Thursday 26 January 2023

Old address books...

By this PC, and safely tucked away in a drawer, lies our collection of address books, which go back to around 1984. I'm not even sure where the previous ones are, maybe archived in the Scrobsfile in the attic...

I could show you a photo of them, but somehow the software seems to dislike the image, so please, just imagine what three, gnarled, grubby books full of crossings-out looks like, and you'll get the idea!

Sadly, we decided to go through them the other lunchtime, aided and abetted by a glass of red, and the diagonal lines across several names seem to be multiplying as we speak!

Mind you, there were loads of laughs, lots of 'remember her/hims', a few tears, a lot of joy, seeing the names and knowing they're still around, but at our time of life, these dear old books take on a life of their own, and deserve a peek now and then - for old times sake...

2 comments:

A K Haart said...

There are too many who aren't still around in our old books. A few years back we started a new one, but even now we have some who are no longer with us.

Scrobs. said...

Yup, it is a bit sobering, in fact our old neighbour from 39 years ago is being planted today, so that's another crossing off...

And I can't even find my old work address book, which was so important all those years ago!