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Title: New Year's Honours List
Post by: calendula on December 31, 2010, 10:03:22
chuffed today - my husband has been awarded a MBE for services to young people - the bottles are chilling as I write  ;D just wanted to share

have a safe and fortunate New Year all
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Post by: betula on December 31, 2010, 10:08:38
Congratulations...you must be very proud.   ;D

Goos to see an award going to somebody who has not got an award because they are a celeb.  :)
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Post by: elvis2003 on December 31, 2010, 10:12:59
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;D  ;D  ;D  ;D
what amazing news to start the new year with! huge congrats to him!
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Post by: Paulines7 on December 31, 2010, 10:16:08
Congratulations to your husband; a wonderful achievement.  You will have to buy a hat now for the special visit to Buckingham Palace. 
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Post by: sunloving on December 31, 2010, 10:16:18
wow congratulations to him!
now comes the difficult bit of deciding what to wear to the palace :)
x sunloving
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Post by: shirlton on December 31, 2010, 10:19:03
Congratulations.
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Post by: pumkinlover on December 31, 2010, 10:22:34
wow
Congratulations
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Post by: pumkinlover on December 31, 2010, 10:24:19
First attempt at doing the "clever" bits!
Anne x
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Post by: saddad on December 31, 2010, 10:41:00
Congratulations  :)
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Post by: Froglegs on December 31, 2010, 10:55:03
Well done that man.
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Post by: David K on December 31, 2010, 11:25:55
Quote from: calendula on December 31, 2010, 10:03:22
chuffed today - my husband has been awarded a MBE for services to young people - the bottles are chilling as I write  ;D just wanted to share

have a safe and fortunate New Year all

Congratulations to you & your OH....I'm sure it's richly deserved.


Fantastic to learn that Bruce Forsyth hasn't been awarded a knighthood, despite his continual harping on about it!
Title: Re: New Year's Honours List
Post by: caroline7758 on December 31, 2010, 11:28:53
Congratulations to your hubby, calendula! What sort of work is he in?
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Post by: galina on December 31, 2010, 11:39:38
WOW - that is wonderful.  Congratulations to him.   Enjoy!  And Happy New Year to you both.
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Post by: Squash64 on December 31, 2010, 11:46:16
How exciting for you both - Congratulations!

What sort of work does he do?
Title: Re: New Year's Honours List
Post by: Bugloss2009 on December 31, 2010, 11:49:23
Quote from: David K on December 31, 2010, 11:25:55
Quote from: calendula on December 31, 2010, 10:03:22
chuffed today - my husband has been awarded a MBE for services to young people - the bottles are chilling as I write  ;D just wanted to share

have a safe and fortunate New Year all

Congratulations to you & your OH....I'm sure it's richly deserved.


Fantastic to learn that Bruce Forsyth hasn't been awarded a knighthood, despite his continual harping on about it!

but his toupee got an OBE for Services to Entertainment
Title: Re: New Year's Honours List
Post by: manicscousers on December 31, 2010, 12:22:24
Congratulations  ;D
nice to see honours going to people who really desere them
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Post by: lottie lou on December 31, 2010, 12:44:03
Brilliant - congratulations.  A very happy New Year to both of you.

May  xxx
Title: Re: New Year's Honours List
Post by: calendula on December 31, 2010, 17:57:03
thank you all from Keith and me - Keith has spent his entire career in film and tv and decided to give that up and take his knowledge to young people who either have special needs and abilities or who have been disenfranchised from society, for whatever reasons, and he has offered them a chance to discover their own talents by setting up Street College - there they can learn new abilities, express their new found talents and most of all discover they are worth something and that they really do have something to offer

mayhem today with the press, radio, tv etc but he's secretly loving it  ;D

thanks all again, opening the bubbly sooner rather than later  8) xx Joy
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Post by: Flighty on December 31, 2010, 18:00:17
Calendula I reckon that's one MBE that's definitely well deserved.  :)
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Post by: tonybloke on December 31, 2010, 18:08:17
Congratulations to Keith !!
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Post by: small on December 31, 2010, 18:12:40
Wow! Feel as if I know someone famous!  Well done Keith.
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Post by: caroline7758 on December 31, 2010, 18:32:37
Have just googled Street College. It sounds like a brilliant project- well done, Keith!
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Post by: Duke Ellington on December 31, 2010, 18:55:12
Congratulations ....what a lovely Christmas present for you both. You must be so proud of him!

Duke :)
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Post by: BarriedaleNick on December 31, 2010, 18:55:46
Well Done indeed - nice to hear some genuinely good news!
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Post by: I love digging on December 31, 2010, 19:42:37
Wow!  I'm so impressed - what a good person to get an award.  And - I sort of know him!
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Post by: calendula on December 31, 2010, 20:53:38
please reveal yourself - I' m sure he'd like to know

and thank you again all - so amazed and touched by comments  :)
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Post by: woodypecks on December 31, 2010, 21:03:58
Congratulations and a very  Happy New Year  !        Debbie   :D
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Post by: Grandma on January 01, 2011, 00:10:05
What wonderful news! Congratulations to Keith and a happy new year to you both.
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Post by: lorna on January 01, 2011, 09:28:09
Fantastic. Congratulations/
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Post by: rosebud on January 01, 2011, 13:30:47
  CONGRATULATIONS,    to a worthy recipient.
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Post by: grannyjanny on January 01, 2011, 17:16:17
Well deserved & well done. Sounds a wonderful project. Congratulations.
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Post by: cocopops on January 01, 2011, 18:48:56
I have also just googled Keith's site.  It is amazing, it is one thing to moan about youngsters today, it is a totally different game to have the guts to do something about it.  The testimonials speak for themselves. 

Well done, you really deserve the award and the respect that you have managed to get from those that you have helped.
Title: Re: New Year's Honours List
Post by: Squash64 on January 01, 2011, 19:52:06
It's lovely when someone who has actually done something worthwhile gets an award.  The young people of Oldham are very lucky.
Well done Keith!
Title: Re: New Year's Honours List
Post by: calendula on January 02, 2011, 11:13:27
he thanks you all again - will have to get him to sign up here as he does do a lot on our allotments - this year we have a little challenge between us as to who will grow the best sprouts  ;D
Title: Re: New Year's Honours List
Post by: cornykev on January 02, 2011, 11:25:53
Well done Keith, you must be well proud, I'm still waiting for mine but the posties around here aint the fastest in the world.   :-X    ;D ;D ;D