Letters to my Grandchild

 Hello my darling, We have started clearing out stuff from our house and storeroom in preparation for our move to Sandown Village. We sent Dolphin to your house and you've had fun with her in the pool. These are Royal Doulton figures that your great grandmother (Granny Anne) collected.   The little girl standing at the back is 'Sweet Sixteen'.  The lady next to her is Clarissa, the teenage girl is Michelle and the little girl is "Fair Maiden'.  The girl lying down reading is 'Far Away" Your Mom erected a sheet in the garden and you invited a couple of friends  over for Movies in the Garden                                                                  Your classroom at school                           ...

Hello Darling Em, This post is mostly about our house at 37 Broadway, Westville, where you have spent many hours days and weeks over the past 10 years. As you know, Gumpie and I bought a small cottage in a retirement village called Sandown in 2015.  We weren't ready to move there so we let the owners (you might remember Margaret and Noel - she had a broken arm when we went to look at the cottage) continue to stay there but they moved out and the other lady who stayed there for a while passed away so now we are ready to move from our house into a smaller place.  Its called 'down sizing'. We decided to have one last Christmas in this house and put it up for sale after New Year.  Sharon's aunty Dawn (Dennis' sister) is an agent with Wakefields so she will sell it for us.  Christmas was great because the Jeff and Gail and the Leaver boys came down, Laura, Gavin, Ben and Garth were there and we were altogether as a family at this house for the last time.  You ar...