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Mothers Union in Blackburn Diocese |
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| On Saturday 14th August I looked out with
trepidation, the skies were heavy but at least there was no wind.
Why the concern? We had been planning our Deanery sponsored walk for months and it would be disastrous if it poured with rain the way it had during the past week. At 11.30am members of the Mothers' Union plus some friends assembled at the cenotaph on the Promenade, it brought a lump to my throat to see them all eagerly waiting, MU balloons everywhere. We had our photograph taken by the local newspaper and then it was time to set off. At 12 noon we stepped out onto the North Pier and, guess what? The sun came out! It was so hot we welcomed the breeze on the pier. |
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| There were 46 of us ranging in age from 9 to
90 years - well it was for 'International Year of the Family' - including
our Diocesan President Marion Whitehead who had decided to come along and
join us.
We started off en masse, but soone spread out the more sprightly leaving others behind, but as you looked along the Prom you could see MU balloons bobbing around ahead of us and then later, coming back towards us with the children who had been given them along the way. Our plan was to stop and picnic along the way but cups of tea and more comfortable seats at Holy Trinity were more inviting to members. It was amazing to find that some of our members had not been on the Piers for years, so it was all new to them. Starting at the North Pier, the 'sedate' one each pier got noisier and busier ending on the South Pier with it's Fairground atmosphere. Marion, Eunice and I did toy with the idea of doing the reverse Bungee Jump (shooting upwards) but decided against it!!! We were all eventually reunited at Holy trinity, tired but happy, to have a cup of tea and a chat in true Mothers' Union tradition. The total by 16th September was a fantastic £632 with more to come.
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