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• Friend of Many Hands Make the famous Brian Davies of Mad Photography was on the radio station Heart Northants. We didn’t get the opportunity to listen to it, and details are sketchy but reading their breakfast prog blog reveals that Brian is a Speedo wearer and it was all about fashion! Brian offers the full range of photographic services and studio facilities at MAD Photography, home of the Speedo.
• Case of the missing crumpet – Many Hands Make eat breakfast here at Barking House – Pat swims first thing in the morning at Swimgym and Rachel sorts out the rest of the Jarvis household. This week we went to the cupboard but one of our crumpets was missing. HELP! Good job Mannix Security are in the building…. or is it? Watch this space as investigations continue by Tracey from our neighbours Acousticar. Just goes to show Steve was right – no crumpet in Barking House.
• Many Hands Make are still in training so we’re trying to go for a walk every day before lunch – so if you call us please leave a message because that’s what voicemail is for. Walks this week have taken in East Farndon where we saw some gorgeous calves and Lubenham Hill where we saw a strange man lying on a grass verge.
• Got to mention it again - Many Hands Make’s fundraising for the Race for Life has passed our target of £1000 and still rising - excellent- see our Cancer Research UK page for the latest total and to sponsor us – or complete one of our sponsorship forms here at Barking House on the green mile (Farndon Road) or at the Swimgym on the Riverside Industrial Estate - Market Harborough
• You may have heard that England won a match yesterday! I remember the 1966 World Cup and our brand new colour TV from Radio Rentals that broke the day before the final. Dad stayed on the phone till they replaced it (no hold muzak in those days, colour TV’s were new and no-one owned a TV they were all rented)
• The chocolate fondue fountain allegedly sourced for the Many Hands Make charity coffee morning TOMORROW 25^th June has been fully tested and we hope someone will turn up and help Rachel use it!

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We should all learn from the following BBC report and carry on blogging!

Spain’s blogger granny dies at 97

By Steve Kingstone
BBC News, Madrid

A Spanish grandmother who billed herself as the "world’s oldest internet blogger" has died at the age of 97.

Maria Amelia Lopez only began blogging from her seaside home in Galicia two years ago.

But her postings on international affairs, Spanish politics and old age quickly turned her into a celebrity, attracting followers around the world.

Towards the end of her life Maria Amelia used video rather than text to offer her thoughts.

‘Elderly in action’

Maria Amelia Lopez only discovered the internet at the age of 95, when her grandson set up a blog (amis95.blogspot.com) as a birthday present.

But she quickly became a phenomenon.

A mix of opinions and nostalgia, tinged with a waspish sense of humour, her postings gave a deeply personal insight into the process of getting old.

She enlightened younger readers about her experience as an opponent of the Franco regime. And she blogged on modern-day politics ranging from the threat from Basque separatism to Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

As her fame spread, the blog won rave reviews from as far afield as Alaska, China and Nigeria - and a prestigious international media award. There was even a meeting with Spain’s prime minister.

This was one of her final postings, in February this year: "When I’m on the internet, I forget about my illness. The distraction is good for you - being able to communicate with people. It wakes up the brain, and gives you great strength."

Just three months before her death, Maria Amelia was introduced to the social networking site Facebook, where she set up a group called "the elderly in action".

Remembered fondly here as the "blogging granny" the internet has lost one its great characters.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/8062760.stm
Published: 2009/05/22 01:24:53 GMT
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