35 Years Tomorrow

Jim
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35 Years Tomorrow Jul 13, 2020 15:00:28 GMT -5 FloridaGull, CTGull, and 2 more like this

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Post by Jim on Jul 13, 2020 15:00:28 GMT -5

Maggie and I have been together for 39 years and married for 35 years tomorrow (Tuesday, July 14). Best move I ever made.

At Cobourg's Waterfront Festival sometime in the nineties.

35 years ago on July 14

Best man Bob and a bit of best woman Linda's pink dress in the background

This is how the Welcome Motor Inn and Motel where we had our wedding dinner and where my family stayed looks today.

The marriage has held up much better. Still crazy about her.

-1962 Martin D-21
-1950 Gibson LG1
-1958 Goya M-26
-1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung
-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

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35 Years Tomorrow Jul 13, 2020 15:29:24 GMT -5 Jim likes this

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Post by Derick on Jul 13, 2020 15:29:24 GMT -5

Jim ,

Congratulations to you and your very pretty wife, on 35 years of marriage bliss, and wish you many more to come.

Not to sure how long we have been married, it's over 45 years will have to check.
Your comments on the motel were you had your wedding reception made me think.
Not long after we got married the priest that conducted the service died, shortly after that, the big old church we got married in was demolished due to subsidence, and with in a year or two after that the large Victorian hotel where we had the wedding reception was also demolished for the land so houses could be built on it, the houses never materialised.

This was the church.
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This was the Hotel.
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FloridaGull Administrator Posts: 1,027 Location: Palm City, FL Playing guitar since: The age of 18...with a good 20-year hiatus somewhere in the middle...	35 Years Tomorrow Jul 14, 2020 9:29:06 GMT -5 via mobile Jim likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by FloridaGull on Jul 14, 2020 9:29:06 GMT -5 Happy Anniversary! 🎊💏🎇🎆🎉🎈🎂 I wish you many more! 😁🖖
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Jim
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35 Years Tomorrow Jul 14, 2020 10:19:49 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by Jim on Jul 14, 2020 10:19:49 GMT -5

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They say I am feeble with age, Maggie,
I step not as sprightly as then,
My face is a well written page, Maggie,
And time alone wields the pen.

They say we are aged and grey, Maggie,
As spray by the white breakers flung,
But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie,
When you and I were young.

Here's an instrumental version:
Al Kirby - Scruggs style banjo
Jim Yates (me) - clawhammer banjo
Zeke Mazurek - fiddle
When You & I Were Young Maggie

Al, Zeke and I called ourselves The North Shore Ramblers. We all lived on the north shore of Lake Ontario.

Last Edit: Jul 16, 2020 10:34:52 GMT -5 by Jim

-1962 Martin D-21
-1950 Gibson LG1
-1958 Goya M-26
-1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung
-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

Jim Supreme Member Posts: 1,939 Location: Port Hope, Ontario, Canada Playing guitar since: circa 1960	35 Years Tomorrow Jul 14, 2020 10:32:33 GMT -5 Derick, RobertW, and 1 more like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Jim on Jul 14, 2020 10:32:33 GMT -5 I wrote this tune 25 years ago today on our tenth anniversary. I am playing guitar, mandolin and concertina. Al Kirby is playing banjo. Maggie's Anniversary Waltz
	Last Edit: Jul 14, 2020 10:40:45 GMT -5 by Jim -1962 Martin D-21 -1950 Gibson LG1 -1958 Goya M-26 -1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung -A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff. -I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

seagullplayer Supreme Member Posts: 1,022 Location: Southern Indiana Playing guitar since: Long enough I should be better at it...	35 Years Tomorrow Jul 16, 2020 5:49:20 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by seagullplayer on Jul 16, 2020 5:49:20 GMT -5 I'm a day or two late and a dollar short as usual. Congratulations on your big day! Hope you all spent it together doing something you enjoy.
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Jim
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35 Years Tomorrow Jul 16, 2020 10:42:38 GMT -5 Derick likes this

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Post by Jim on Jul 16, 2020 10:42:38 GMT -5

We played a few hammered dulcimer (Maggie) mandolin (me) duets and went for a walk down the Port Hope Waterfront Trail.
We went out for supper for the first time since Covid. We ate on the deck at a lovely little pub in Newcastle. When the server discovered that it was our anniversary, she gave us a box with sticky pudding to go. I love that stuff.

-1962 Martin D-21
-1950 Gibson LG1
-1958 Goya M-26
-1974 Yamaha FG75 high strung
-A number of banjos, mandolins, Autoharps, ukuleles, dulcimers, mouth harps, a Tele clone and various other stuff.
-I own a fiddle, but only play it when Maggie and the cats are all out of the house.

Garland The Mostest Bestest Member Posts: 4,661 AKA: Gdjjr Thistime Location: Texas! Playing guitar since: off and on since 1960, a lot more off than on	35 Years Tomorrow Jul 19, 2020 8:08:47 GMT -5 Derick and Jim like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Garland on Jul 19, 2020 8:08:47 GMT -5 Jim, Anybody who has "supper", in my books, is A-okay- y'all done good! Married longer than a lot of people live.
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