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LAST THURSDAY SALLY AND ME TOOK OURSELVES TO VISIT THE MUCH CHANGED PIERHEAD AND TO SEE A VERY LARGE SHIP THAT HAD DOCKED FOR THE DAY WHAT A WONDERFUL SIGHT GREETED US THE PIERHEAD LOOKING FOR ALL AS THOUGH WE HAD GONE TO A WATERFRONT ABROAD WHO NEEDS TO TRAVEL AND WHILE WE WERE SITTING WATCHING THE WORLD GO BY WHO SHOULD WE MEET RON FROM THE KITCHEN WHO HAD JUST FINISHED IN NEUROSUPPORT AFTER A VERY BUSY SHIFT ACCORDING TO RON AFTER OUR GOODBYES WE WANDERED INTO A DIFFERENT TIME ZONE FOR BOTH OF US AS WE WENT TO ST NICKS CHURCH WHERE WE ONCE SAT WITH MY MUM WHEN WE HAD GONE TO SEE A DIFFERENT SHIP THE QE2 WHEN WE WERE BOTH IN WORK THE LION TAVERN AT THE TOP OF MOORFIELDS SO WE AGAIN HEADED BACK THAT WAY TO CATCH THE TRAIN HOME FROM MOORFIELDS STATION THE PUB HASN'T CHANGED MUCH SINCE WE LEFT NOW NEARLY 20 YEARS AGO HOW TIMES FLIES AND A DIFFERENT WORLD WE ARE NOW IN
OFTEN PEOPLE ASK DO YOU MISS THE PUB LIFE SEEMED EASIER THEN WE WERE YOUNGER AND FITTER JUST AND WE ENJOYED THAT TIME BUT THIS HAS BEEN OUR BEST TIME WE CAN ENJOY TIME TOGETHER NOW A LOT MORE THAN WE EVER DID EVEN INCLUDING ALL THE MEETINGS I GO TO
SO DO WE LIVE IN A VILLAGE YES