English Residents Being Supportive of American Independence Day!:)

That's quaint olde England for ya! lol. The Town Crier isn't actually our village's, but from Cuckfield, which is a somewhat larger, livelier village about three miles away. Do you know that you have to have a citizen's passport to get preference for certain activities in Cuckfield? That's how quaint it is around here! We still have lots of small villages all across England. Anyway... the Town Crier wasn't there this year. I don't know why that might be but instead, the parade was led by the three people in the pic, who I think are supposed to be "Uncle Sam", the girl in the middle was playing American tunes on the trumpet... tunes like "Oh, Suzanna", and I don't know what relevance the third lady played but I would imagine he's probably the Mayor of somewhere local and she's his wife. Lots of people went up to the field earlier, so it looks like being a huge success. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.

I drove past Cuckfield yesterday, on my way to Heathfield!

Wow... you were close then! You should have popped by for a drink, or something! I'm in Bolney, my friend, just off the A23.

yes she would be a doll but not sure she can walk that far in the heat here and we are always having a cook out that day. WOuld really have to work around that one lol

Maybe she could just join the parade for a while... not the whole distance. I'm sure she'd enjoy that!

That's something "new" to look forward to next year, my friend. Chey will love it, I'm sure. Are you able to dress her up and enter her in the parade? She would look really cute! Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution. xx

Awww.. that's a special thing for you to do for your roomie's folks. I'm sure they'll love seeing you both, and I hope you had a great day! You're more than welcome my friend. Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.

I live in a little village in West Sussex, called Bolney. It's about 35 miles south of London and between Gatwick Airport, and Brighton, on the south coast. Sort of central south England. I love it here. I live in an upstairs flat, and have half the back garden. At the bottom of the garden is a field of sheep, and a couple of horses have been added recently, so it's very peaceful here, and we have lots of walks into the countryside, and up onto the South Downs. I often walk over to the millponds, about a mile to a mile and a half away, and just sit by the second millpond. I'll put a pic of the first millpond in here, so you can see how tranquil and lovely it is. There are three millponds, which are not used as a mill now, but which house lots of wildlife, including Canada Geese which breed on an island in the second millpond. I've visited America...Salem, Oregon to be precise. I spent four weeks there, visted the coast for a weekend, Crater Lake, which I couldn't see because it was snowing a blizzard, lol, and the Columbia Gorge, including Multnomah Falls. I loved the place, but I probably won't get the chance to visit again. My granddaughter spent five days in New York back in April, and she loved it there, too. England holds so much ancient history, stone circles, burial grounds and the like, that I love to just wander around my own country. York is a particularly interesting place too. It's a city built within castle walls. No, I didn't go to the barbecue because my knee plays me up. I can't stand for any amount of time, let alone dance, lol, so I declined. I'm probably just firing your desire to come here, my friend, but I do think you would enjoy it. Brightest Blessings, and thank you for your contribution.

This is a picture of our main street through the village. The older houses here date back to Medieval times.

You are so right. I would love to visit there. Oregon is one of our more beautiful states. That was a good choice. I lived in California for 30 years before I came back home. My Son is still there. Thankyou for the photos. Hugssss leenie

Oh darn it... I missed it! Belated Birthday Wishes to you, my friend. Does that mean you had your interview and did you visit the Bali Brasserie, or did you forget? lol. Yes, there do seem to be a lot of Old Orleans bars and eating places scattered around the UK. The Medway would be better than the Rivers Arun or Rother, ha ha ha. Can you imagine? I would love to take a riverboat cruise with a trad band playing. That's the only jazz I like. Brightest Blessings my friend and thank you for your contribution.

Yes, it was... probably drunken festive but they've all enjoyed themselves on this one, village day and evening of the year, which is the most important thing. I only took four pics but I'll put one in for you, my friend. I took the one in response #1 as well, which I think is "Uncle Sam". We don't normally celebrate Independence Day greatly but our Village Day is always on the first Saturday in July, and is themed. As it fell on 4th July this year, it was decided that American Independence Day was very appropriate. It seems to have gone down pretty well too. Let's face it, a lot of Americans have roots in Great Britain, so we're like brothers and sisters really, when you think about it. Brightest Blessings, my dear friend. Hope everything's coming good for you. Take care and thank you for your contribution.

Some revellers in fancy dress, making their way up the Street behind "Uncle Sam".