Happy Birthday - the big 50! Aimee presents her Mam Denise with the birthday cake

Denise chats to her childhood friend Maureen

her sister in law Carol /brother in law Bill with other family members

more relatives -the one in the centre on holiday from Portland Oregan USA

her friends Bill and Jean

her next door neighbour Joyce with Bill looking thru old photos

her next door neighbours on the other side

her friend Jean giving Denise her birthday present

daughter Aimee and younger guests find their own space

and some more of them....

Denise chatting to two of her nursing friends/colleagues

Denise`s husband Ken

and now the family start with the `fun` presents - youre 50 now Denise.........heres some pantee liners !

Denise contemplates on whats coming next.......

..its a pair of outsize pants!

forget the latest fashions....heres your nylon pinnie

....its a TweenyTwink home perm.........

and then a packet of Polyfiller to fill in those cracks

..and heres your fleecy lined trousers to keep those old bones warm...

not forgetting the fleecylined top and body warmer....... you`ll need them too....

Ken looks at his wife with new eyes.......

and reckons its all downhill from now on........

...what do you think of the new me , kids? she asks her younger guests