What a lovely weekend, despite the fact that the pub we ate at on Saturday night caught fire and in true British tradition everyone ignored it and carried on eating, until someone shouted "the store rooms on fire" to the bar staff who then promptly disappeared leaving a customer to grab the fire extinguisher. Diz had only just said to me he could smell burning plastic but thought it was a vain attempt at starting a barbecue. Once the drama was over everyone carried on like it had never happened - God bless the Great British Public LOLSunday was peaceful, time spent between gardening and studying saw the beginnings of my pond area begin to take shape, can't say I'm looking forward to digging it though!!!!!
Diz sorted through some old paperwork that he found in a box in the cupboard and in amongst piles of pedigrees dating back to the early 1970s was some old rescue paperwork. A letter from Liz Heslop dated May 1980 welcoming a new volunteer to the fold and the original sign over forms and home check form - to be honest they are not that much different to what we use now and to me was really fascinating to see how things were at the very beginning. You can take a look at the memorabilia which is listed on ebay (the money will go to Bulldog Rescue, Diz listed it under the wrong account) and see full size copies of the letter and the forms.
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