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...
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.
ReplyDeleteYup, it is a bit sobering, in fact our old neighbour from 39 years ago is being planted today, so that's another crossing off...
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't even find my old work address book, which was so important all those years ago!