Last night saw the culmination of months of work for my third fundraiser in memory of my mum for Age UK, Wandsworth.
Friends, family and strangers (some who came last year and are fast becoming friends!) donned their 50's finery and sang and danced their way back to the era of leather jackets, swing dresses and pedal pushers.
We raised just over £1,100 and I think everyone who attended would say that it was a night to remember - the pictures speak for themselves. As usual The Telgraph Pub, Putney, provided a great back-drop for the event and I look forward to working with them for next year's 60's night.
Special thanks go to my wonderful husband, my son and his fianc
ée, Mireille and Alan, Toby and my side-kick 'Fenella' - I couldn't have done any of it without you fabulous people.
Also,
thanks to Emma at Age UK, who came with a couple of her friends and set
the dance floor on fire with their glamour and moves!
A rather picture-heavy blog, but these capture the mood of the evening:
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| College freshman and the Grease monkey |
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| Fabulous Emma from Age UK and her posse |
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| He had a gingham bow-tie on in that fur somewhere! |
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| My baby! |
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| The boys! He-e-e-y!! |
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| Stunning cup-cakes from 'Fenella' raised £93 |
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| Grooving! |
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| The table settings |
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| Me and my men |
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| Not quite Danny and Sandy! |
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| The welcome stand that took me months and will now go to the dump. |
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| Having a breather after air-guitaring |
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| Waiting for the raffle |
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| The 50's aren't complete without a pearly queen |
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| Peggy, my mummy - the black and white photo of her was in the 50's on her honeymoon |
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| Which karaoke number shall we do? |
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| The raffle table |
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| A rush to get ready but we made it! |
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| Check out the 50's baseball boots! |
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| Pretty in Pink |
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| Karaoke for the brave ones |
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| Tense raffle moment |
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| A winning ticket! |
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| Hubbie drilled a lot of holes through those records to make the mobiles |
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| 50's sisters |
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| Age UK won the flowers but presented them to me! |
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| Glamour pusses |
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| My trusty raffle helper on the left |
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| 'Chrissie Cadillac' leads the revellers in a four-step |
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| The dumped cabinet we found, transformed beautifully |
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| They've got the Colgate look ... |
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| With 31 prizes, the raffle takes forever |
