Off topic - Pictures from my trip to England (and Wales).

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Trubrit
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As requested, I will add a few pictures from my trip to England and Wales. Just a few of the highlights.  I will post a couple at a time in this thread.

First off, a little background. I'm 55 (56 next month), and as a teenager I was 'In Love' with The Osmonds, especially Jay. Fast forward 40 odd years and here I am, shooting the breeze with 'The Boys'. I had the unbelivable pleasure of spending a few good hours over a couple of days, in the company of Jay, Merrill and Jimmy Osmond, who were touring in England while I was there. 

Sadly I can't post the video selfies I took with them, but this first picture I was doing a video selfie with Jay with Merrill 'bombing'. 

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  • Trubrit
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    Farewell Robin Gibb

    I paid my respects to Robin Gibb, a fellow CRC sufferer.  Robin passed away while I was visiting in 2012, and is burried in the little town just down the road from where I grew up. I have loved the Bee Gees for many a year. 

    (and yes, that is his home in the background)

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  • jen2012
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    Very cool!  Thanks for

    Very cool!  Thanks for sharing.  I too loved the Osmonds...and the Bee Gees!  I grew up with Andy Gibb hanging all over my walls.

  • wolfen
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    jen2012 said:

    Very cool!  Thanks for

    Very cool!  Thanks for sharing.  I too loved the Osmonds...and the Bee Gees!  I grew up with Andy Gibb hanging all over my walls.

    Great Pics, Sue

    And how fun to meet your "favs". I think my celeb meetups are confined to Lawrence Welk & Joe Feeny when I was a teen. A bit before your time. But(swoon), I sat on the floor about 6 feet from Ricky Nelson on his stage one night.

    Luv,

    Wolfen

  • geotina
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    Wonderful Pics -

    Sounds like you had a wonderful trip.   George and I kinda met Donny and Marie Osmond.  We were boarding a plane here in Michigan headed to Las Vegas and who should be coming down the aisle but Donny and Marie and yes, he is as handsome as he looks on TV.  Hard to believe he is a grandpa now.  Marie is stunning.  

    Hugs - Tina

  • JanJan63
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    geotina said:

    Wonderful Pics -

    Sounds like you had a wonderful trip.   George and I kinda met Donny and Marie Osmond.  We were boarding a plane here in Michigan headed to Las Vegas and who should be coming down the aisle but Donny and Marie and yes, he is as handsome as he looks on TV.  Hard to believe he is a grandpa now.  Marie is stunning.  

    Hugs - Tina

    Great pictures! Good for you!

    Great pictures! Good for you! I was unaware that Robyn Gibb had the same cancer. Sad...

  • lilacbrroller
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    JanJan63 said:

    Great pictures! Good for you!

    Great pictures! Good for you! I was unaware that Robyn Gibb had the same cancer. Sad...

    Memory lane

    thats a name I havent heard in awhile - Donny osmond. I didn't have a crush on him but I  it used to watch their variety show in the 70s.   I had not thought of him in years.  He sang "puppy love", right?

    "stayin alive" was my motivation song during my first months of treatment, and when I'm not doing well I play it in my head.  It's also in my music library.

    glad you got to make the trip

     

    atb

    karin

  • Cathleen Mary
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    lilacbrroller said:

    Memory lane

    thats a name I havent heard in awhile - Donny osmond. I didn't have a crush on him but I  it used to watch their variety show in the 70s.   I had not thought of him in years.  He sang "puppy love", right?

    "stayin alive" was my motivation song during my first months of treatment, and when I'm not doing well I play it in my head.  It's also in my music library.

    glad you got to make the trip

     

    atb

    karin

    Oh, what fun!!! Thank you for

    Oh, what fun!!! Thank you for sharing.  I always enjoy non cancer glimpses of us!

    CM

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    Cathleen Mary said:

    Oh, what fun!!! Thank you for

    Oh, what fun!!! Thank you for sharing.  I always enjoy non cancer glimpses of us!

    CM

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I did have a crush on Donny :)

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    Nana b said:

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I did have a crush on Donny :)

    The Osmonds

    was the first concert I went to.  It must have been in '74 or '75.  The were playing at the Fulton County stadium in Atlanta and I went with a friend and her DAD! Surprised

    So cool you got to meet them!

     

    Angela

  • janderson1964
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    Thanks for sharing your

    Thanks for sharing your vacation and pictures with us. I am looking forward to seeing more pictures.

  • pilarica
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    janderson1964 said:

    Thanks for sharing your

    Thanks for sharing your vacation and pictures with us. I am looking forward to seeing more pictures.

    Lovely photos!! I love the UK

    Lovely photos!! I love the UK for many reasons, the most important is because my son did his medical school at Imperial College and needless to say I am a proud mama Smile

    Cheers!!!

    Pilar

  • Easyflip
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    Nice!

    I'm 56! So are Madonna and Magic Johnson (Basketball) and Michael Jackson ( or he would have been!) Love the pics, my wife loved the Monkees not the Osmonds lol

    Easyflip/Richard

  • Trubrit
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    Easyflip said:

    Nice!

    I'm 56! So are Madonna and Magic Johnson (Basketball) and Michael Jackson ( or he would have been!) Love the pics, my wife loved the Monkees not the Osmonds lol

    Easyflip/Richard

    Davy Jones

    Ah, who couldn't love the sweet faced Davy Jones. 

  • Trubrit
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    pilarica said:

    Lovely photos!! I love the UK

    Lovely photos!! I love the UK for many reasons, the most important is because my son did his medical school at Imperial College and needless to say I am a proud mama Smile

    Cheers!!!

    Pilar

    Proud mama and rightfully so

    What a great experience for your son to study in London. I hope you were able to visit him while he was there .

  • Trubrit
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    Nana b said:

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I

    Nice. Thanks for sharing. I did have a crush on Donny :)

    I've met Donny too...

    well, I've met them all, several times over the years, starting when I was love struck with Jay.

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  • Trubrit
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    geotina said:

    Wonderful Pics -

    Sounds like you had a wonderful trip.   George and I kinda met Donny and Marie Osmond.  We were boarding a plane here in Michigan headed to Las Vegas and who should be coming down the aisle but Donny and Marie and yes, he is as handsome as he looks on TV.  Hard to believe he is a grandpa now.  Marie is stunning.  

    Hugs - Tina

    Love it!

    Don't you just love the random meetings.  Donny is rather easy on the eyes, even now. 

  • Trubrit
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    wolfen said:

    Great Pics, Sue

    And how fun to meet your "favs". I think my celeb meetups are confined to Lawrence Welk & Joe Feeny when I was a teen. A bit before your time. But(swoon), I sat on the floor about 6 feet from Ricky Nelson on his stage one night.

    Luv,

    Wolfen

    Ricky Nelson

    Now he was VERY easy on the eyes. What a treat that must have been. 

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