a look back at my sisters' early years
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My younger sisters are turning 60. It is time for a look back at their early years. Thanks to our late dad for keeping such an extensive photo collection.TRANSCRIPT
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In the Beginning there was a couple who travelled the world as government agents. They were given code names by which they were universally known. …
POP MOUSA
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After a lifetime of service to the country they settled in a paradise known as Riversmead
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They created an ark which they also called MOUSA
Mousa
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They begat a bunch of children, four of whom grew to be …
Freddie Helen Barbara George
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Helen, the eldest, took to herself a mate who she named Jim but she sometimes called him other things
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In a short time they begat four brethren who they called….
Graham
Gordon
Philip
Ian
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All were happy when the brethren could visit the paradise called Riversmead until . . .. ..
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Helen and Jim got to doing some more begetting…….
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Philip begged his mother not to do it !
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..to no avail. Soon the brethren had two more mouths to feed.
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The brethren had to work long hours in the fields
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. . . while the sisters just stood around looking cute!
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Attempts were made to eliminate the sisters by… turning them inside out
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By abandoning them on a mountain
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By leading them in to deep waters
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And finally by getting wild horses. . .
…to carry them away
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However soon the brethren came to realize that the sisters could be ignored but they would not go away.
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In truth it was a happy family that enjoyed going to worship together
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The coming of the sisters seemed to open the floodgates of begetting among the relatives!!!
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Soon cuteness abounded
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The sisters were even included in the family Christmas Eve photo
1956 1957 1958
1959 1960 1961
1963
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Christmas was a time for great family gatherings
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Sometimes the sisters showed their charitable side and took in the less fortunate
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Of course great pyramids had to be constructed
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The ‘Nine-Year-Old Club’ plus two
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In 1957 Pop and Mousa created an oasis at Riversmead
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The oasis brought members of the tribes from far and wide to visit the paradise called Riversmead
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It was an all season playground
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The sisters felt they had a special claim to the oasis
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Others had to wait their turns…
…and pay homage from the diving board
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Boys lined up to pay their homage
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But the sisters, encouraged by their mother, turned their back on all suitors
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A cure was found for the sisters….
…. Education
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We can’t stay young forever so in time the brethren and the sisters moved away from paradise and lived happily ever after.
The paradise was put in the capable hands of…
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The Limbo King !!!
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From time to time the clans returned to Riversmead to re-live the past and honour the departed
2000
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2012
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And every so often history would repeat itself.