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    March 25

    PUDSEY DOLL FAIR, DOLL VIDEOS ON U-TUBE

    IT'S PUDSEY THIS SATURDAY, I'M HOPING TO GO WITH SHELLEY. YORK CARBOOT IS ON SATURDAY AND WE MIGHT GO THERE FIRST IF IT'S BETTER WEATHER.
    SARA AND SIMON TOOK JOE CAMPING TO HAWES LAST WEEKEND AND WHEN THEY WOKE UP SUNDAY MORNING THE TENT AND CAR WERE NEARLY BURIED IN SNOW. I TOOK BOOTS FOR A WALK ROUND HOUGHTON BOTTOMS ON THE SAME MORNING, THERE WAS NO SIGN OF SNOW THERE. I MANAGED TO GET LOST, THE TRACK I WANTED TO USE WAS CLOSED SO I CARRIED ON WALKING AND ENDED UP DOING ABOUT 10 MILES ALL TOGETHER. WAS VERY GLAD WHEN I GOT BACK TO THE CAR!!! I THINK BOOTS WAS AS WELL, HE HAD A GOOD SLEEP AFTER.
    I WAS SEARCHING U-TUBE AND FOUND SOME DOLL ADVERTS, THE SINDY GROUP SENT ME ONE SO I THOUGHT I'D SEE IF ANY OTHERS WERE ON. THERE ARE QUITE A FEW.down stream, witton weavers wayhoughton bottomsriver darwen, houghton bottomswitton weavers way
     
    March 14

    Aunts birthday

    AUNT MARY ARRANGED ANOTHER MEAL FOR HER FRIENDS LAST SATURDAY, MOST WERE AROUND 80, THEY HAD BEEN FRIENDS SINCE SCHOOL, I WAS INVITED AND WAS SECOND YOUNGEST! THE MEAL WAS AT THE CROSS KEYS TEMPERANCE INN, CAUTLEY, SEDBERGH. IT WAS A LOVELY OLD BUILDING WITH A VEIW OF CAUTLY SPOUT. www.cautleyspout.co.uk THE MEAL WAS VERY GOOD, WE ALL HAD ROAST BEEF BUT HAD DIFFERENT DESERTS, I HAD A SUMMER CRUMBLE, THE STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING IS MEANT TO BE VERY GOOD AS WELL. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR OWN DRINK, THEY JUST DONT SELL ANY. WE WENT BACK TO THE FARM AFTER FOR CAKE AND TEA, THE CONVERSATION WAS VERY LIVELY AND NONE OF THEM LOOKED 80, MUM'S 82 THIS YEAR. I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.
    WHEN I WENT TO THE CAR BOOT LAST WEEK I PICKED UP A PELHAM PUPPET, IT IS ONE I HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, A KIT TO MAKE UP AND PAINT YOURSELF. I DIDN'T KNOW THEY DID ONE.
    I'M ADDING A FEW MORE PHOTOS TO THE DOLL ALBUMS, SOME E-BAY PICS FOR IDENTIFICATION USE100_3817
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    March 05

    BARTON DOLL FAIR AND AUNT MARY'S 8OTH

    WE HAD A GOOD DAY AT BARTON ON SATURDAY, THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR AND I THINK EVERY BODY ENDED UP BUYING SOMETHING. I BOUGHT AN ENGLISH WAR-TIME POT DOLL AND A FAIRIE GLEN TEEN DOLL. SHE HAS A LOVELY FACE AND ORIGINAL FAIRIE GLEN CLOTHES, I THINK SHE IS GI-GI, THERE WERE TWO BY FAIRIE GLEN AND THE OTHER IS LIKE SINDY, I THINK HER NAME IS TINA.
    THE LADIES AND THE COUPLE WHO BOUGHT THEIR TICKETS OFF E-BAY HAD A GOOD TIME, THE COUPLE WERE FROM GLASGOW AND THEY FILLED THEIR CAR WITH DOLLS AND TOYS, IT WAS THEIR ANIVERSARY SO THEY COMBINED THE FAIR WITH A TRIP TO BLACKPO100_3764100_3765100_3766100_3767100_3768100_3769100_3772100_3773100_3774100_3775
    WE HAD A SUPRISE MEAL FOR MY AUNT ON SUNDAY, WE BOOKED A ROOM AT THE GEORGE AND DRAGON AT WRAY. THE MEAL WAS UP TO THE USUAL STANDARD, EVERYONE ENJOYED IT AND THE LANDLADY HAD ARRANGED FOR SOME PINK BALLONS TO BE PUT UP. THE ROOM LOOKED VERY NICE.
    ALL THE FAMILY CLUBBED TOGETHER AND WE GOT HER A VOUCHER FOR A HOT AIR BALLOON FLIGHT AND SOME GARDEN CENTRE VOUCHERS, THERE WAS ENOUGH TO GET SOME NICE FLOWERS AND SOME WINE.
    THANK YOU TO SUE AND NEIL FOR THE MEAL. THE FOOD AT THE GEORGE AND DRAGON, WRAY, HAS NEVER BEEN ANYTHING LESS THAN EXCELLENT EVERYTIME I'VE BEEN.
    JOE GAVE AUNT MARY THE FLOWERS, WE HAD THEM HIDDEN AND HE KNEW THAT WHEN I ASKED IF HE WANTED THE TOILET HE'D TO SAY YES AND WE'D GO AND GET THEM. HE DID VERY WELL, SARA HAD DONE SOME SMALL BUNCHES OF TULIPS FOR JOE TO GIVE EVERYONE AND WE ALSO GOT SOME DAFFODILS FROM THE LANDLADY, S100_3776100_3777100_3778100_3780100_3781100_3782100_3783100_3784100_3786100_3788100_3790100_3791 BUMPED INTO AN OLD FRIEND! WE SAW HIM THE WEEK BEFORE AND TOLD HIM WE WERE ARRANGING THE MEAL SO HE POPPED IN TO WISH AUNT A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. WAS NICE TO CATCH UP A BIT.