Thank you Eddie - Izzy will especially miss Chick - and she only met her once!Eddie Muir wrote:Thanks, Francis. I hope that you and Izzy enjoy the day.Francis wrote:Very sorry Nigel, Eddie and Chick, Julie and Stephen, John and Erica can't make it to Cookham.
Izzy and I will still be coming - God willing!
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That's wonderful, Tony!
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It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
It was a nuisance. An adventure was one thing - but an adventure without anything to eat was quite another thing. That wouldn't do at all. (The Valley of Adventure)
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I wonder if we will recognise it from the illustration! It looks lovely and peaceful - not a car in sight.
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What a lovely sketch!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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That's a lovely sketch. I've been to Cookham and it's a lovely place.
There should be seven of you now going looking at the list.
Sally
Courtenay
John
Francis
Izzy
Daisy and hubby.
There should be seven of you now going looking at the list.
Sally
Courtenay
John
Francis
Izzy
Daisy and hubby.
Julian gave an exclamation and nudged George.
"See that? It's the black Bentley again. KMF 102!"
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That is a lovely illustration, Tony. I can really imagine Peterswood looking similar! I'm so sorry so many now can't make it, but really hope the rest of you have a wonderful time. I will do all I can to attend the next one. It is really peculiar how it seems to be so much more difficult to arrange things now that we are retired than when we were working.
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It doesn't seem to have altered much, Pete. Thanks for putting that up.
I remember the very first The Saint with Roger Moore in B&W and that was filmed in Cookham and on Cookham Station.
I remember the very first The Saint with Roger Moore in B&W and that was filmed in Cookham and on Cookham Station.
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Thanks Pete. Not quite such a peaceful scene these days!
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Here's an old picture postcard of Cookham:
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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Just arrived back from holiday and caught up with posts and messages.
There is obviously great disappointment that we can't guarantee the boat trip and therefore are looking at alternative arrangements. A Forum annual meet up needs to incorporate a goodly number and the drop-out numbers suggest the walk isn't as popular - let's be frank! Disappointing though it might be for some, may I suggest we find an alternative date for our annual meet up and do the boat trip? A meet up of 7 people just won't be the same and I think we need to be inclusive on this.
Appreciate holidays are now likely to intervene, but how do members feel about the following for alternative dates:
13 August
20 August
There is obviously great disappointment that we can't guarantee the boat trip and therefore are looking at alternative arrangements. A Forum annual meet up needs to incorporate a goodly number and the drop-out numbers suggest the walk isn't as popular - let's be frank! Disappointing though it might be for some, may I suggest we find an alternative date for our annual meet up and do the boat trip? A meet up of 7 people just won't be the same and I think we need to be inclusive on this.
Appreciate holidays are now likely to intervene, but how do members feel about the following for alternative dates:
13 August
20 August
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I for one am glad you have suggested this, Sally, as I was disappointed about the boat trip, and the fact that the area will be full to bursting with the Henley Regatta.
Either day is fine for me if I can get accommodation.
Either day is fine for me if I can get accommodation.
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Hi Sally. I hope you enjoyed your holiday.
At present, either date is fine for me.
At present, either date is fine for me.
'Go down to the side-shows by the river this afternoon. I'll meet you somewhere in disguise. Bet you won't know me!' wrote Fatty.
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