Uptown Top Ranking

Lorraine went to see Paul in Hove for a haircut, and returned looking very glamorous indeed. She also popped in to see Rosie while there. I did some writing, then had a longish walk. 

Early evening off to Saltdean Lido to celebrate Yvonne's big birthday (a couple of weeks in advance). We supposed to meet the others on the bus, but L and I accidentally boarded a rogue 12X and were there early. There were twelve of us there, obviously Yvonne and Brian, and Patrick and Adele, Marek and Sally, Guy and Barbara, Rick and Gabby. It was a beautiful art deco building dating to the late thirties. Strange clientele, mainly in their sixties and one or two looked only a little younger than the Lido all merrily dancing away. In a lengthy queue for the bar, I was being sized up by a table  of mature single ladies. I briefly felt like a sardine in a shark tank. Men in pork pie hats, one or two in sharp suits, and so on. It was styled as a reggae and ska night, but there were two tone types (and music) there too. Very few black people unlike the parties of my own yoof. The DJ played some right old nonsense though, for example a ungodly country & western/reggae hybrid, but a few tunes made it through, including putting on Uptown Top Ranking when I asked him to. It was loud and fun, and most of our party were dancing, especially me. Yvonne, a reggae lover like myself, seemed to have a wonderful time too.

Home on the bus, with Gabby and Rick, and Adele and Patrick. Lorraine and got talking to two sisters in law who had been to a silent disco in the Pavilion grounds. Once you have your headphones, and choose the music you'd like to listen to. So there were people literally all dancing to different tunes. Silent but chaotic.

Home and to bed at around one.

A couple of pictures I stole from Yvonne's Facebook page. One with me looking like Jabba the Hut  unfortunately. Below Yvonne in the middle with Rick and Jabba, bottom snap from left to right Marek, Sally, Patrick, Adele, Barbara, Lorraine looking gorgeous, and a part of Brian. Shows the niceness of the venue.