Aunty Barbara's 90th Birthday Party, 27th April 2024

On the 27th April 1934, Barbara Wright (Nee Hamilton) Daughter of Ramsey & Muriel Hamilton, older sister to Anne, Stuart and Keith was born. On the 27th April 2024 four generations of Barbara's family gathered together to celebrate  at The Hungry Horse in Cambridge.

Above: The table is set, let the celebrations commence.
Below: Barbara's eldest two children (Even though are both pensioners themselves) Maddy & Marcus along with cousin Martin getting involved in the buffet and the warm sausage rolls.

Above: Barbara makes a grand sweeping entrance into the party accompanied by daughter Georgia

Above: Brother Keith (Pip) with Barbara

Above: A photo that was shared on the day of Barbara & Pips mum and dad.  Ramsey aka Tweed) and Mu (aka Moodle)

Above: Barbara's children Marcus, Madeliene, Joanne and Georgia., sadly youngest son Patrick could not attend and was very much missed.

Above: Marcus & his mum.

Above: Madeleine and her mum.

Above: Great Grandmother Barbara with Bella, Victor, Ruby, George & Evie

Above: Me with my Aunty Barbara (Mum's big sister.)
Below. My niece Freya sat alongside her Great Aunt.

Above: Barbara's Granddaughter Beth and Great Granddaughter Evie

Above: That loving look from a dear Aunt
Below: Freya and Great Aunty Barbara

Beth, Evie & Sarah or "Scarer" as cousin Alan likes to call her :)

Above: George & Victor at the sweet trolley, Bella in the background

Above: Tim and the two Madeleine's  in his life cousin Maddy & wife Maddie

Above: Cousin Marcus handed some artifacts to me that he had come across and gifted them to Tim and myself. First the was this cutting from The Cambridge Evening News announcing the arrival of Brother Tim although it looks as if he hadn't been given the name Tim yet. For me a brother. I remember the day well :)

Above: Before being shown the notice from the newspaper Tim was sampling the buffet delights.

Above: I handed Tim the pack of items Marcus had given us. (More on the other items later) and said, have a read of this. A notice about you being born.

Above: Tim proudly showing items to his Aunty Ann 
Below: Uncle Pip and Tim having the craic.

Above: Another of the items given to me by cousin Marc was an identity document belonging to my 3 year old mother from 1940 and during the Second World War. Note the address and the story that follows: The card is dated 29th May 1940 and the address is 20 Vicarage Terrace. However 3 weeks later on what was my mother Anne's 4th birthday a bomb dropped by the German Luftwaffe landed next door. See the story on the following slide deck.

Above: Barbara with her good friend John. Barbara used to clean John's house as a part time job. On one occasion she proudly proclaimed to have done a thorough job and had even cleaned the wetsuit that she had found in his bedroom on the floor..... Err Aunty I don't think that was an actual wetsuit so to speak. 

Above: Barbara's Aunty Mabel's grandson Alan, Martin, Julian & Paul

Cousins Julian, Maddy & Jo

Above Maddy in front of the photo of her mum aged 16

Above: Maddy and her mum on Barbara's arrival to her party.

Mother & Son Marcus

Mother & Daughter Maddy

Cousin Martin with his Aunty Barbara

Above: Another item Marcus gave to me was The Book of Common Prayer. This was given by my mother Anne to her Grandfather on the stated date. Anne would have been 18 years old at the time, the same age as my niece Freya (Anne's Granddaughter) seen with her Great Aunt earlier
​Below: The address in Morden as it is today. 23 Carlingford Road, Morden Park.

Above: Cousin Maddy with her daughters Gemma & Beth

Above: Sisters Maddy and Georgia who travelled from the U.S. especially with her husband Jeremy for the celebrations

Above: Cousins Martin (Stuarts son) & Paul (Pips Son) The two brothers had nicknames for each other Stuart was Bill and Keith was Budge.)
​Stuart was also known as George by his mum Muriel but that's another story.

Above: Barbara's birthday Banner

Above: Happy birthday dear Great Grandmother, Grandmother, Mother, Aunty, Sister & friend Barbara

Above: Not much in life tastes better than  birthday cake.