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Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

It's Fred's Fifth birthday, so to celebrate the occasion Isobel hires the village hall in Brome, complete with the DJ Shagz disco experience (which goes down quite well with the parents, at least). The entire set of Aunties is in town - Evelyn, Da Wheeze, Sis and Mel, all of whom help to herd the flock of about 35 children around (which according to Nosher's revised 2^(n/2) law makes for an "apparent child count" of about 130,000 - which seems about right, volume-wise at least). Highlight of the day is surely a special flyast from Fred's favourite WWII P-51D Mustang Janie, which buzzes the hall a couple of times. This is thanks to "Chickens" Clive's tip-off to Maurice Mustang Hammond, who's flying back to Hardwick from a sortie somewhere.

next album: Southwold By The Sea, Suffolk - 29th September 2013
previous album: Paul Bear's Adventures at a 1940s Steam Weekend, Holt, Norfolk - 22nd September 2013

Fred blows out cupcake candles, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred blows out cupcake candles

Fred has a blow, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred has a blow

Boris - Stripey Cat - sits on the car, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Boris - Stripey Cat - sits on the car

Boris jumps off, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Boris jumps off

Harry walks on oak timbers, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Harry walks on oak timbers

Harry walks around by Grandad, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Harry walks around by Grandad

Harry goes for a trundle, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Harry goes for a trundle

Grandad heads off, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Grandad heads off

The party starts at Brome Village Hall, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

The party starts at Brome Village Hall

First things first: a paper aeroplane session, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

First things first: a paper aeroplane session

More paper planes, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

More paper planes

Matthew shows off his plane, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Matthew shows off his plane

Clare and Jack wander in to the kitchen, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Clare and Jack wander in to the kitchen

There's a bit of dancing, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

There's a bit of dancing

Louise does stick-on tattoos, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Louise does stick-on tattoos

Isobel preps for a Janie flypast, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Isobel preps for a Janie flypast

Grandad blows bubbles, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Grandad blows bubbles

Harry - Baby Gabey - roams around outside, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Harry - Baby Gabey - roams around outside

P51D Mustang 'Janie' tears around the sky above, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

P51D Mustang 'Janie' tears around the sky above

The crowds throng in the car park the flypast, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

The crowds throng in the car park the flypast

Returning to the village hall, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Returning to the village hall

Back in the village hall, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Back in the village hall

Quality food: cheese puffs, hotdogs and pizza, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Quality food: cheese puffs, hotdogs and pizza

Fred sits on the end, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred sits on the end

Isobel in the kitchen, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Isobel in the kitchen

Rosie dances around, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Rosie dances around

Grandad's in amongst it, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Grandad's in amongst it

Clive sips some coffee, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Clive sips some coffee

Fred's amazing cake, complete with a Janie , Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred's amazing cake, complete with a Janie

Fred's cake comes out, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred's cake comes out

Candles are blown out, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Candles are blown out

Jessica looks up, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Jessica looks up

The kitchen is full of balloons, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

The kitchen is full of balloons

Fred's present pile, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred's present pile

Gabes dances with Jessica, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Gabes dances with Jessica

Grandad and Matthew under a pile of balloons, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Grandad and Matthew under a pile of balloons

Harry's found a good hidey-hole, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Harry's found a good hidey-hole

Fred sticks his arms up, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred sticks his arms up

Fred and some balloons, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred and some balloons

Fred dances alone with balloons, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

Fred dances alone with balloons

The icing Janie, Fred's Fifth Birthday, The Village Hall, Brome, Suffolk - 28th September 2013

The icing Janie

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Fred blows out cupcake candles

Fred blows out cupcake candles

Fred has a blow

Boris - Stripey Cat - sits on the car

Boris jumps off

Harry walks on oak timbers

Harry walks around by Grandad

Harry goes for a trundle

Grandad heads off

The party starts at Brome Village Hall

First things first: a paper aeroplane session

More paper planes

Matthew shows off his plane

Clare and Jack wander in to the kitchen

There's a bit of dancing

Louise does stick-on tattoos

Isobel preps for a Janie flypast

Grandad blows bubbles

Harry - Baby Gabey - roams around outside

P51D Mustang 'Janie' tears around the sky above

The crowds throng in the car park the flypast

Returning to the village hall

Back in the village hall

Quality food: cheese puffs, hotdogs and pizza

Fred sits on the end

Isobel in the kitchen

Rosie dances around

Grandad's in amongst it

Clive sips some coffee

Fred's amazing cake, complete with a Janie

Fred's cake comes out

Candles are blown out

Jessica looks up

The kitchen is full of balloons

Fred's present pile

Gabes dances with Jessica

Grandad and Matthew under a pile of balloons

Harry's found a good hidey-hole

Fred sticks his arms up

Fred and some balloons

Fred dances alone with balloons

The icing Janie