tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:51:08 +0000the merrow-smithies- all you did or didn't want to knowhttp://merrow-smith.org/noreply@blogger.com (julian)Blogger2892125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-6800006346541534275Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:20:00 +00002010-03-11T16:51:08.552+01:00Some time ago, Mum was talking about her antique desk, you know, the one that William Day left her in his Will. So, in deference to Mum's wishes, I arranged for a man to come along and give me a price for bringing it up to standard.Some long time ago, Steve and I were thinking of improving seating at the end of the garden here, and I thought I might find out how much it would cost me to put some http://merrow-smith.org/2010/03/my-wifes-antique-desk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-241331537101526536Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:52:00 +00002010-03-10T23:57:19.500+01:00PETER GREEN AND FRIENDShttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/03/last-night-me-and-will.htmlsteve.merrowsmith@gmail.com (Steve Merrow-Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-7098189035309891410Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:13:00 +00002010-03-10T00:16:31.823+01:00Pat and Molly Originally uploaded by ezappy.aka Hugh and MargI hope Peter you can get some respite from your ordeal.http://merrow-smith.org/2010/03/yer-tis-pat-and-molly.htmlsteve.merrowsmith@gmail.com (Steve Merrow-Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-4738141186185011503Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +00002010-03-09T23:51:26.407+01:00I've been a bit quiet of late pending the outcome of a free health check courtesy of Macclesfield General. We were up at Mac the weekend before last when I was taken over all funny during the interval of a pantomime we had gone up to see put on by our friends at Titherington Family Worship.Turns out I was hyper-ventilating, triggered by a rush of adrenalin, although I had no inkling how it http://merrow-smith.org/2010/03/free-health-check.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete and Jan)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-7443835045400673163Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:28:00 +00002010-03-09T20:28:12.976+01:00June'sPrePosh Originally uploaded by ezappy. If I'm right, Auntie June took this, one of her favourite photos (and mine) of Mum and Dad on Mum's birthday. She says it was "at Ryde just before your Dad took us, (Lenny as well) for a posh-nosh."She says "your Mum had on a red and white dress in the days when she was eating well and looked super!"http://merrow-smith.org/2010/03/is-this-one-juney-dad.htmlsteve.merrowsmith@gmail.com (Steve Merrow-Smith)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-606689357503307933Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:01:00 +00002010-03-03T23:41:25.492+01:00Cinders@fortnight to go Originally uploaded by ezappy.I've just felt a pup in her tummy kick!! aahhttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/03/cindersfortnight-to-go.htmlsteve.merrowsmith@gmail.com (Steve Merrow-Smith)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-8633266856899449067Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:37:00 +00002010-02-28T23:45:02.048+01:00It was a good meeting of the Holts and the Merrow-Smiths in Chipping Norton on the last day of February, where we supped Old Hookey and Joined in the locals to choose their own food from the carvery of beef, pork and Turkey.We all had fun and a laugh and silently remembered the absent Margaret. Hughhttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/thanks-to-crown-cushion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-6866317562499983033Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:24:00 +00002010-02-27T16:27:18.898+01:00http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/lunch-booked-1230.htmlsteve.merrowsmith@gmail.com (Steve Merrow-Smith)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-1466964065313742877Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:52:00 +00002010-02-26T23:08:02.598+01:00We had a evening out in Oxford for you in a manner which think you'd approve. Clive, Will and I went to see 'The Last Station' at the Phoenix Cinema in Jericho. It shows the more left field films that the the Odeon won't touch. Anyway film was very good and Helen Mirren is amazing as the Countess Tolstoy though don't think I am inspired enough to pick up 'War and Peace'. There was someone at the http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/belated-birthday-wishes-uncle-ju.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Gem)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-608011385074435624Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:12:00 +00002010-02-25T00:15:12.263+01:00Nearly missed it!Hope you have been having a nice restful day enjoying a glass of local produce. Happy birthday Julian. It was nice to see you over the last week, so hopefully we can do it again soon under happier circumstances.Love to RuthPete and Janhttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/happy-birthday-julian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete and Jan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-8023383989854017887Wed, 24 Feb 2010 21:17:00 +00002010-02-24T22:20:56.837+01:00I've just written birthday greeting, and chat to you both but sent it to the Llanddewi brefi bookclub blog, Doh! to tired to know what to do about it now. Lots and lots of love to you both. Cathyhttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/dad-and-julian.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-7832489452717372084Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:41:00 +00002010-02-23T19:44:27.038+01:00My dear Hugh Your news of Margaret is a 'bolt from the blue' . We had a break down in our broadband service and with some problems with Hilda's pelvis treatment, hence I missed your eMail . What a tremendous tragedy for you all and sadness for us. We have read Peter's dedication with great interest and wholeheartedly endores all he says. We so much regret that over recent http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/from-uncle-peter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-472095682822235942Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:43:00 +00002010-02-23T10:48:29.894+01:00A sunny morning, not sure it will last, the forecast is not good. I have been swamped with emails expressing condolences and sympathy for our family and especially you dad. BTW Your Skype is off (which may be deliberate) but sign in again later and we can have a chat tonight. lots of love, julianhttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/brief-respite-from-rain.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (julian)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-2812372257844738519Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:40:00 +00002010-02-21T22:41:33.613+01:00Julian and I are also home safe and sound. Cats on laps. A burgundy from the motorway service station open. We have skyped dad and now bed is beckoning after a thirteen hour drive. All that remains to do, and that may take some time, is to digest these extraordinary few days, mourning a great loss in Margaret but also celebrating the love you all feel as a family; that which is carried forward, http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/also-safe-and-sound.