Run, Tammy, Run!

As we get very much in that twilight period of late Fall toward Christmas my thoughts happen to be elsewhere not least with that business I talked about  two month ago as I'm working toward a phased return to duties that should see me formally hand over the reigns so I can leave the authority in dignified professional way even though how I had been treated by members that lead to this was anything but.

I keep thinking about my first love when it comes to school games, Rounders, as I'm slowly recovering as while with my disabilities being able to bat and run wasn't easy I enjoyed taking part, encouraged in it by people that were prepared to stand up for me.

I have now a PE skirt and top that I wear on warmer days although what I'd truly love to do is find a Rounders club where I could play not on league basis but just for the company and exercise.

That for a adult little like me is pure bliss!

Jackanory

 Tv played a part in my childhood and this was one show I loved.

Although this photograph is black and white it would of been taken around the late 1980′s, early 1990′s showing a group of Boys and Girls watching intently the story reading show Jackanory that run from 1965 through 1996 on BBC tv. 

The idea of spoken word show  on a visual medium may seem odd but well read stories with illustrations shown occasionally did hold the interest of children during that era not unlike story time at junior school and also promote the idea of reading for pleasure.

Alan Bennett appeared reading The House at Pooh Corner as did a good number of British actors and actresses three days a week on this BBC just before tea time show

Bernard Cribbins and friends read The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien on BBC Tv’s Jackanory 1979

A photo montage from various editions of Jackanory showing Kenneth Williams together with other actors and actresses reading on this much missed BBC tv show.

Team sports

One sport I liked at school was Netball which is traditionally associated with girls and girls only schools.

I am quite capable of playing Netball too and here the team are going on with the ball under pursuit.

Go,go, go!

The team pose for a picture.

In a good number of Primary aka combined infant and junior schools a mixed sex team is often fielded in competitions.

Boys normally wear a t shirt and shorts a bit above the knee although I prefer to wear a games skirt or skort myself being a feminine boy as would the girls all of us wearing bibs with our respective positions marked on it.

 Ready to throw the ball!
That's a great picture and is how I'd rather be dressed playing netball.

I love ball games running around as part of a team.

Sissy gurl footwear

 

Back in the day, gurls like me wore leather sandals to school only moving to shoes when we became much older and most were made in England rather than imported as they are today.

The T Bar fastening wasn't too difficult for me to do by myself in the way that laces that had to be threaded and tied in bow were and remain apart from liking girls T bar shoes which I could fasten all by myself.

Gurls like me belong in them with either girls socks or tights.

All Saints Day

All Saints Day 2006

All Saints' Day (also known as All Hallows' Day or Hallowmas) is the day after All Hallows' Eve (Halloween). It is a feast day celebrated on November 1st by Anglicans and Roman Catholics.

It is an opportunity for followers to remember all saints and martyrs throughout Christian history. As part of this day of obligation, followers are required to attend church and try not to do any servile work.

Remembering saints and martyrs and dedicating a specific day to them each year has been a Christian tradition since the 4th century AD, but until 609AD when Pope Boniface IV designated May 13th to remember all martyrs was there a designated day.

Over 200 years later, in 837AD, Pope Gregory IV extended the festival to remember all the saints and set November 1st as the date.

All Souls' Day directly follows All Saints' Day and is an opportunity for Anglicans and Roman Catholics to commemorate the faithful departed.

Today many take part in Halloween events which may include things like parties to which a dress like this would be ideal for this gurl.