Today, the sale of my maternal grandparents’ house was completed, after my dad received a call to say that the money had gone through. He walked to the house – the new owners were already inside – presented them with the key, and said “It’s all yours.”
This Week’s Photo How could this week’s Photo of the Week be anything other than something from my parents’ silver wedding anniversary party?! Held earlier today (Sunday, 4 September), it allowed the whole family...
Family / Photos / Summer 2011 / Today
Although their silver wedding anniversary was really in July, the summer holidays forced Mum and Dad’s party to be held today. Apart from the meal after Granddad’s funeral, this was the first time that...
Family / Photos / Summer 2011 / Today
At Burdett Towers, we’re often unable to spontaneously head out for afternoons together, due to the nature of having five busy diaries. However, this afternoon, Harriet suggested we made hay of the weather and...
Family / History / Photos / Summer 2011 / Today
I’m sat on the bank of the River Avon in Warwickshire, on a glorious June afternoon. There’s the sounds of oars splashing in the water, children laughing, and a man ordering an ice-cream. Surrounding me are a large number of families and groups of friends, mostly sat on car-rugs enjoying picnics…
As the last of the chocolate eggs are tidied away, I look back over our Easter weekend. And weren’t we all lucky with the weather?
As our ‘honorary grandmother’, all three of us children gave Dorothy (a neighbour) her Easter gifts from the Burdetts; and she, in return, gave us some very luxurious chocolate eggs.
To give me and Mum a break from my revision, we drove to Oxfordshire, parked the car, and walked to the Chinnor train station. The weather (having been glorious all week) continued to hold,...
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