Nancy’s 90th at the George
The Royal St. George Yacht Club, Dun Laoghaire saw one of the biggest ex-CTT turn outs for years recently, to celebrate the 90th birthday of the one and only Nancy Downes. Great organisation work by Rosemary and Marjorie, who deserve our thanks
Nancy looked great, as young as anyone there. It must be the result of years of voice-recognition training for the brain.
Many Happy Returns, Nancy, and come back to the George for the hundredth !
NOTE: Thanks to the work by Peter Bennett, we have a whole album of photos of the occasion- 62 photos- taken on the night. You’ll find them in the special Nancy Birthday Gallery, linked from the top of this page.
As I have only just found and joined this site I am a couple of years late in wishing the wonderful Nancy 90th Birthday greetings. As the first, and possibly only Male member of Nancy’s “crew” who was foisted upon her (there was nowhere else to put me!), and with very little ability to do the job, it was magic!
I was spoiled, fed ridiculous amounts of cake, advised on my dress, my relationships, my hairstyles. Everyday was a school day for me, but I needed it. And it paid huge dividends in later life.
And so I would like to wish Nancy my heartfelt good wishes and affection.
David Purnell.