It seems we can never let a birthday go by, without some form of celebration and the occasion this year, was Dale's 70th birthday.
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The Birthday Boy |
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From a Beautiful Baby to a Handsome Old Man! Great Years Dale |
Luckily, we seem to have plenty of photos to illustrate that, no matter how old we are, we still have a great time, with Family and dear Friends. Katie put this Video together for Dale's 65th, with Soundtrack by Craig. I discovered it a couple of days ago.
Great family history. Friends might recognise a few faces
The actual day of birth was earlier in the week and we had lunch with Terry and Lois who unfortunately weren't able to join us at the Bash, Same place, different time.
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Lois and Dale |
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Terry and Dale |
So we all gathered at the Windsor Castle on Sunday April 6th. So
thrilled so many people were able to come. Visitors from out of town,
Los Angeles, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Lower Hutt, Mt Maunganui, Hamilton
and even the North Shore!
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Of course it was a great occasion. Celebrating 25,550 days of a full on life. Thank you Deb for the calculation, NOT |
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Dale and Ngaire |
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Some visitors from out Of Town |
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George, Annie, Jane, Sunflowers and Dale |
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Big Hugs Pale Dale from the Sperms, Glimpse of Darran on the right |
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Penny, Diana and Marianne |
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George holding court |
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Two Wrighsons and a Visitor from Hawkes Bay |
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Our pride and Joy. Mia, Cleo, Sophia and Joseph |
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Rocky, Dan, Johm and another visitor from Hawkes Bay |
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Gilli, Helen and Jeannie |
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An Aries Selfie, could almost be twins |
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Looking very quizzical! |
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Just got off the Devomport Ferry. Jan, Gerry, Sharon, Pete, Elpie and David...The Arrival |
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The Departure - Took a while - Costing the taxpayer a fortune. Old people On The Buses |
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Old People waiting for the bus |
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Looking a little like Browns Cows |
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Just thought it was very funny at the bus stop |
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Sorry I digressed Back to the party |
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Henizie between 2 of his dancing partners Lana and Julia |
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Dale with Karen, John and JT Lurking in the background |
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Who's holding court, Craig, or Jules |
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Larry preparing for his Job as Team Photographer |
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Dave, Diana and a touch of Marianne |
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Star of the Day not bad for 70 really |
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Ms Sherl, Dale and Johnny |
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The thorn between 2 roses. Sheryl and Debbie |
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Craig and Dave |
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Lucy, Sexy and Jules and a surprised Jeannie |
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Annie and Debbie,, lurking ion the back Penny, Lana a touch of Gilli and John Hughes |
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In their own shot Penny and Lana |
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Deb, Barry and Dale |
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Barry and Dale |
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Add Craig and it makes 3 |
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2 Debbies and 1 Elpie |
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Cath and Lana |
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Brian and Barry, with Rocky lurking in the background |
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Gerry and Diana in deep conversation behind Sharon and Jeannie |
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Daddy and Daughter, Like Peas in a Pod |
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Deb and Dale |
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Chris, Rob, Annie and Rocky |
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Debbie and Lucy |
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Karen and Shannon |
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Jeans and Karen |
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Mr Dan |
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A Rob Thorn, between Faine and Jane |
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Tina and Tim, John and Grunter |
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Jude and Bridgie |
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Ms Cara |
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A slightly surprised Helen, watch out for your finger Shannon |
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What a lovely couple, |
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Another lovely couple |
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Katie and Debbie |
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Larry and Elizabeth |
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Jeannie, Annette and Birthday Boy |
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Lana, Jeannie and Johnny |
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Catching up Heinzie and John Morton |
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Lisa and Ms June |
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Two J's, June and JT |
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Debbie Flanked by two Older Men John Mac and Dale |
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Lovely to have the family around us |
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Marianne, Gerry and George |
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John Hughes and Ms Sherl
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It's been about 20 years since Dale last met Brian |
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So far So Good |
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Dale being wrangled into Place by Jane and Bridgie, so he could watch his Mia perform |
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Done |
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Dan getting Mia ready |
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Mia, you did us proud |
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Dale surrounded by Women again... Sophia and Gilli |
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Mr Knig with Mr Cullimore Two beards No waiting |
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Always plenty to say from Ms Gilli. Poor Gerry |
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Two Heinzies surrounding Steve. |
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Debbie and Jeannie D |
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Lovely shot ladies, Jules and Elpie |
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Anne and Murray, now that's a good looking couple |
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A Photo Bomb - Elpie, Debbie and Catherine |
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Anna chatting to Elizabeth, Shannon engrossed in the Montage of Photos |
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Nice back Nigel. Better than nothing I guess |
Of course, what a Wrightson Party be without Music and Dancing
First Up Mr John 'Hank B' Morton
A Medley of The Shadows Greatest Hits
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Who needs Hank Marvin? |
So When John Finished.
