Worked on further publicity. Hence this blog. Kay at www.visityork.org was helpful and I have agreed to wear one of the ' I love York' T shirt during some part of my hour.
Kay asked a question, "why families?" and I realised I have left a bit out of my train of thought in my original posting. This is how it went.
"Look at that plinth idea. It must be just for show offs and arty people. But why don't I go on the plinth. Why? Because I can. It would be something fantastic to leave in the archives for the grandchildren and future generations. Mother would love it, she still talks of, "London, my London", even though her memory is going.
(Break here - I've just been mentioned on Sarah Kennedy BBC Radio 2 - hooray!)
But what would I do? Never mind that, you're not likely to get on. But what if you are. But I'd just want my family with me, just like my 60th birthday party in May. Perhaps I could take a huge photo of them with me? That birthday photo perhaps? What if it rains? I'd have to use that hour to raise money for something too. I feel a sense of responsibility to do so, with that worldwide exposure. I know, families. That's going to be my theme.
Wow! I've got a place. That's incredible. Oh No! It's on the same day I'm in York doing the sanitation awareness day for SI York Ebor in York City Centre. But it's at 4am, so I can still get back. Right, that's it. Families. All the different families in my life, including Soroptimists International. And I will fund raise for their WaterAid initiative plus ChildLine, my personal choice."
So that's how this started...
New families to be added to my list: The City of York family, The Archers (from 3 people!) and perhaps I should include my previous employer John Lewis (Waitrose), the best example of a family business.
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