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (ruth)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-9044615522163533774Sun, 21 Feb 2010 10:25:00 +00002010-02-21T15:23:59.912+01:00Amy and I went over to Bekonscot yesterday to become a giant for a couple of hours. What an amazing snapshot of postwar Britain. Morris men, markets, cattle markets, bodgers pactories, cider making, brewing, coal mining and so much more. Thanks to some of the exhibits Amy got a history lesson, like how the men had to walk the barges through the tunnels where the tow path took the horse http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/bekonscot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete and Jan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-1517632520110338843Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:40:00 +00002010-02-21T00:49:00.706+01:00and in record time.....depart Charlton 7.30a.m. arrive Llanddewi brefi 11.40 a.m. Coffee and toast and off to the village church for Aza Pinney's memorial. 'a vindication of the early start' quoth he...by gum but it was a bit painful say I.I hope Nic got off O.k. it ment so much to be together like that. All my love Cathyhttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/home-safe-and-sound.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cathy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-632719388799645141Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:15:00 +00002010-02-20T08:33:36.354+01:00You talk about me as the tower of strength, whereas it is you, my beloved eldest son, on whom we all lean.Your strength and courage, your planning and love, from arranging the wake at the Talkhouse, to thinking of hiring a coach to take us all back home and providing us with the massive joint of local beef, cooked beautifully by my recently discovered chef-daughter, Cathy, to give us all http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/to-steve-my-eldest-son.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-7997660809879862237Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:43:00 +00002010-02-20T16:55:20.276+01:00I just want to say a few words on behalf of Dad - and the
 family.
 This is a time of very mixed emotions- feelings of extreme sadness, tinged with the pleasure of seeing each other again. On the one hand, no-one wants to be here for the reason that
 brings us together.
 On the other, we know this is exactly what Mother would have wanted -
 her family and friends all enjoying good food and drink http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/steves-appreciation-and-thanks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-2193587077823092384Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:54:00 +00002010-02-19T10:03:46.382+01:00…..It is no surprise to me that so many would want to give of their time to pay their last respects to Mum, for she too had always given up her time for others. In truth, Mum was the very embodiment of the servant spirit - a generous and loving person for whom no journey was too far, no time was too long and no gift was too precious to give in order to make others feel loved, appreciated and http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/petes-tribute-from-yesterdays-service.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete and Jan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-6540549839347885437Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:04:00 +00002010-02-17T12:07:55.923+01:00Cheney Coaches 40 seater has been booked to provide transport back to Kings Sutton after the do at the The Talkhouse leaving about 2:30Cheney CoachesThorpe Mead, Banbury, OX16 4RZTelephone: 01295 254254Private/Charter Hire * Excursions * Tours in UK & Europe * Airport & Ferry Transport * Schools & Works * Local Bus Services - An ISO 9002 Accredited company, pride is taken in the quality, service http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/getting-back.htmlsteve.merrowsmith@gmail.com (Steve Merrow-Smith)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-1527798353308002135Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:30:00 +00002010-02-14T22:31:37.524+01:00Details are as follows:-Funeral Service at 09:45 on Thursday 18th FebruarySt Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchBrook LaneThameOxonOX9 2ABfollowed by cremation at 11:15 on the same dayat:-Oxford CrematoriumBayswater RoadHeadingtonOxfordOxfordshireOX3 9RZCatering arrangements after for all family and friends, from noon atThe TalkhouseWheatley RdStanton St. JohnOxfordOxfordshireOX33 1EXThanks to http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/funeral-arrangements.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-2881376671743246764Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:02:00 +00002010-02-13T14:22:52.314+01:00Just to let you know that dad has asked no flowers to be sent. He and mum always felt that the Alzheimer's Society was a charity everyone should support and so he has asked that donations should be directed to this charity if anyone feels they would like to give at this time.Petehttp://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/donations-and-flowers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete and Jan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-8231073339220848985Sat, 13 Feb 2010 11:35:00 +00002010-02-13T13:27:09.677+01:00Wake: Buffet VenueI watch the sunrise lighting the sky,Casting its shadows near.And on this morning bright though it be,I feel those shadows near me.But you are always close to meFollowing all my ways.May I be always close to youFollowing all your ways, Lord.I watch the sunlight shine through the clouds,Warming the earth below.And at the mid-day, life seems to say:"I feel your brightness near me.http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/thursday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-1326258460528951814Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:44:00 +00002010-02-13T08:00:50.689+01:00to Pete for hotfooting Mum's friends around Chinnor and for seeing Undertaker Robert and Priest.Steve for his strength and supportCathy for providing victuals and supportJulian and Ruth for their Skype and promise to drive up here next weekNic for arranging a flight from Singapore.We were and I now am so proud of you all for looking after your loving Mum.I would like to take this opportunity to http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/thanks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Patrick)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6791128.post-2807438628253571664Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:19:00 +00002010-02-12T16:42:53.268+01:00Found this nice family group picture today...which just goes to show that more than one Merrow can make a funny face at the click of the shutter...http://merrow-smith.org/2010/02/found-this-nice-family-group-picture.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Pete and Jan)1