SOME RECOLLECTIONS OF MARYS LOVE OF PARTIES,
ONE OCCASION WAS WHEN HARRY AND DOROTHY FROM SCOTLAND VISITED US AT UPTON EN ROUTE TO THE TRANQUIL HOLIDAY OF EASTBOURNE,SO WE DECIDED TO HOLD A B,B,Q AND KAREN CLARE
AND PARTNERS AROUND PLUS TREV AND CAROL.THE EVENING STARTED WELL AFTER GUESTS HAD SUFFERED MY COOKING AND SEVERAL GLASSES OF HOMEMADE WINE HAD BEEN CONSUMED TO EASE
THE INDIGESTION THE PARTY LIVENED AND MARY AFTER A COUPLE OF GLASSES OF MERLOT AND HOME MADE WINE SECURED HERSELF A DOMINATING.
POSITION IN A COMFY CHAIR UNDER THE APPLE TREE
MARY STARTED TO REGALE US WITH POEMS AND STORIES PASSED DOWN BY AUNTY MAUD PIP AND AUNTY CISS,BY 7-OCLOCK THE BROWNS ANNOUCED THEY WHERE RETIRING TO AS IS THERE HABIT
IN THE NORTHERN CLIMES OR PERHAPS NOT USED TO LINSTENING TO A GOOD ORATOR OR PERHAPS LIVELY MUSIC AS WELL AT 8 -OCLOCK THEY CAME OUT TO ASK FOR THE MUSIC TO BE TURNED
DOWN WICH WAS IN INDEED LOW AS WE WERE ENJOYING MARYS TALES OF YESTERYEAR ETC.
BY 9-OCLCCK A LIGHT DRIZZLE HAD STARTED TO DESCEND SO WE REMOVED OURSELVES TO SHELTER OF THE HOUSE ,BUT NOT SO MARY SHE WAS IN FULL SWING WITH UNDER THE APPLE TREE IT
TOOK A FURTHER 20 MINUTES AND A HALF A GLASS OF MERLOT AND SHE STILL KEPT GOING LATE INTO THE EVENING YES MARY DID ENJOY A GOOD PARTY AND WILL SADLY MISSED FROM OUR FAMILY
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