October is a busy month for birthdays, so much so that we forgot Auntie Olive's on October 2nd - we were in the bad books. Mum was wined and dined on the 6th and received lots of thoughtful cards and generous presents. We had a lovely meal at the Buffers in Scholes. Next was Alex on 18th, though the celebrations took place on the 17th as he was in university on the day itself. We took Grandad and Grandma Longfellow over to Sheffield and, with Alex, met Becky and James at The Fox House in the Peak District (see picture on left), about 8 miles outside Sheffield, where we had a lovely lunch. Then on the 24th we celebrated a very special birthday, a true milestone of achievement, Grandma Longfellow's 90th birthday at Uncle Stephen's house. The gathering was restricted to close family, with the exception of Dorothy Brown, a family friend. All were present except those with a very reasonable excuse - that of not being in the country. Jonny, Ruth and family came to see her on Friday before setting off for Wales the next day. There was one other notable exception who was somewhere around the globe - California to be precise - and greetings via Skype were made, along with a card from New Zealand. (The picture on the right shows Grandma blowing out the candles on her cake but it appears that she is blowing so hard that she is blowing Uncle Stephen's head back as well!)
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