Dave Kids
Steven Panther is my eldest son and was born at St Nicholas hospital in Plumstead, London SE18 England. Steven has always been an avid football addict both playing and supporting. Being a Londoner it is amazing that he has always been a dedicated and loyal Liverpool club fan. Plumstead was the home of the original Arsenal football club and where they get their name the gunners due to Woolwich arsenal factory during the war. Also our nearest team is Charlton Athletic famous for great local players. Steven like all of the Panthers and Londoners enjoys a drink and a good band. Steven was born in the territory of the Panther clan and being the home of my Nan and Pop Thompson who lived at 152 Reidhaven Road, Plumstead this was an extremely happy home and one that I was brought up in. Nan and Pop used to look forward to us dropping in for a visit with Steven who was a really well behaved and happy child. Steven loves music and plays the guitar a little! Steven was a croupier at one of the London casinos which follows in my footsteps as I worked for a little while dealing roulette in the Golden Nugget Casino the Strand, A & M, White Elephant and the Curzon Club at Hyde Park and then Craps at Totenham Court Road. Steven was well looked after and loved by his granddad Tom Beaver and his Nan Nelly Beaver great people who spoilt him with love and affection
This is my second son James who is extremely academic and accomplished at everything he does; James is a born leader and does not suffer fools easily. James has the ability to gather and absorb knowledge. When he was a small boy he used to gather pamphlets and brochures all kind’s of reading matter even when we would go to the bank or the botanical gardens. He loved collecting security codes and locked the bank officials in the ANZ with a code change! When we used to visit people at their homes or offices James was always experimenting with their gadgets and loved electric appliances and sprinkler systems and I used to love seeing the owners faces when garage doors were going up and down with all sprinklers gushing at once. We were visiting with Penelope’s Mom/Mary’s brother once and James electrocuted himself in some underground cavern and I am really surprised James does not have curly hair! James always had boxes upon boxes a rooms full of electrical appliances which he would plug altogether in one humongous circuit of power boards and electrical leads! It is great that he now has all that stuff to play with at Haileybury college computers and stage equipment the mind boggles!
This is my youngest but not smallest son Edward who was 4 feet 2 inches tall and weighed 120 pounds at birth. When James was born his mother was in labor for 22 hours and we were tired of waiting but when Edward was born we just walked into the operating theater and there he was hey presto instant birth. Edward has the ability to remember whole verses word for word and to imitate the voices of Monty Python sketches etc which is extremely funny. Edward gets bored very easily but has tried his hand at many things. When he was at school he tried every single sport. Edward made me extremely proud when he succeeded in getting through to the finals of the computer gaming competition in San Francisco and you can still read his credits on the internet. Edward although totally different to his older brother James also has leadership abilities and has a huge gathering of friends and acquaintances. When Edward was growing but very young he was like a big puppy dog knocking things over and bumping things because of his size and we often had to run from shops when Edward would wander into a stringed window display and become entangled or lean on a big Roman pedestal and knock over a huge vase and bring it crashing down!
This is my daughter Penelope who always has a smile and a giggle and great to be around. When Penelope was small we were in Penelope’s mom’s house in Richmond and I put Penelope on a swing and I turned the swing around and around to capacity and then let it go only to see Penelope’s eyes go around and around in the opposite direction and when the swing finally stopped spinning. Although she stood perfectly still Penelope’s eyes did not going left right left right left right at a hundred miles per hour! I think that is what has made her so dizzy! It’s great to have a girl around to keep us all under control and informed. Penelope always dresses well and looks like she is going somewhere formal even if we are in casual mode and like all my children has the ability to hold audience with many friends in tow!.
1 comment February 18, 2007
