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Jubilee joy

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I read that you were looking for photos of people celebrating the Platinum Jubilee. Here’s a photo of our group, the conservation workers of the rather aptly named Friends of Jubilee Country Park, at Petts Wood/Bickley raising our tea mugs to celebrate the occasion.

Jennie Randall

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A night at the pictures

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SIDCUP DA14 6NF Growing old fearlessly that is my motto; 020 8309 6016 www.the-bedpost.co.uk not out on the town and getting blotto, waking up the next day and feeling grotto, not even dreaming of winning the lotto. But living life to the full on this planet, whether in Welling, Maltese Islands or Thanet. A free spirit I am and why not damn it, being stuck in life is not my sort of habit. My family think I am rather eccentric, cause I don’t follow fashion, my clothes are ethnic, I love hugging trees and things esoteric. If I morph into normal, call the paramedic. Someone once asked, ‘Will you grow up Gel?’ No, cause adventure and spirit you cannot quell. For a short duration on this planet we dwell, and life is for living, so what the hell! I didn’t enter the pearly gates, but nearly. I’m slowing down post heart attack, really! Have my ups and downs but I’m not too weary, cause I have my three stents and love them dearly. So, I’ll surely continue having lots of fun, and I’ll go through my to do list one by one. My kids have stopped saying, ‘Don’t do that mum!’ Cause life is for living, it’s not a practise run.

Following your report on Bromley Picturehouse, I decided to visit myself and was delighted to find myself entirely in agreement with every word of your excellent description. The whole experience was very reminiscent of yesteryear at ‘the pictures.’ The seats were extremely comfortable, the sound volume was just right and the auditorium (at least on this occasion) didn't have the sickly and overpowering aroma (or the noise) of popcorn so prevalent in other cinemas. And we had a free cuppa and biscuit - what more could one wish for? Looking forward to your next issue.

David Tindall

Thank you, David! We hope that you also managed to pick up a copy of Life In… in the foyer while you were waiting for your film to start :)

Bus stops V request stops

In response to Maureen Perrin’s letter last month regarding bus tips. Whatever happened to ‘bus stop’ meaning the buses stop and request stops being those for which you hold out your hand or ring the bell? I’ve tested this out a lot. Because I am equidistant from two stops, I regularly stand at the door ready to get off at a ‘bus stop’ and it goes flying past…at least I know to ring the bell for the next stop! One driver once said to me “what? do you think I’m psychic?” I thought to myself ‘you do have internal mirrors.’ If the system has changed why do the stops retain the designation of request or stop?

Janet P.

Great question Janet – we’ll endeavour to find out!

Geraldine Ann Ford

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Green fingers

I thought I'd share with you some photos from a garden clearance we completed yesterday and today - the enquiry which came from your lovely magazine!