Welcome to the FAARTALS website, brought to you by the Fairfield and Avondale Retired Teachers & Lecturers Society. As you can see we are mostly about walking in the countryside, preferably up and down hills and perhaps a little slowly as befits our venerable status. We are protected by, St. Petronilla, patron saint of [...] [...]
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The observant among you will realise that there have been no new entries on this site in recent months! It is now some time since the Fairfield contingent of Faartals up sticks and moved to Matlock taking the Chief Faartal along with his red shoes. Since then there have been few regular walks and other members [...] [...] [ 31 May, 2010; ] Arrangements for the celebration of the patron saint of mountain travellers, and by extension FAARTALS are yet to be finalised. Something is bound to happen – isn't it? [...] The Chief Faartal has a special birthday this week and of course we wish her Many Happy Returns of the Day. There being no fixed retirement age for Chief Faartals, we assume she will continue to occupy her elevated position for many years to come. More power to her old boots. [...] It has been pointed out by a multitude of observers that under Article 17 of the Constitution (reproduced below) an Annual General meeting of the Society must be held, early in the New Year. By any reasonable definition - where 'reasonable' is defined as costing slightly less than a pint of the best bitter in the [...] [...] A tale of jealousy, escape, passion and purity. The life of St. Petronilla, patron saint of mountain travellers, is celebrated annually on 31st May. Locked away by her father before escaping across the Alps and then unrequited love in the Bavarian forest. This was the turbulent life for young Petronilla. She was the stunningly beautiful daughter [...] [...] Not exactly a walk, but still something of an outing! It was necessary for the Faartals to make a weekend trip to New York (near Ripley) to discover the murderer of Pepi Roni, the Godfather of the Roni family. We were greeted by Father Alfredo, with more bottles in his/her bag than rabbits in a magician's hat, [...] [...] Controversy about the post of Chief Faartal rages … [...] |
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