Updates for
Spring 2021
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On an Easter Theme
Wordsworth's Daffodils
Surprise in the Easter Hunt
More Easter Goodies
Elmhurst Easter Activities
Connecting with the Seasons
Simon's Poem
'Sheep may safely graze'
. . .and there's more!
Gallery of Spring Flowers
Love from Olivia from India
A bit of National Pride
St David’s day (March 1st) - St Patrick’s day (March 17th)
not leaving out Northern Ireland and England of course
Flowers of Scotland
Welsh National Anthem
NI Danny Boy
England's Rugby Anthem
Rossendale Memory Choir
Link to their Facebook page and twitter feed
A sing-along celebrating International Women's Day and Mothering Sunday
Welcome and Belle Mama
A warm up and then Bell Mama (a round)
9 to 5 by Dolly Parton
My Boy Lollipop
Pippa's Latest News
Pippa Shares Some Photographs
Bring a smile to your face
Baby Chimp Rescued
Rocket Science?
If I was a car
I want to go to the pub!
Whisky or Brandy
Friendship Clubs with a Difference!
Purr-fect friends
Lab and Pelican
Should be a pub sign?
Chimp and cubs
Growing up together
Unlikely pairing
You must be joking!
'Northern Lockdown by L S Lowry'
Copyright: Daily Mail / Cartoonist Paul Thomas
Many thanks for permission to reproduce this cartoon
Fruitcakes?
Remember these?
Bad fur day!
It's no yolk!
The work of two men
Teaching? Stressful?
Walking down the aisle
Your next holiday?
Interesting Viewing
Two Stoats - An Encounter!
Busking Experiment!
Inspiring Paintings - 100 of the Best
Fabulous Acrobatic Performance
Designs in the Snow
Some Pictures to Intrigue You
Trip Down Memory Lane
Amazing! Isn't it?
Young and Old?
Can you see both faces?
Inspirational Thoughts
A Beautiful Flower
What Friends Do
A Beautiful Tree
What Matters
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Each New Day
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Don't forget to click on the images for a closer look!
Photo Montages
A Walk in the Snow
Silhouettes against the Sun
Elmhurst in all its Glory
Your Friendship Correspondent
Tricia's African Safari
Hong Kong Memories
Story Time
Grandad's Goodnight
Written by Ray Oliver narrated by Reg Rowland
The Surprise in the Easter Hunt
Written and narrated by Freya Hannay
Wartime Childhood
Written by Ray Oliver / Read by Denys Vaughan
Chester Zoo
Written by Ray Oliver and narrated by Jean
Rosie's Diary
Narrated by Tricia Calway
Billy No Mates
Narrated by Aimee Calway
Generation Gap
Then and Now!!
Body Art
The Height of Fashion!
Growth and Shrinkage
Favourite Songs
The emphasis is on variety! From the 1950s mostly...
That's Amore
Earth Angel
Sincerely
Crazy - Patsy Cline
from Andy Williams Show
Another rendition
Friendship Club Musicians
Joanna Shaw
Are You Alone Tonight?
Last Night I Went Down to London
Grant Waddington
Hello Mary Lou
Three Steps to Heaven
Michael Fieldhouse
Violinist in the kitchen
Competition Corner
Friendship Club Photograph Competition
4 Photographs - click the arrows
Sunrise over Morecambe Bay
St Mary's Allithwaite
Sunrise over Helmshore
Pippa Poses for Photograph
Herdwicks above Windermere
Caption Competition
Winner of the Winter edition Caption Competition
Suggested caption “Walk this way”
Judi Winterson through the Colton Parish link.
A Time for Verse
William Blake's 'The Tyger'
Read by Rosemary
Wordsworth's 'Daffodils'
Read by Rosemary
In Praise of Golf
Read by Brian Lesley
A Valediction
Read by Ben Crossley (on Valentine's Day)
Past Times
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