I am glad that a couple of contributors to this column who were initially opposed to my suggestion of a get together of letter writers and presentation ceremony – my cause celebre - and viewed it with contumely, have come round to my view of an award ceremony to celebrate the prolific letter writers.
Others will soon jump on the band wagon and also ask for a bite at the cherry.I have also received e-mails from other veteran writers asking me to resurrect the idea and persuade the publisher/editor to organnise the ceremony before the year is out.
As a number of people have intimated, most of us are getting old in the tooth and may want to put up our feet near the fire place and admire the certificate and or a trophy on the mantle piece which could bring back the fond memories of their long association with AV and GS – as subscribers and contributors. They could reminisce about the occasion when they met their fellow letter writers and think of their own magnum opus which may come up in conversation with others.
Such ceremony could be unique of its kind, and with all the expertise of ABPL in organising award cereminies, it should not take much effort on its part to organise the event. I was disappointed that due to unavoidable circumstances, the letter writers’ get together on Monday, 27 June last year at the House of Lords had to be cancelled.
Dinesh Sheth
Newbury Park, Ilford
