Amber A

If you want to know what I think... 💜

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@bradfordmdc How can a candidate that has anti-muslim views have been allowed to compete and go on to win…?!?!?

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@neil_leeson123 @Bradford_TandA Yeah sounds like vegans 🤨

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@Eve_Barlow Boo hoo. Hope your coat recovers!

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@LBC This should also apply to people born here! 🙄

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻

In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year.

Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it.

*****

"I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude.

My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found.

At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me.

At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul.

At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being.

At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible.

Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever.

I’m writing this to tell you something simple:

Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again.

Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS.

You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless.

You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours.

With love and gentleness,

Patricia Routledge

*****

Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

One word - cyclists!!!!! The entitlement! 4 days in a row, one cyclist has been cycling NEXT to the cycle lane! What the actual F!! #a647bradfordroad

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@Bradford_TandA Deport them all.. ridiculous 🙄

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@Bradford_TandA Usual drunk suspects I guess 👨

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@LBC @NTarnopolsky @BenKentish 😂 is she deluded?!?

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@jwbryar @Bradford_TandA I mean I’m not surprised there is a racist comment under a T&A article but did you ever consider that fireworks are more accessible to buy now?! 🤔

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@Zubhaque So sad. 😞

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@FireworksBFD Done ✔️

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@AppleySarah @WaterstonesBD1 @AcademyCAT1 @edenboysbford @WeAreBDAT How come Eden boys is tagged in this? Yes good opportunity for artwork

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@PolitlcsUK He should be arrested for spreading false information and fuelling all this hate

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@bradfordmdc @CityParkBD 🦠 🧫!

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@Bradford_TandA Cringe! 😬

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@Bradford_TandA Idiots

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

Andy Murray’s tribute video for his final Wimbledon left me in tears

He fought for the dreams of a nation for so many years

When he got older, he fought with a metal hip

He became a symbol for every underdog in this world

Thank you, Sir Andy Murray🥹

[Amber A @MsAmberA]

@bradfordmdc @NazShahBfd shame you’ve switched your comments off. Hope we get to actually see change this time and you reply back to emails. 😒