So we're at Barclays bank in Deptford High Street and there's 8 or so would-be theatre directors from Stonecrabs director traineeship programme and there's Harper and Simon Egerton both on keyboards and larynx and a few hangers on plus Kwong from the company and a journalist from the local rag and some bank staff and there's various hats being worn and leaflets being handed out and the coins and the notes just keep going into the collection boxes and, hey presto! about 3 hours later, there's £500 (including an undisclosed donation from Lucy's father)... then the magicians at Barclay's Bank have agreed to match pound for pound so that means there's a grand and the admin for the 9 shows is now paid for...
Not bad going!
QUITE A SING! Simon stayed for about an hour which meant I was doing a lot of the music (helped by Doris Day via the CD player): but it was great fun and a wonderful result. The present of a bottle of champagne went the way of the thirsty bookclub members that eve. Chasing the remarkable Hermitage Artichoke risotto cooked up by dear Sus.
Then on Saturday, breakfast at the Caledonia club with Julia and Geof and Alex hosted by Jonathan Sayers. See pics of Jonathan in the style to which he has become accustomed.
Rochester by train to meet Mama after the delicious smoked haddock. It's such a Dickensian city, lovely, narrow, car free streets, with endless bargain book and antique and junk shops. More than a dozen charity shops to choose from.
Jane Barran sold the family grandfather clock at auction in Cambridge for about £50 - YES! criminal isn't it - there was one at the Rochester Oxfam, made in about 1990, going for £400. May have had the advantage of being able to work (unlike the Barrans' one) but there was really just no comparison between them. It kind of hurt when she told me what hers had sold for.
Why that's only about 20 minutes busking in Barclays Bank!
Choir at St Ann's on Sunday recorded peak numbers of 8 (plus one honorary member - Leo, aged 4, a big Thomas the Tank Engine fan).
GRAZIE
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