Twenty-Three Years Ago
Continuous
heavy rain could do nothing to dampen spirits at Pocklethwaite’s
annual Festival and Fun Day. At an early stage of proceedings the
decision was taken to move the event from the vicarage lawns to the
curate’s front room. In view of the weather a few of the outdoor
attractions did have to be cancelled, including the pony rides,
bouncy castle, tug of war, marching band, crockery smashing,
competitive races and planned displays of country dancing by the
Doris Maybole School of Terpsichore. There was face-painting for the
children.
Nine Years Ago
Guest
speaker at the Glumsdyke Bright Hour Club was retired postman Alf
Crumples, who delighted his small but enthusiastic audience with
hilarious tales of deliveries made to wrong addresses. After
thirty-four years on the same round, the speaker was promoted to
regional supervisor with the job of supervising deliveries in the
region. Among his other duties was the organisation of the annual
staff dinner, along with the daily distribution of rubber-bands on
designated pavement areas.
I used to live in Glumsdyke and I remember Mr Crumples very well. In his declining years he was still a keen speaker and often used to converse with a mountain ash in our front garden, resulting sadly in the death of the tree.
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