Birthday Bash

My extended family and I celebrated my cousin’s birthday in style last weekend at the wonderful Art Deco Midland Hotel in Morecambe. Marian decided to have a “bit of a do” to celebrate a random birthday rather than wait for the next funeral to meet up! What a brilliant idea it was! In keeping with the venue, we dressed in 1920s style clothing and danced the night away (in my case, as well as my damaged knee allowed) to some fabulous live music. And we got a guided historical tour of the hotel thrown in! It was a perfect occasion!

Perhaps I'm in denial?

I consider myself to have fairly good recall but it’s still amazing how many deeply buried memories easily come to the surface during the occasional meet-ups with friends.  Yesterday, several of us met in Morecambe to enjoy a delicious afternoon tea at The Midland Hotel 

and as always, we had plenty of shared experiences to dredge up from our bottle-green, convent school days.  The other surprising thing is that although some stories come immediately to mind, once re-told, others, that clearly occupy an important space in the minds of my friends, remain totally absent from mine.  Perhaps I’m in denial!