Fred blows out cupcake candles
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 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 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
P-51D Mustang 'Janie' tears around the sky above
The crowds in the car park for 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
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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
P-51D Mustang 'Janie' tears around the sky above
The crowds in the car park for 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