SALLY'S BIRTHDAY BASH

This was an event not to be missed, Sally Newhouse's annual birthday bash at Esquires (Danny's Bar) in Bedford, it was on Sunday 3rd June, the same day as the Queen's Thames Pageant, and both events were enjoyed, for somewhat different reasons!

Sally’s Birthday Bash – The Event

Now one thing that the Fellowship likes best of all

Is going along somewhere to a decent Real Ale festival

And so in 2012 on Sunday the 3^rd of June

Missing out the pub and the Weatherspoons

We ambled down the road to take some welcome relief

Within the Village club, called The ‘Ivy Leaf’

Where the Langford Beer Festival was in full swing

And the Queen’s Jubilee pageant was on the big screen

 

As the Queen made her way down Old father Thames

There was some hilarious ‘commentary’ from among certain friends

And so we spent a somewhat splendid afternoon

But it was just a prelude for what was to come soon

And so without further ado or any fuss

At 4, Dianne picked up the Fellowship three of us

And through the driving rain we settled in the car

To be transported off to Bedford, off to ‘Danny’s Bar’

The Queen may have been celebrating her Diamond Jubilee

But we had someone really special that The Fellowship had to see

It was Sally Newhouse’s Annual Birthday Bash

With friends and family all out together on ‘The lash’

In old Bedford town where it of course transpires

There’s a nice little music venue and it’s called ‘Esquires’

And from 4:30 in the afternoon until around about 8:00

The X-Certs were playing and we just couldn’t wait

After all, I mean, when its all been said and done

We just had to go along and join in all the fun!

 

Sally was there waiting and it was plain for all to see

She was enjoying the event with her friends and family

There were metallers,  punks and skinheads and hippies all to suss

(We were probably the least normal out of any or all of us)

The X-Certs played so well an eclectic mix of songs

And we joined in and jigged and danced and we sang along

In-between platefuls of tasty  ‘traditional’ party food

And a Union Jack cake which itself was really rather good

Of course we drank so much, such copious amounts of beer

That it very soon became quite obvious and absolutely clear

This was indeed a night, a night to be remembered

(If only lather the next day from the photographs later rendered!)

Kevin even invented a new sort of ale

‘Jelly Baby Bitter’ which of course did entail

A hapless jelly baby going for a dive

Into a glass of beer could the little chap survive?

He took a Hula Hoop ‘Life Ring’ and also chucked that in

It was a real case of, would it sink or would it swim?

(It sank!)

The X-Certs played ‘Queen Bitch’ and we donned our silly hats

And bibbed and bopped with Sally and we danced around like twats

When everyone was feeling somewhat tired and rather hot

Sally cooled us all down with some ice cold lollipops!

When the party part was all over which in fact wasn’t strictly true

As it carried on upstairs with bands and acoustically in Holy Molly’s too

And one thing which was amazing, awesome and surprising

All the way down from York came Paul from Morpheus Rising

It was great to catch up and to spend such a brilliant time

With Sally and her friends and family and those crazy friends of mine

And there’s really only one thing left and that’s for us all to say

Thank you, thank you Sally for such a brilliant day.

So, until the next time (Chris's Sixtieth birthday bash) stay safe one and all, but in the meantime enjoy some of Sally's work:- http://www.youtube.com/user/punkrocksal?feature=results_main

Grant Meaby

9th June 2012