Some years ago, Rachel worked as a nanny in Jersey, and one of the first people she met was another nanny called Nickie. I don’t think either of them had met “in the flesh” for at least eleven years, so it was a lovely surprise that Nickie could make it. She now lives near Oxford, and had travelled up from there with her partner.
One of her best friends from Cottingley First school days was also there, as well as colleagues from the school she teaches in.
Rachel receives her surprise 40th Birthday Cake at the celebrations
Detail of the birthday cake showing Rachel just a few years younger!It was a delight for me and the missus because we were able to catch up with some of the relatives who we don’t see too often. Dot's cousin and her husband and their newly married daughter and her husband had travelled from Manchester. Another cousin and her husband and their niece and fiancée had travelled from Burnley.
The extra special joy for us was that my best friends wife and her daughter (wife from Dunston, and daughter from the London area), along with her husband and 19 month old twins had travelled to be at the celebrations. As we hadn’t seen Sheila for about two years, and her daughter for considerably longer, it was lovely to catch up on all the latest news.
Rachel’s husband Gary, and his parents were there and their daughter Mollie (the one who forgot her swipe card – see yesterday’s blog) and Tom were busy greeting people as they arrived.
We collected Rachel’s grandma – known to one and all as Nana, from Ilkley, and Nana had a surprise waiting for her when Rachel announced that it will be her xxxxth birthday, on Wednesday and all the guests sang Happy Birthday for her!
The extra special joy for us was that my best friends wife and her daughter (wife from Dunston, and daughter from the London area), along with her husband and 19 month old twins had travelled to be at the celebrations. As we hadn’t seen Sheila for about two years, and her daughter for considerably longer, it was lovely to catch up on all the latest news.
Rachel’s husband Gary, and his parents were there and their daughter Mollie (the one who forgot her swipe card – see yesterday’s blog) and Tom were busy greeting people as they arrived.
We collected Rachel’s grandma – known to one and all as Nana, from Ilkley, and Nana had a surprise waiting for her when Rachel announced that it will be her xxxxth birthday, on Wednesday and all the guests sang Happy Birthday for her!
Olivia leads the celebrations with "Happy Birthday dear Nana"We even managed to get a photo of her with her daughter, grand daughter and great grand daughter!
Four Generations!
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