Sally, Graham, Joe and I decided to pay Auntie Annette and Uncle Peter a visit on Saturday 23rd May and arrived at their beautiful home in Solva just in time for a wonderful afternoon tea, carefully prepared by Annette.
We enjoyed a lovely spread of cucumber sandwiches, strawberries and chocolate cake, as well as some delicous scones and tea!
It was a sunny, clear day, so after tea, we sat in the conservatory and enjoyed the view over the sea and into Solva Harbour. As you can see from the picure, it really is a stunning view!
Annette and Peter showed us their wedding photographs (from the year 1950) and we enjoyed seeing our parents and grandparents in their younger days along with Uncle Adrian and Uncle Chris! Sally kindly brought her photos for Annette and Peter to see, which included a photo from her parent's wedding and her childhood. Annette was very pleased to see these as after her mother died, she didnt manage to retreive many of the family photos and hadn't seen many pictures of her mother or father, apart from her wedding photos.
It was a very special day and we all enjoyed hearing tales from Annette about her youth and growing up in London where she lived in Stratford on the Green until retiring to Solva with Peter in 1986. Annette commented on how she dearly loved her mother and reffered to her as a 'darling lady whom I miss to this day'. She has a strong beleif that we will all meet again in the afterlife and a real faith in this, as our Dad also had. Sally and Graham visited Dad's grave before coming to Wales and there is a photo of the tree in full bloom!
Old Portsmouth
2 comments:
Lovely post Abi. I think I have seen all the photographs that you and Sally have shared on the internet. I wish I could have joined you.
Did you mention the blog to Annette and Peter? Are the computer literate at all? How about the cousins? It would be good to recruit some more authors.
Thanks Nic, we missed you being there too.
Annette and Peter don't have the internet....and the cousins weren't there so didn't get to meet them at all.....next time I write to Annette, I'll include the beach party address and suggest if any of her children want to take a look. Would be great to recruit some more authors!! I hope you ge t to see some pics of NAthan's christening soon....I too would like to see some as couldn't attend. Hope all is well with you x
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