Congratulations

[Geoff]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98 at ...> wrote:
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> Congratulations to all our UK and Commonwealth members on the Queen's Jubilee!  It looks like a great party.  
> Nikkalmati

Geoff:
As a UK member, thanks.

It has been a great weekend nationally despite the *very* changeable 
weather. The Thames procession of a 1000 boats and ships was great. 
Having lived no further than 3 miles from the river in inner London for 
over 40 years, watching from 170 miles away on the TV brought a host 
of memories back.

In my own present home of Minehead in West Somerset, all the churches 
came together to plan a huge street party. One of the main roads was to 
be closed, we planned to serve 1250 free cream teas and hold a series of 
events in the main park. At 8.30 am, it was raining so hard that we had 
to make the decision to put Plan B into action. We relocated into the nearest 
church to our venue which has a large hall. We had gazebos in the entrance 
garden to serve the teas, with tables in the hall and used the church itself to 
present most of the entertainment.

At the end of the day, we found that, because we were then on the main 
shopping street, we actually served over 1500 teas and calculated that 2000 
people visited us! So what we thought was going to prove a dismal washout 
went the other way. Our prayers for the day were answered but not as we 
expected and in the event, we thought that we had far more opportunities 
to chat to passers-by than in our original location.