Life In Hatch End
Alice was busy in the Acorn Players. She was friends with several councillors and mayors in the Conservative party. On New Year’s Day she often had friends over for late morning drinks and sometimes they stayed on for the family lunch. When we went to live in the USA and rented our house to a Japanese family she was friends with them. Alice was also friendly with My mother Netta, and Trevor’s mother Pearl. She was also very friendly with the Morgan family living opposite.
Holidays in America
Alice and Loudon and Robert and Laura who lives in London went to the USA for the wedding of grand-daughter Amy in California.
Alice and Loudon and Robert and Laura who lives in London went to the USA for the wedding of Grand-daughter Amy in California with husband and baby.
They made several trips. After Alice had her pacemaker fitted she could travel to the US by plane but did not feel like a coach tour.
Although Alice could not travel, Robert went instead with Loudon and had a great trip. They took a coach ride via Las Vegas and went to the Grand Canyon. They paid extra for the helicopter ride down to the base of the canyon. Money is paid to the Native Americans who live there, and the trip prices included this surcharge and what was said to be a Native American breakfast. Robert says, ‘It was just the same as an English breakfast.’
Neighbours
Neighbours
Chris says, with a wry grin, that Loudon, being of Scottish origin, a Protestant heartland, is probably C of E, but is an atheist, or at least seems to be - and can be quite vociferous on the subject.
Loudon would probably have argued for atheism, even if he thought the opposite, just to get a lively discussion going. I always tried to be polite when Loudon expressed a surprising view, or tried to contradict me. It was years before found the courage to I query Robert whether his father Loudon really held a view on something he had said.
Robert replied, “No, of course not, Angela. He was teasing you”.
