Christmas in Kensington

The Gathering of the Clans for Seasonal Slaughter

December 2003

A great Christmas in a great house in Kensington for our festive gathering.  The house was a great place to host Christmas and seasonal festivities.

Our thanks to Charlotte Breese, owner of the house.

http://www.57hollandroad.com

Killings in Kensington

The Christmas Day Murder Mystery - The Final Curtain - was organised by Helen. A dozen improbable  1920s characters trying to figure out who dunnit.

The assembled cast of the Littledean Theatre Company mourning the loss of Vincent Royle, poisoned with extreme prejudice.

Ian as the impeccable Quentin Bleeker, playing 'the butler'...	Alice as Spangles Blunt, the illegitimate daughter of Madge	Edna as Madge Blunt, the resident expert at the Littledean Theatre	Jane as Felicity Frank, an actress scorned by the murdered man
Anne, improbably cast as the floosie actress Esmerelda De Young	Henry as the young Brian Booth, surely innocent of the trading scam	Len as the incorrigible Errol Blackstone, old-school actor	Vera as the Sandy Deeley the Box Office Manager
Helen as the sexually-ambiguous Jay Fitzharing, owner and manager	Sylvia as the scheming Diedre Jenkins, the 'parlour maid'	Andrew as the spiv Patrick O'Brien, dodgiest accent on the boards	Nick as the soon-to-be-poisoned Sterling Braydon, victim #2

Dénouement

After extensive investigation and several courses of cocktails, the perpetrator was revealed: Diedre Jenkins, serial poisoner, was finally apprehended by the long arm of the law.

Inspector Blewitt, a close relation of Sterling Braydon, got Diedre banged to rights

Sights of London

Taking in the London Eye on Andrew's Birthday

Feeding the lions in Trafalgar Square

Lili and Alice in the paws of Nelson's lions