Klezmer Klub

A great night of music -sung mostly in Yiddish and very evocative of Whitechapel as I first remember it in the fifties. They have this wonderful song about Whitechapel. It made me sad to think of what had been....and how much less learning and culture we have now in the East End

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New low for London’s most rotten borough News

Needless to say we did not vote for any of these bigoted people Labour or not!

But we get what we deserve most did not vote at all and those who voted for Rahman will have to live with this. Sadly we will too

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The Opera 'Alban'

Our friend is Joanna Judge was a member of the chorus so we decided to give this a try.
St Alban's church in Holborn was a magnificent venue and the opera was superb. Although why they decided to make Alban a doctor rather than the take the soldier he really was- a mistake I think. One of the points about the story is that the soldier had not achieved much in his life except in his last days. This only runs till Saturday and is so good and moving it is a must see.

The wedding of our neighbours

Congratulations to Ruby and Ali

The two faces of Blackpool

You know who you are

Our wonderful relatives in Blackpool

The haute cuisine of Blackpool

It's hard not to take the p**** but you cannot get a decent meal in Blackpool unless it is fish and chips. Even the chinese buffet misses out the spare ribs. The people look ill and dejected and my fat frame looks sylph like in comparison to the locals.

Ken Dodd show

The show lasted for FIVE hours and Ken Dodd -now 84, was brilliant in depicting working class life- admittedly the show could have been from the 50's but it was funny, humane and poignant in parts. It was a sell out and the Grand Theatre in Blackpool is a beautiful place in a town of poverty and depression. More of that in later blogs..

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Our gardening competition

Our garden won a merit award- creditable but I must admit I was disappointed. But the winner was Mr(?) O'Connor and his magnificent balcony is shown in the photo. Lady Mico's almshouses scooped the first prize in the communal garden category

What was interesting was that the school gardens were not shown due to 'issues showing the faces of children' and that many prize winners from so called community groups did not bother to turn up to collect their awards. Congratulations to the Cherry Tree school where the headmaster and caretaker bothered to come and collect their award a first or second prize I think

The sewing group

Some women gathered together at Susan's house. Sharing some food and sewing- modern women in a Vermeer scene. Some rather more creative than others!

John Owen-Jones - Bring Him Home (Hi Quality)

We were so lucky to see this performer at the Barbican at a special performance of les Miserables. This was so special