Helen Wright 🇺🇦

Edinburgh born and bred ♥️ Trans Rights are Human Rights 🏳️‍⚧️

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@frankiejkent @JamTarts Thanks for all you gave for the club Frankie ♥️ Good luck in the future. Gorgie Rules.

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We are giving away 4 pairs of Sproston socks (one pair each to 4 winners)

They will be available to order from our online store from 10am Friday May 29th to 11pm Monday June 1st (winners announced 9am Friday)

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@EwenDCameron What a time to be alive Ewen! ♥️🇱🇻 I just hope my nerves can take it! HHGH

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@Beathhigh Bliss!

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@EwenDCameron Pure class ⭐️

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@BarryAnderson_ Class ⭐️

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@MickPuck I love this story! ♥️

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*One month before her 95th birthday, Patricia Routledge wrote something that still gently echoes:*

**��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 watercolor 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

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@hwinkler4real Loved it! ♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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@Reverend_Makers @LoveMeadowhall Yes! Downloaded. Now to spread the word! ♥️⭐️

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Beautiful cards ♥️

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@GailMyerscough Wonderful ♥️

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@JaneyGodley Sending you and your family so much love ♥️

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@Jacxdad3376 Hope you have a great time in our lovely city. Enjoy! ♥️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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@hothouseflowers Sorry not to see any Scottish dates 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿♥️

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@jayrayner1 @Humanists_UK Wonderful woman ♥️

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@ThisisDavina @MyMumYourDadUK Just wonderful ♥️ Yes please @itv More of this wonderful programme. Thanks Davina and everyone involved.

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@ThisisDavina @MyMumYourDadUK Oh Davina. This is just the best tv. I’ve loved the show and all lovely mums, dads and kids. Wonderful ♥️

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@KolaBokinni @MaryEMoriarty @BBCiPlayer @BBCOne You were both amazing. What an adventure!

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@ThisisDavina @MyMumYourDadUK I so want to watch the next episode but I’m going to save it for tomorrow so I’ve got it to look forward to! ♥️