13-02-2016, 07:55 PM
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Valentines day 1963
(Well to be truthful Feb 13th 1963...)I received a 'card' in the post...(2nd delivery of the day).
I recognised the handwriting - my girlfriend - We had been going out since the previous October... I was 18, she was 15...
So, when I met with her that evening, as we walked down the road, I thanked her for my Valentine card. She stopped and looked at me seriously, and said, "You won't have got MY card yet, I only posted it this morning!"
I then explained that I recognised her handwriting and I also described the card in detail... She was fine, then - her lovely smile returned ...
She had posted it in our local post box on her way out just before the 'collection' and it was returned to me in the second delivery on that same day - 13th Feb.
We were together for a year in total - then i got the 'elbow' (with an 'apology') she just wanted to 'move on'...
We remain friends with Christmas cards back and forth...
We are both happily married to our respective 'other halves'
and it will stay that way.
Fond recollections from all those years ago!
(...and a more reliable postal service back then!)
Malc.
13-02-2016, 09:11 PM
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Re: Valentines day 1963
Aww...Malc - that is such a sweet story..... SO YOUNG you both were! Yes, I suppose fond recollection of those many year ago for you on each Valentine Day.... (or the 13th) .... I am sure! Thanks for share it to us...I love those kind of story.
From Gia
14-02-2016, 12:51 PM
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Re: Valentines day 1963
Originally Posted by Patsy
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Nice memory there Malc
I suppose that we all have those moments.
I think that my 'subject matter' may have been confusing, I may need to add more information to clarify it...
Thank you for your reply.
Malc.
14-02-2016, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Gianetta
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Aww...Malc - that is such a sweet story..... SO YOUNG you both were! Yes, I suppose fond recollection of those many year ago for you on each Valentine Day.... (or the 13th) .... I am sure! Thanks for share it to us...I love those kind of story. From Gia
Malc.
14-02-2016, 02:19 PM
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Re: Valentines day 1963
Originally Posted by Malc.27
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Thank you, Patsy...I do look back fondly on my teenage years,(especially 1963)...I suppose that we all have those moments.
I think that my 'subject matter' may have been confusing, I may need to add more information to clarify it...
Thank you for your reply.
Malc.
My first love was an older boy, I was 13 he 16 and working
Not 'love' as such for me, he was a lovely boy and definitely smitten. I used to stand on the balcony and watch him stride into the courtyard from work, he always whistled this song
'You don't know' Helen Shapiro, every time I hear it, I think of him, but I was much too young ...............
14-02-2016, 05:30 PM
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Hi again, I may have given the impression that the 'friendship' continued from the 1963 era...There were, of course, many years when we created our own lives with marriage/children/work etc. with no knowledge of each others whereabouts.However one day (about 25 years ago) when I was back visiting the area, I called at the house where her parents lived, (not knowing if her mum still lived there).... Her mum answered the door and i explained who I was, she invited me in - we chatted for a while over a cup of tea and I left a business card with her...
Several months later we had a Christmas card from J & R with their contact details. We forwarded one to them and the pattern has continued each year since.
There's a mutual respect in our friendship. (nothing else)...
Malc.
14-02-2016, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Patsy
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I recall that postal service too - those were the days - efficiency My first love was an older boy, I was 13 he 16 and working
Not 'love' as such for me, he was a lovely boy and definitely smitten. I used to stand on the balcony and watch him stride into the courtyard from work, he always whistled this song
'You don't know' Helen Shapiro, every time I hear it, I think of him, but I was much too young ...............
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXHJmQoq5To
No one can take our memories from us!
Regards, Malc.
14-02-2016, 05:40 PM
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Re: Valentines day 1963
Originally Posted by Malc.27
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Hi again, I may have given the impression that the 'friendship' continued from the 1963 era...There were, of course, many years when we created our own lives with marriage/children/work etc. with no knowledge of each others whereabouts.However one day (about 25 years ago) when I was back visiting the area, I called at the house where her parents lived, (not knowing if her mum still lived there).... Her mum answered the door and i explained who I was, she invited me in - we chatted for a while over a cup of tea and I left a business card with her...
Several months later we had a Christmas card from J & R with their contact details. We forwarded one to them and the pattern has continued each year since.
There's a mutual respect in our friendship. (nothing else)...
Malc.
We often think of those old friendships and wonder how they are today
Yes - that's the song, its lovely, especially when whistled
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