Along Came Craig
He opened with
"Those were the Days My Friends"
So appropriate - there should be a song "These Are Our Days My Friends"
and "Still Crazy After all These Years"
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Craig |
So back to The Present, Dan and Grunter, the Very Famous in New Zealand and Dubai
The CVE
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Grunter and Dan |
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ACTION |
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Heinzie - The Girls Favourite Dancing Partner with Lana |
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So while Heinzie works out, the next generation Chat... BK and Tim |
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With Bridgie |
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With Cara |
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With Julia |
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Crowd goes wild |
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CVE in action |
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Looking like a Congo Line has formed |
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Finally found a shot of Lisa on the left and Glenys on the right, dancing of course |
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While the girls play. Tim watches |
There are some people who have manged to escape the camera or only appear in a small way
That's OK, I have pictures of them
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Bert and Ernie AKA Shaun and Darran with Ms Jeannie |
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Two extras from the Sound of music AKA Ian and Lisa |
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A Dancing Elsje |
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An elusive Brian taken with our dear departed friend John at RCYC party a few years. Wish you were here John |
Finally
I have to finish with a montage of some shots of the mad friends at our events, over the years.
Thank you for joining us, Without you all it would be nothing
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The Launch of The Royal Cajun Yacht Club |
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Sexy and CJ Sperm |
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Dressed by Andy, Dan, Michael and Dale set for Journey North |
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When Joyce visits ,we always have a lunch or two |
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Revels in Raro |
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Look what a few drinks do to people |
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Donny and Marie aka Helen and Dan |
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Larry Deb and Bridge |
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Ms Mary and Moi at one of my birthdays |
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Geoff and Laurian |
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Ha ha Mr Heinz |
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Ha ha again with Ms Heinz |
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Outing on Cajun Moon , Auckland at it's best |
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Boys trip to Barrier |
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Chef Pete's pants getting caught in the rubbish locker |
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The Launch of Cajun Moon |
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More Fun on Cajun Moon |
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Mmmm reflections at another RCYC party |
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Go Elpie and Bridgie |
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Tepanaki with Gerry in "Rower Hutt" |
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Wonder woman with a Little House on the Prairie refugee |
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Ha ha Dancing partners |
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$12M dollars worth of men, Dave and Shannon |
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Lovely Karen |
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Ian and Lisa, not quite as Glam as when they were Nazis! |
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Pearl's a Singer |
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Dave and Ms Mary |
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Mr Green, Ms June and Ms Penny |
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The Plane, The plane |
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Annie, Lana and Jules |
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Bridesmaids |
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Lana, Jan and A stunned Mullet aka David |
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JT in Paris |
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Warrior Deb in Croaria |
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Birthday Boy bit under the weather in Croatia |
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Who needs a walker when you have Larry and Geoff |
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Cheers Queers! |
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Ahhh Sexy |
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Couple of friends in Hawkes Bay |
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Cousins and Longtime Friends, Anne and Sharon |
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Nice One Rocky |
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Annette with Jan and in the background Katie and Fi |
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Wrightson Girls |
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Steve, Moi and Cath Reunion Lunch at The Windsor |
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Sorting out the world Terry and Steve |
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Our Day at The Cricket Years ago |
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Dale's 41st birthday. Ms Sherl |
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The Smoking Days Pete, Debbie and Glen |
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Tripping the light Fantastic, Edgar and Catherine |
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Lois, Jeannie and Jan |
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Jude with Bridgie |
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Gerry and Diana |
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Heinzie Photo Bombing the Raro Team |
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Classic Sound of Music Shot |
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Mmmmm Birthday Boy |
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Cajun Moon with the Burts |
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Rugby World Cup Stu, Sherl and Dale |
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Nice One George |
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Barb and Terry |
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Rock n Roll Gerry, Dave and Dale |
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It's Allllll Right |
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Hostess on the floor |
