Party time

We're preparing for a party. Or even two.

First comes Helen K's birthday. The actual day is on Thursday but the celebrating will be done on Friday at the Pub.

Then we're having a leaving party for Gaz, manager at the Pub for the last 10 years. He's off to Arnside, & the Albion on the Thursday afterwards. A week on Monday he will do his last shift at the Pub, so once he finishes that at 3pm, it will turn into party time until late in the evening as different groups of regulars come and go. First guests are us lot, Geriatrics' Corner, the afternoon crowd. We give way to the tea-time lot who arrive about 5 as we leave. Then come the evening regulars.

It will be sad to see Gaz go, but it is the right decision for him we're all certain. He's due to get married in January & they're hoping to have a family soon. At present they live over the Pub, no place to bring up a family. They've found a separate flat to rent in Arnside for the moment until they can start on the property ladder & buy their own place. The move also means a higher income which he will also need if he's to fulfill his dreams.

I suspect when he does go, Geriatrics' Corner will well & truly die. It's never been the same since Little B died last year. It's only on a Friday that many people turn up. It's a pity, but that's the way life goes. I suspect most people have only continued to go to support Gaz. Once he goes it will only be those for whom the Pub is their local who will continue going. I dare say we will continue to go whenever we know PD or Mr P will be in, but otherwise we will probably be turning our custom more towards our own village hostelry. Life moves on for all of us