grandad kit

Thank you for reading my blog. If you have difficulty seeing your grandchildren, or have any views about my situation, I would welcome your messages by e-mail through this blog site. If you wish, just use a first name or a nickname and your identity will be protected, like mine – “Grandad Kit.”

Dear “Tom”

Grandad's an Alderman!

I am you other grandfather, the one you have never met. You are three years old, and although I have never met you, I love you dearly and always will. You are my flesh and blood, and always will be. We will meet one day, I am sure. I am writing this daily "blog" to you to make up for the fact that I can't speak to you right now. I hope that one day you will be able to read this.

Ok, what's an Alderman? Well, to be honest, it's only an "honorary" title in that it doesn't carry any powers with it, but it's just something that is given, very rarely mind, to people like me who have been councillors for a long time - in my case, forty years. You've heard of Dick Whittington, Lord Mayor of London? Well, he was an Alderman - although being an Aldermand was much more important in those days. But I am very pleased to have this "honorary title" to my name. I have a plaque and a scroll to mark the occasion. Afterwards there was a big party with eats and drinks.

That's why Nana Ann came up this weekend, to see me made into an Alderman (and not just to put the house to rights, although she did that as well!). But it was better even than that. As well as lots of friends, also at the meeting were your Uncle Norman, your Auntie Rosie and your cousin Elaine. I was so pleased they were there.

You know there's been a lot of rain in the past few days, and many places throughout the country have had floods. There has been flooding on the main railway line, so Nana Ann coiuld be delayed going down to London tonight. I'll let you know how she gets on tomorrow.

Love from

Grandad Kit and Nana Ann