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1980s 2000s Snippets and Vignettes Travel

9/11

Trenna’s Birthday, 11 September

Trenna had no recollection of ever having a birthday party as a child.

I found that hard to take as my family always made a big deal of my birthday, even though it was just 2 day’s after my little sister’s birthday and just 3 days after Christmas.

So when I met Trenna I tried to make birthdays a bit special.

Where possible, and it almost always was possible, I would take the day off work … Read the rest ... “9/11”

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2000s 2010s Snippets and Vignettes

BABY ZARA HEIRLOOM BLANKET

By Greg, plus Trenna’s iPad document

2007

This story has it’s origin in 2007, or maybe earlier.

In the 2000s Trenna became part of a group of women from around the area – mainly in our street – who had formed a craft group. Trenna hadn’t been much of a craft person, but she was keen to be part of the community.

She had met most of the women before, but because of the group she developed a friendship with … Read the rest ... “BABY ZARA HEIRLOOM BLANKET”