Friday, 14 December 2007

My Mum's 80th Birthday


Some of the people appearing in this 30-minute DVD that I made to celebrate my mum's 80th birthday (in no particular order) are:
  • Lily Purser
  • Herbert William Purser
  • Cecil Purser
  • Lily Purser
  • Violet Purser
  • Pat Purser (then Pat Berney, now Pat Wood) - Mum
  • Leonard Berney - Dad
  • David Scott-Atkinson
  • Steve Berney (now Steve Wood)
  • Nick Berney
  • John Berney (now John Wood) - me
  • Dorothy ? (my nanny)
  • Gina Egan (now Gina Narayan, Maharani of Cooch Behar)
  • Jagaddipendra Narayan, Maharaja of Cooch Behar
  • Ken Wood
  • Michael Wood
  • Stuart Wood
  • Sally Wood
  • Gilly Wood
  • Claire Balfour
  • Ian Balfour
  • Jonathan Balfour
  • Miles Balfour
  • Alexandra Balfour
  • Maggie Shanks
  • Paul Shanks
  • Murray Shanks
  • Claire-Lesley Shanks
  • Dennis Freedman (Kenwood director)
  • Mary Freedman
  • Nicky Dow (Kenwood director)
  • Philip Harding (chauffeur)
  • Alec Miles (chauffeur)
  • Richard Dixon-Payne
  • Dave Cochran
  • Capt Roland Plugge
  • Mrs ? Plugge
  • Tim Coch de Gourand (spelling uncertain)
  • Mrs ? Coch de Gourand (spelling uncertain)
  • Edit Brenninkmeijer
  • Mr ? Jaeger (Oakwood School teacher)
  • Melissa Scott-Atkinson
  • Lily Squibb
  • HRH Prince Charles
  • Monica Morgan, Monica Wood
  • Caroline Robertson, Caroline Wood (my wife)
  • Neil Mackwood
  • Lydia Wood
  • Natasha Wood
  • Max Wood
  • Oliver Mackwood
  • Mr ? Mackwood
  • Mrs ? Mackwood
  • Zachary Wood
  • Harry Wood
  • George Tilley
  • Sophie Tilley
  • Chantal Berney
  • Angie Berney
  • Alex Mackwood
  • James Mackwood
  • Marion Hall
  • Joan & Leslie Berker of Berkertex fame (Plymouth)
  • Tom Jones
  • Mrs Charlotte Morgan
  • Amanda Avery, Amanda Bartlett
  • ? Rendal
  • Len Irish
  • Evelyn Irish
  • Bunny McCracken
Some of the places:
  • Plymouth
  • Maidenhead (Pathé News fashion show)
  • Lambeth
  • 60 Traps Lane, New Malden Surrey
  • 6A Cavendish Mews, North, Hallam Street, London
  • Marylebone Registry Office, London
  • Gascons, Royce Way, West Wittering, West Sussex
  • Camelot, Shipton Green, Itchenor, West Sussex
  • Alpbach, Austria
  • Disneyland, California
  • Old Thorns Farm, Liphook, Hampshire
  • Dellwood Cottage, Wheatsheaf Enclosure, Liphook, Hampshire
  • Quinta Rosa, Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal
  • Smilers Bar, Carvoeiro, Algarve, Portugal
  • Athens
  • Dephi
  • Yugoslavia
  • Adriatic Sea
  • Corfu
  • Venice
  • Amsterdam
  • Shamong, New Jersey, USA
  • Withies Inn, Compton, Surrey
  • India
  • Africa
  • Hotel Jas d'Alexis, Ramatuelle, France
  • Japan
  • Godalming Registry Office, Surrey
  • 4 Heathcote Drive, East Grinstead, West Sussex
  • Munich
  • Bahamas
If I missed any people or places out, please let me know.

john@uptone.co.uk

1 comment:

Gemma Harris said...

PAUL said...
I really enjnoyed this. We rented Cavendish Mews from your parents for 5 winters and have very good memories of our time there and meeting your parents in Liphook.
Stephen Carter
11:43 am
johnalexwood said...
Hi Paul - the link to your Blogger profile isn't working so I can't reply directly. Please get in touch via johnalexwood@gmail.com ! Would love to hear back from you!
2:54 pm
Royal Nirupam said...
Gina Narayan, she is our ex queen.I am a cooch beharite.Interested to know more of her,will love to know her present state,her email id, other contacts. Please send it to me if you can,i shall be grateful to you.
Thanks
Nirupam Ghosh
nghosh62@gmail.com
http://nirupam62.blogspot.com
Cooch Behar