THIS LITTLE PIG NEVER WENT TO THE MARKET.
Here is a story that has survived nearly 50 years though good times and bad.
It all happened when some friends of mine Elaine and Alan Thomas invited me and my current girl friend to enjoy a few Feastive drinks and what was to be a nice meal but somehow when the time came to slice off some of their precious leg of ham it was to Elaine’s horror that somebody had got there before her, precisely a blow fly had worked it’s way into their safe, the only means of keeping the food cool in those early days , horror soon turned into a life long joke and it became a legend after my discovery of a cute card of a even cuter smiling pig.
Over the years which soon turned into decades the precious card has been passed from Elaine and I and back again, each being the minder for the next twelve months, A small comment was added each year and soon a photo copy was added, then a follow up card to cater for the messages, apart from a few times over the years of child raising not too many times were missed . At first the card was posted to each other but as time moved on and the card got fragile it was decided to hand deliver it.
Over the years this card has become a symbol of everlasting friendship that teaches one that all the up’s and down’s of life can be held together in a bond of a small card that has survived three score and ten.
Throughout the year this card is not forgotten, whoever is the minder quite often is reminded about keeping it in a safe place , Elaine and Alan’s daughter Annette has come to respect it to the extend that it is one of the most precious items that she wants passed on to her so she can treasure and realise that something so small can keep the quality of friendship alive for many more years to come.
Fond memories.
Jim Fitzthum.
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