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Brian, Our own Elvis |
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Mr McCready and Mr Burt |
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California 1988 with Lucy and Sharon |
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Girls, Joyce here, another Lunch |
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Another Wrightson birthday with Jeannie and Annette |
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Mich and Karen |
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Brad and Dale |
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Nice one Steve |
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Whay Hay, Joyce, here again, more food and drink |
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Quiz Team 2012 |
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Breakfast with Lana and The Rubins |
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Whakatane, rest time between drinks |
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Ms Jeannie circa 1971 |
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Nice One Rocky? |
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Club Mac Rocky, Rog and Gerry |
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Sometimes it is just too hard to stand |
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Ha ha Ms Cleo |
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Rotoiti 2013 |
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Home again |
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Motley Crew |
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Nice shot Mother and Son |
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BK living the good life |
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Dale surrounded with longtime friend and a constant companion |
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Girls on Bacchus |
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Cullie and Lana |
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Angry Bird |
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Andy surrounded by lovely ladies |
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Mmmmmm |
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Mmmm again |
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Let's go around the Horn Dale |
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1980's excesses |
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Arabs on Cajun Moon |
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Kampai | |
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John Hank B Morton |
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You want to smoke your pipe Terry,? Outside please. Portofino Parnell Rd |
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Attractive look Laurie and Ngaire |
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Got them before they nodded off Tony and Dale |
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In good voice Churton Street Party |
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Anyone for tennis? or Maybe Jolly Hockey sticks |
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Cool couple. Cardboard Cutout |
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In UK with Barry, Chris, Annie, Jules and Laurie |
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Perfectly Placed Laurie |
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At one of the Napier weekends with Laurie, A, the Stewarts and Gay |
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Loie, Jeannie and Jan Reunion at The Windsor |
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Friends for over 40 years |
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1986 with Jan, Dave and Linda |
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Johnny and Dale |
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Pete and Dale |
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I feel a song coming on |
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In London with Glen Cullimore 1968 |
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Photo Bombed by Heinzie |
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Murray and Michael At The Villa in TuscArney |
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1967 with Ricky in Tahiti |
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George and Marianne at Jazz Fest in Hawkes Bay |
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Hiria in Raro |
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Mr King The Plumber |
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Joseph's 12 Birthday in Rotoiti |
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Tipatinas at Katie's Love Boat Birthday |
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The Love Boat, Your Captain and Your Bartender |
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Our precious Jewels |
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Churton Park 1969 Dave and Craig |
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Sisters in Law 1970 |
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Two Jeannie...no waiting |
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Lana's Japanese Night with Glen Cennano
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Anna and Elizabeth at The Love Boat Party |
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Drinks in Oriental Bay. 1966? |
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Auld Lang Syne Farewell to us September 1967 |
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DJ and Lu's wedding |
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The Unilever Gang |
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Love this shot, Stu's 40th |
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Milton and Dale, Twins and Erin and me almost Twins |
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Dale with Gerry and Dave V |
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Ellen Vaughan with us |
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Knackered |
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Rock and Roll Phil 1978 |
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Sheryl, Vicky and Michael |
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Wine please Vicar |
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Dale's Favourite Girls |
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Mr Heinz with one of his favourite Dancing Partners Bridgie |
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Tony and Annie |
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Rocky Bay with Debbie and David |
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Old friends and Colleagues Derek and Dale |
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Annie Dales Trusted Companion for many years |
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Cant have a party without the Band |
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God This life of Mine...Exhausting |
And for the final word, Thanks Everyone for Making this day Special.
So many wonderful Memories
So much Fun
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