Mad Over Fifties Club

[nungate]

Good evening a welcome to all members of the Mad Over Fifties club. we have a packed programme of events for tonight. The Minstrels are in the gallery warming up for their usual round of madrigals and toccatas and in the ballroom our favourite local band the Tone Deafs are warming up for an evening of sixties covers! Our tailcock this evening is the "Tiny Teddy" named for the newest member of our family Teddy the kitten! Tonight's hot plate special is Bangers and mash with onion gravy, and on tonight's pudding trolley we have strawberry tarts with Chantilly cream (Queenie was busy making the cream before she scooted off to the speedway) For your further entertainment in the vestibule we have Dr Zonko and Hilda (his beautiful assistant) with amazing magic tricks and lion taming!
The hot tub is on the north tower bubbling away the mini bar has been replenished (thank you Igor) The bungee still has plenty of bounce in it!
Both swimming pools are ready for members use (cosies are available in the changing rooms), the rowing boats are lined up on the shores of the lake, and the race track has been re-laid and the cars revved ready to use.
The gardens are looking splendid and the barbecue down on the beach are all set the arrival of our members.
A warm welcome awaits all who dare enter these portals

Carriages at midnight

[Mammar]

Tone, does that mean we get petrol flavoured goat's cheese?
We could have found a gap in the market for car enthusiasts there

[tonyav]

The girls in my class didn't wear skirts, they wore pelmets.

[nungate]

Quite normal Dave. The mini bar up there was recently replenished so you should be alright, please ring if there's anything else you might need.

[sunny-dave]

... and I bet you were a gentleman and allowed them to go in front of you on the stairs on the double decker, Tony :+()

[tonyav]

Now why didn't I think of that Mammar, brilliant thinking that.
nungate I've had a change of mind, daves moped can go back in the goat shed after all.

[DaisyNonna]

Oh yes Mammar. And hair had not to touch the collar. In the V1th form it had to be in a bun or French pleat.

[tonyav]

How ever did you guess, dave. Always the gentleman I was !.

[nungate]

That's about roughly where mine would have been too Tony. Just an inch or three below the hem of my school blazer! Oh those were the days!

[tonyav]

Ah yes nungate, the swinging sixties.

[sunny-dave]

It was always better when the girls from the local Tech High School were waiting at the bus stop. The Girls Grammar had very boring skirt lengths ...

[DTCwordfan]

The bow or the French pleat - never seen that done before.....even though some of the Casterton girls were sheep.

[DaisyNonna]

Not allowed to eat in school uniform either. Have horrible memory of meeting a member of staff who talked to me whilst my ice lolly melted in my blazer pocket.

[nungate]

Sorry Tony, that was the seventies for me - skirts were still on the short side before I left!
Never had to tie up my hair either, unless it was in the cookery class

[tonyav]

T'was 1971 when I was kicked out left, nungate.

[DaisyNonna]

Igor, I seem to have wittered on tonight. Please may I have a drink so I will be quiet for a little while?
Congratulations on training Frank.

[nungate]

1973 for me. Had intended to stay on and do sixth year but I saw an ad for jobs in banking and signed up (idiot!)

[tonyav]

Never had a lot to do with grammer school girls, dave. Much to posh for us lot I'm afraid.

[nungate]

Daisy you just witter away, I'm enjoying your "witters" in between chasing and feeding cats!

Igor is in seventh heaven!

[Igor61]

blushes

[tonyav]

Same here nungate, ah I can see it now 'Apprentice Toolmaker Required, Apply Within' and like a fool I did.