Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
Today is the 80th birthday of a wonderful lady Margaret Weekes.
She is the Age Concern charity shop manageress and has been for the last 18 years and has no intention of retiring just yet. She still works there for three full days a week and does extra days if needed when we are short staffed.
A really wonderful woman who should have been in the honours list, Charlie please put her name forward if you read this.
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Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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Happy Birthday Margaret Weekes!!
[perhaps an award from an august body locally? That way the lady could get two at a time]
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 657- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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How wonderful.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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Yes a wonderful story. She should indeed be considered for the Honours list, people like Margaret should be, there is also a local honour called the Mayors Civic Awards, or even the Freeman of the Borough Award. I forget the exact name of the last award there but you get the gist.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
Her hard work was acknowledged locally a couple of years ago which I think was the Mayors Civic Award, Sue Nicholas, our ex-chairman, would know.
I forgot to add in my post that she is also a volunteer like the rest of us.
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Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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Happy birthday, Margaret, and wishing you many more years in the shop!
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Well done to Margaret and Happy Birthday too.
People like Margaret don't look for recognition for what they do, they do it because they want to, but if an award is forthcoming, that is so much the better
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
saw the bunting as i went past on the bus this afternoon,so a rather late in the day happy birthday.
And a happy birthday from me to Margaret also.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
I am going to print off this page in the morning for Margaret to see, she does not have enough time in the day for sites like this she is too busy doing other things.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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i hope that i am that busy should i reach that age.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
Margaret said thank you very much for the messages. We had a photo shoot this morning for the Dover Mercury that I could not get out off
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Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
never mind jan,could have been worse,you might have been in fancy dress.
so you have joined the ranks of the elite by having your photo in the local press.
Guest 656- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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And a belated Happy Birthday from me too. Margaret Weekes is indeed a 'Great Lady' and an inspiration to all women
Look forward to seeing the pic Jan
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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be careful jan, you are only one step away from featuring in dubris.
once they have stopped saying things about our susan of course.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
- Posts: 13,888
I did try hiding behind one of the ladies but got told to move, I am hoping there is not enough space for the pictures.
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