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  I missed the Queen’s Speech.  Dorothy, Mary and I met up with my sisters and in laws and we had a walk up Craig Fawr which is a limestone hill which overlooks Liverpool Bay. Afterwards we ate turkey babs with cranberry and pigs in blankets ( a bab is a bread bun to btw) and swapped gifts.    I was very fortunate as my sisters added a new scatter cushion and some John Lewis cutlery to my collection .  I now have the ideal number of both!  I made a gravy filled Shepherds pie, walked the dogs before Storm Bella hits home and Wrote my blog half watching Calamity Jane  Later  on I will watch Korean zombie movie  Peninsula which was another Christmas DVD  Gift, this one from my nephew. Dorothy watched over me And will do all day  from Going Gently https://ift.tt/2JmiNGD

Dumyat On Christmas Day we enjoyed a turkey feast at Frances and Stewart's house. Stewart's parents were also in attendance having driven up from Bristol the day before Christmas Eve. With the COVID restrictions, they had to stay in a nearby hotel. All that we had was that one day together and we enjoyed it. A little island of normality. Shirley's Christmas pudding was divine and the Christmas cake that Stewart's dad made and iced was also a triumph. I led the lively singing of "Bachelor Boy" by Cliff Richard followed by a less convincing version of "The Young Ones":-  Tomorrow Why wait until tomorrow? 'Cause tomorrow Sometimes never comes Stewart's dad and I reminisced briefly about being university students and that set me off thinking about my life back then. I was at university between September 1973 and December 1977. In those days, a much smaller proportion of  each generation went to university - something like 14%. Nowadays it...