Ray at 50
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The Saps at Sea Tent is mighty proud to have loyal members Ray and Rita Dempsey on board since we launched ten years ago. Ray and Rita are indeed Busybodies (in the nicest sense) running their shop, Another Nice Mess, in Elm Park and with Ray manning a Saps memorabilia stall at our meetings and Rita our industrious Membership Secretary. They never stop working. Add to all this, Rita has been busy for two years organising Ray's 50th Birthday Party, which was on Saturday 16th February 2008. The gathering had a distinctive Laurel and Hardy flavour to it, with lookalikes Bud and Steve from North Wales, Dave Dearle and You're Darn Tootin' Jazz Band, Alexander the Great (the Saps' little Ollie lookalike) and Mad Paul Allen doing the disco. Ray is also a huge Norman Wisdom fan and the photos on the walls showed the many occasions when Ray and Rita have met Norman. To top it all. . . the cakes. Not one, but four superb cakes with Laurel and Hardy, Norman Wisdom, Tottenham Hotspur (I told you this Ray feller was a good chap) and England all commemorated in icing and decorations. It was a super night. Congratulations and thanks, Ray and Rita. Roger Robinson |
Four cakes! |
