Alan's 80th Birthday

Alan was a bit shy about attending his Birthday Celebration at the club but he was eventually persuaded to make an appearance where I hope he felt the warm feelings of his fellow club members.



Barbara Scase had prepared a very attractive birthday cake for him, as shown in the photo (click to enlarge). Note the fine cars as well as the two boats, though they appear to be on a collision course!






Petra had gone to some trouble to find a huge Dicky Bow with which to make a special birthday card and the photo shows Alan looking at the card with his old friend Don Brown, who is a long serving member of the club. Mike looks on with interest.





At one time we thought that Alan would decide not to come to the club so we took this photo of everyone with the intention of sending it to Alan to show him that we do care for him.







Alls well that ends well and the photo shows Alan cutting the birthday cake with the card behind it. We also presented Alan with a Fleece and a Tee Shirt which had the Sailing Club name embroidered in them. These were obtained by Dave, who had to exert a bit of 'pressure' on the supplier to make sure they arrived on time. Maybe Alan will occasionally wear them instead of his decrepit boiler suit, along with his new Dicky Bow!!

JW