The Captain at 40, having another 10 years put on him by the Chairman's address 
A hopefully suitable commemortation of 40 years on this planet
The Campion ladies before the party, all looking delightful as ever
The Treasurer's welcoming address, as well as looking welcoming in her dress
The Chairman sticking the boot in, as custom dictates
The Captain doing a half year of neat alcohol, thoughtfully provided by his team mates at the hockey club
His wish, in the current economic climate, was probably not for world peace....Keen readers of this blog and students of world affairs will recall with barely concealed relief that the Chairman’s 40th birthday was commemorated by the formal removal of George W. Bush from office and the inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. It is therefore strangely apt that on the same day as the Captain of Boats celebrates 40 years on this planet, Kate Winslett wins an Oscar at the 6th attempt for playing a concentration camp guard in The Reader. Make of this what you will.
The Captain’s birthday celebrations began last Thursday, with a visit to the Metropolis for a pre-birthday celebration, the highpoint of which was, quite literally, climbing the recently re-opened Monument, built in between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London in 1666. However, Saturday marked the formal highpoint to the celebrations, with a surprise ceilidh held at the family hockey club in Witney. The erstwhile family maid Aligene and her husband Larry made a guest appearance, as did a large tranche of the onetime Smith family, which made the affair a jolly family and hockey occasion with a goodly selection of local chums also in attendance. At short notice (thank you Madam Treasurer!), you correspondent was tempted to say a few words, which after his usual characteristic reticence, ran to seven pages. Well, there’s a lot to say when addressing the life and times of the Captain, as one might imagine. Some of a selection of the photographs taken by your correspondent and the Treasurer’s sister Claire are shown here, although for a more extended selection, a visit here (when I have uploaded them) should hopefully satisfy the curious and those who could not make it on the day.
Anyway, I am sure that I am speaking for all of the Captain’s family & friends when wishing him many happy returns of the day, and by stating that the world is a considerably more memorable place with his presence on it. If only for his occasionally extraordinary dress sense alone.
The Captain’s birthday celebrations began last Thursday, with a visit to the Metropolis for a pre-birthday celebration, the highpoint of which was, quite literally, climbing the recently re-opened Monument, built in between 1671 and 1677 to commemorate the Great Fire of London in 1666. However, Saturday marked the formal highpoint to the celebrations, with a surprise ceilidh held at the family hockey club in Witney. The erstwhile family maid Aligene and her husband Larry made a guest appearance, as did a large tranche of the onetime Smith family, which made the affair a jolly family and hockey occasion with a goodly selection of local chums also in attendance. At short notice (thank you Madam Treasurer!), you correspondent was tempted to say a few words, which after his usual characteristic reticence, ran to seven pages. Well, there’s a lot to say when addressing the life and times of the Captain, as one might imagine. Some of a selection of the photographs taken by your correspondent and the Treasurer’s sister Claire are shown here, although for a more extended selection, a visit here (when I have uploaded them) should hopefully satisfy the curious and those who could not make it on the day.
Anyway, I am sure that I am speaking for all of the Captain’s family & friends when wishing him many happy returns of the day, and by stating that the world is a considerably more memorable place with his presence on it. If only for his occasionally extraordinary dress sense alone.
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