It was March 15th 1969 – My big day.  Everything had gone according to plan. The house was a buzz of busyness and excitement.  One sister did my nails, another my makeup, and my dress hung on the wardrobe door in readiness.  Today I would find out if my dressmaking skills were good enough.  Would [...]

For those of you that probably won’t know, ‘Fings ain’t what they used to be’ is an old Cockney song ;O)
I went to a party last night.  It was a great party but I had two disappointments which were both to do with food.  It was a lovely spread that was all very fresh.  The [...]