A memory I have spoken about in my blogs before but one I
can’t forget neither do I want to. I won’t bore you if you have read all about
it before but it involves me, our old MP Tony Benn whose life story is one of
interest to me. Not necessarily the political side of his life, though I must
admit that was rather colourful. Especially if you trace his ancestors back to
his Grandfather, but simply how he met his wife to be who was an American over here
studying and nine days after he met her, he proposed sitting on a bench in the
city where they met. After they married and bought their first house, Tony
bought the seat from the council and put it in their garden. How romantic is
that? His family became I think four children and all of them went into
politics. He has ten Grandchildren as well.
This man became a vegetarian
too for ethical reasons in 1970 until his death in 2014. How he managed in
Russia on his visits not eating meat? I only hope he didn’t used to stay long,
This leads me onto the next person in my memory. Yuri
Gagarin was a cosmonaut, who was the first human to journey into outer space in
April 1961. He died in 1968 aged I think about 34!
He was on a routine flight and plunged into a forest dying
killing his co-pilot too. I do wonder if this was an order from Leonid Brezhnev
the President of Russia at the time. Perhaps the amazing Astronaut knew too
much?
Anyway I digress. My memory, sorry, I almost forgot. Smile.
When I was fourteen I was in Moscow just finishing my horrific
eye treatment. I was invited by the Trade Union to take a break in the
beautiful Sorchi. Now looking back I now know why I was told. To go there for a
so called holiday. I have no regrets though at the time, I have once again,
another story I have touched on in my blogs. One day I hope to talk more if I
ever get the chance to write my autobiography.
It was whilst I was there I was asked to visit the garden of
friendship. I was handed a spade to make a graft of my name on the friendship
tree.
The friendship tree was planted as a scientific experiment
to create a new hybrid of mandarin by FM Xorin in Sorchi agricultural and
garden experiment station.
The trees became an experiment of 45 different types of
citrus trees
In 1957 many famous people visited the gardens and were
asked to graft their names. Commemorative grafts have been added onto the tree
of friendship by many heads of state, prominent public figures, Politicians
representatives from the sciences, arts and culture astronauts, athletes,
military, religious figures and little me…..
Well, my name was placed right next to Tony Benn and Yuri. I
was handed papers and told to return and I could take some fruit. The papers
got lost in the hands of my Mum but the memory lives on.
I’m sorry if the English in this blog is poor, but it’s
really late, and as a writer, I just have to write down my mind, thoughts and
this memory for you to read, just a part of my life you may have never known
about.
Now, why do you need to know? May be you don’t. But, my
adult life has been one of colour but my childhood I wonder sometimes if it was
really me?
For now I regard myself as rather weak and perhaps dull, but
don’t judge a book by its cover, haha. I think now I’m on holiday, as I have
lived such a life in my past that would exhaust most people. My turn to relax
now? The fruits of life.
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