June meeting

WHAT A GOOD EVENING WE HAD,ONE OF THE BEST YET. WE NOW HAVE A GOOD MIX OF VOCALISTS AND INSTRUMENTALISTS. MANY THANKS TO DOT AND RON, WHO WILL BE LEADING THE PREMIER RENDITION OF OUR NEW  DO IT YOURSELF ORCHESTRA.

GETTING TO KNOW YOU   ERIC TATTON - RAFFLE AND DOOR.

I WAS BORN AT HOME IN ECCLES MANCHESTER, JUST BEFORE THE WAR. I ATTENDED ST.PAUL'S C.E.PRIMARY SHOOL MONTON, THEN WINTON SEC. MOD. UNTIL I LEFT AT 15. I WAS THEN APPRENTICED TO WALSH ENGINEERING AT WORSLEY AND STUDIED AT WORSLEY T.C. MY NATIONAL SERVICE TIME WAS SPENT WITH THE ROYAL SIGNALS IN GERMANY. JEAN AND I MET AT A SCOUTING SOCIAL (SHE WAS A CUB LEADER  IN THE SAME PACK A MY COUSIN) AND WE WERE MARRIED IN 1962.

OUR ONLY SON WAS BORN IN 1965 AND WE CAME TO FLEETWOOD 7 YEARS LATER AFTER  I HAD BEEN MADE REDUNDANT ON 3 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. HERE WE HAD 2 GREEN GROCERY SHOPS AND I WORKED AT B.A.C. AND FINALLY AT WARBRECK HILL PENSIONS OFFICES BEFORE MY RETIREMENT.

MOST OF MY TIME IS NOW SPENT WORKING IN THE HOUSE AND THE GARDEN OR FERRYING JEAN ABOUT. I HAVE BECOME AN EXPERT IRONER, A JOB I FIND MOST RELAXING.

I HAVE NOW BEEN SITTING FOR HALF AN HOUR AND I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO WRITE. I AM A BORING BU****.

P.S. I  FORGOT TO MENTION I COLLECT STAMPS

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DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR INSTRUMENTS TO THE NEXT MEETING CONGRATULATIONS TO RON AND FREDA FOR THE LONGEST MARRIAGE IN LIVING MEMORY.THE DATE SHOULD HAVE READ 1950.