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you mouth“
“Well, it’s not me!”
FLASH!!! One shot taken. We were in hysterics!
“It’s because we’re so squashed!” you cried.
We were now literally crying with laughter!
Three more flashes in quick succession...
“Glennis, let’s get out of here!”
In those days you had to wait a few minutes for the
photographs to be developed. Still we were uncontrollably laughing. We stood there, oblivious to people staring at us, when a young couple came along and decided they wanted their photos taken together and in they went... only to exclaim about the smell that lingered.
PLOP! Our photos dropped out and we were off like a shot – laughing even more at the hilarious photos. A one-off occasion that truly ‘sealed’ our friendship and we laughed about
it for years to come.
(I know, you categorically told me I was not to include this in my book
but... did I listen? No – for you knew I would!)
ed that his flies were
We continued to visit Yorkshire on many occasions, often at weekends to see your daughter and enjoy holidays in Whitby and the surrounding coastline. We really loved that part of the world. We loved exploring! We loved shopping, Sunday lunches, afternoon teas, garden centres,
antique fairs, open gardens, going to the cinema, going to the theatre – Musicals being our favourite. We loved the seaside and went on to have some wonderful holidays in Cornwall, Wales, Devon, France, Jersey and Norfolk – Norfolk being our most visited and loved placed – although the French holidays were ‘magnifique!’
I know you will remember when Tingdene Homes invited us to a very special dinner at Castle Ashby where former British sprint and hurdling, track and field athlete, Khriss Akabusi, was the key speaker. We sat on the top table, you next to Khriss. Khriss got up to speak. We knew from having seen him on the television that he was loud, funny and very animated. He was loud, he was animated, and he was funny – and was in full flow when you nudged me and mouthed that his flies were undone! Not wishing to make a scene I just nodded (but was laughing inside). Not you! No, to get his attention you proceeded to inch your head forward, many times, so that Khriss could not help but see you – your eyes looking up at his and then at his flies – the rest of the guests having noticed, doing their utmost not to laugh. You were
undon”
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