2005 was a great gathering! Included here is a letter written to the club by long time member Rebecca Staley with the highlights of the gathering. She did such a lovely job, it was perfect to include.
Hi everyone! I am back from the UK Meet! We had so much fun, I can’t even begin to tell you how good it was. It was absolutely wonderful to see all my friends again, and meet some for the first time. We met on Saturday morning and proceeded to visit the Savoy, the Comedy Theatre, The Lyric, The Empire and many other places, including Trafalgar Square where Eric and I decided to ride a Lion!
Dear Eric, we had so much fun with you, in fact, you were the life and soul of the party all weekend! I have never seen so many strange looks from people as we photographed you in various poses, but that all added to the fun!! We stopped off for some lunch and then proceeded onto the Eve Arnold Exhibition at Harrods, which was wonderful.
We then went on to Planet Hollywood for some tea and drinks. We did the gift exchange and I received a wonderful smaller copy of the Unseen Archives, which is so cute. We also had some trivia quizzes both on Marilyn films and IM. I’m sorry to say that Eric was particularly naughty on Saturday night, sneaking in a few drinks! We had so much fun on Saturday night, in fact, when we got back, I was hoarse from laughing so much!! On Sunday we went to Pinewood and then the Sun Inn for Sunday lunch and lots more fun with Eric. I am sure that everyone in the pub thought that we were crazy, especially when we asked if Eric could go behind that bar! After then came the best bit, we had been told that there would be no chance that we could go into Parkside again. But….we managed! We knocked on the door as some waited at the bottom of the drive and asked if we could walk around, and she was told that yes, we could! How wonderful to be there again. Both Rob and I enjoyed ourselves so much, we really didn’t want to leave you all. Thanks to everyone for your wonderful company!! Here’s to next time!! Love you all! Beck (and long suffering Rob!) xxxxxx
