Thursday27/09/2007

I haven't long got up but just thought I would jot down a few mindless words.
Stu and Denise came on Sunday and after lunch, Stu decided to fetch out the movie projector and the old films. We sat for a few hours watching I think most of the super 8 movies that Eric and I had taken since 1970 when he had his first super 8 camera.
It was lovely, although I shed many tears, watching and remembering what we were doing back then. There was quite a lot of both Robert's and Stuarts birthdays and when we had our lovely little cruiser down on the canal. There was Val and Sid's wedding and of the time when Stuart was born. Not his actual birth but a few days after when I got home. I suppose people these days have different thoughts about recording their child's birth but NO, there is nothing pretty about childbirth, even a straight forward one, but it's nice to see your child when it is very young. I don't think there's much film of Robert's very early days, but we shall have to find out the old standard eight projector, heaven knows where it is, and take a look at those times before Eric and I were married all those years ago. It was really lovely, seeing all them all. Although we had never really forgotten them but they had just been filed into the back of our minds under "sweet memories". Of course there was lots of Eric, mom and dad and also auntie Lil,( the sweetheart), and also uncle Horace, auntie Lucy, and Sid, Val's lovely husband. Who have all gone, hopefully to heaven. We had some of the Queen's silver jubilee, back in 1977 when all the children around were dressed in fancy dress, at that point we had to just fetch Joyce (from next door) round to see her three boys back then. She was thrilled also. Stuart kept saying that he couldn't believe thos pictures of that little baby was himself, but I assured him they certainly were. !