25 years of stains, trains and automobiles...

...and of indian, italian and chinese takeaways and chip suppers

of kids painting and glitter, toy cars and trains, lego empires, scalextric, warhammer paint and glue, sharpie pictures and nail varnish and makeup

of dogs and cats paws and human feetrests

of books and TV gizmos

of spilt vodka, red and white wine, cider and gin

of kids juice and warm milk in baby bottles, of nappies and toys and.....snacks and sticky sweets and fingers and elbows kneeling while watching cbeebies, brum, polar express, elf and harry potter, of sarah jane adventures, house of anubis, total wipeout, call the midwife, gogglebox and now netflix..

Of seaglass and sea pottery

Of ancestry charts, photograph albums and discarded DVDs

Of candles and (every single) birthday and christmas presents

of years of tears of sadness and joy

And of coasters and laptops for zoom quizzes, only recently mind.

Thanks to Tracey and Davie for guidance and the necessary bits and bobs, our faithful old table is finally getting a revamp so it can ease itself gracefully into its next 25 years of rough and tumble supporting its disgraceful humans.