The Clancy Plate

 Sounds like a horse race but it is a silver plate and was more the tarnish plate when we got it out of the box.  I uncovered an inscription which says 1978 so I would say it has not had a polish for 55 yar.  I think it could have another round of silvo as there are still marks there.  I paused that job to go across to the beach as the Sun had appeared.  When I got there it started to rain.  Such contrariness. I did the rubbish run instead of the swim and picked up the usual small items. There were a husband and wife team of metal detectorists and they only had metal rubbish to show for their time.  She says she prefers the gold fields but likes to find accessories like buckles, badges and buttons.  I bet the gold does not get left behind. 

I can't help comparing yesterday's funeral with two week's back. The big difference is that the great grandies are just starting out with the Carney's totaling one compared to eighteen (soon to be twenty) running around from the Clancy line.  I can remember visiting Catherine and Roger at the farm where Laura and Clare were  sitting in some long grass and just laughing their heads off.

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