came down just as I was waiting for the bus back to Clock House (I too had run out of steam by then) I was so glad that you guys weren't there, I'd have hated you to get soaked. Thankfully the weather was good to us for most of the day. You could have seen the last bits on the bus as it does go straight past, but only if you know what to look out for.Katharine wrote:Shelly, it was lovely to meet you, and I'm sorry to hear you got caught in the rain. Mum and I were tempted to join you on the final visit, but had just about run out of steam. Just after we got on the train, the heavens opened, and the rain was rattling down the windows. We both said we hoped you had got to the station before it started.
I've only been able to pop in via phone for short periods I don't get too much time to go on the internet via computer and the one I do go on is very slow computer, only managed to upload my photos to Facebook yesterday, which took two hours (it's taken about an hour to write and post this!). Here is a link to my photos for folks to see, if you can't see them let me know, could be my settings, if people can see them feel free to put them up here as I don't know how to: https://www.facebook.com/groups/313401428747898/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
It's a pity there was no unveiling of the plaque in Chaffinch Road, I wonder if something will be done?
Is anyone going to the Beaconsfield event? There was some talk in Beckenham of people going in the 29th (tomorrow).
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