1977 Courtship and early honeymoon
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Here we follow Nigel and Joke's romance from the courtship in the Netherlands, to the love nest in Manchester, to the pre-wedding honeymoon (unusual, true, but why not?) in the south of France. |
After a refreshing game of badminton, John and Nigel dive into the shower .... Simon arrives with a camera and this is the result. Luckily, we had a couple of large black crosses handy for just such an eventuality.
After viewing "Ipi Tombi" in the west end, Nigel and Joke decide that they are each the best thing since sliced bread. At the parental hacienda in Warminster our young lovers work on their relationship. Here we see Joke and Janet in Simon's official headgear, and Simon clutching his truncheon (happily, his eyesight has not so far been affected).
Posing by the rockery
Made for each other
Posing in the Albert Kuip
Janet, Nigel and Joke, not worried about the rain.
Love at the loosdrechtse plassen
More cuddling at the loosdrechtse plassen
Moving swiftly along, here we see Nigel herding the pelicans in Avifauna at Alphen aan den Rijn
Poor lad, he gets easily confused
More pelican herding, this time by Joke
Dining al fresco, on Janet's balcony in Woerden
Pigging out on that good food
Mmmm - this is what young lovers get up to between games, during a handball tournament.
The fantastic four in Utrecht, Christmas 1977
Opening the engagement pressies
[The whole family get stuck in
Joke takes her leave of Mijnheer Kamerbeek and her colleagues.
The second of January 1978, Joke unpacking at her new home in Manchester
A woman's place is in the kitchen
But it gets tricky when the place is full of men
Joke sunning herself on the banks of the local canal
Not to be outdone, Nigel shows off the bod
Pa, Theo and Wilma visit the Manchester love nest to see how our young lovers are getting on.
If this is anything to go by, they are getting on very well indeed. Here we see Joke dressed only in a gasp of surprise (she knows me better these days) and the Manchester Evening News.
Quick trip to Windermere, to take in some of that natural beauty.
Posing outside Manchester University.
Invitation to the engagement party in Warminster
Trevor and Smee get stuck into the beer.
Posing on RJ's front lawn (get a load of John's perm).
Lynn, Trevor, Joke, Eric and Simon
Bit of posing in the PhD robes
Shaking bootie at Martyn and Hazel's reception in London
Joke's coat was decorated by her colleagues in Manchester. She travelled all the way from Blighty looking like this.
So our young lovers arrive for a family holiday in the south of France, a sort of pre-wedding honeymoon. Appalled at the state of the place, John and NIgel decide to tidy up the beach.
The Fastastic Four looking fantastic
Nigel interferes with Joke on a sunbed (Alison sucks her thumb and looks bored ... she's seen it all before).
Joke wearing a bikini bottom and lots of smiles
More of the same
Joke interferes with Nigel on a sunbed while John, Janet and Alison look on.
Jeu de bal hero does victory dance (and succeeds in looking like a complete idiot in the process).
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