The Adventures of Addie & Millie!

           I'm Addie                         And I'm Millie

The original 'Sweet Adeline' first appeared as a song in 1903. Legend has it that it was written by a little-known American song writer and was inspired by a girl who worked at the music counter of a New York department store. It became a hit in 1904 when it was performed by a popular close harmony group called The Haydn Quartet. Since then it has been in and out of fashion over the years.
In Charlie Chaplin's 1922 silent film, 'Pay Day', four men sing 'Sweet Adeline' outside a bar. In 1926, Max Fleischer and Red Seal Pictures released an animated version of 'Sweet Adeline', In 1939, Mickey Mouse serenades Minnie Mouse with 'Sweet Adeline' in 'The Karnival Kid'. It was briefly performed in the 1930 Looney Tunes short 'The Booze Hangs High'. It was performed by a quartet of sea turtles in the 1930 film 'The Haunted Ship'.
The song was performed by the Marx Brothers in their 1931 film 'Monkey Business'.
The song was performed by Edgar Kennedy, Robert Armstrong, William Cagney and Bud Jamison in the 1934 film 'Flirting With Danger'. In the 1935 Looney Tunes short, 'Gold Diggers of '49', it is sung by a barbershop quartet. The song was performed in the Howard Hawks comedy film 'Ball of Fire' in 1941. It featured in the 1942 Preston Sturges comedy, 'The Palm Beach Story'. The song was featured in a 1952 episode of the TV show 'I Love Lucy'. In 1961, Bing Crosby included the song in a medley on his album '101 Gang Songs'. The Seekers used the song was in their 1968 album, 'Live at the Talk of the Town'.
In 1993, the Simpsons episode 'Homer's Barbershop Quartet' features the song.
Since then, it appears to have fallen out of fashion as a song. However, the lovely name lives on, and on November 30th 2022, our own 'Sweet Adeline' made her appearance. She is the daughter of Paul Nelson and his partner Jenny Ross. She also happens to be the great granddaughter of our resident 'Bard' and he has persuaded us (with a large cash contribution) to run a regular photo feature on his little bundle of joy. Here then is the 36th showing, which also includes news and pictures of Addie's baby sister, Millie who has just turned 1 - Enjoy!

My Story (and Millie's)!

Episode 38

Well, it’s the start of a new year. I wonder what 2026 will bring for us all. We will all be one year older and in January, grandma Cathie is the first to have a birthday and we all went to her party – It was great fun.
Oh! I almost forgot. There was a real birthday as well as our friends next door had a little baby girl and I got to hold her. They are going to call her Olivia.
We all went out for a meal to celebrate the new year and that was great fun as well.
Mummy and daddy have decided that they are going to get married in 2027. We have been going out to see some possible venues for the reception. They are all very nice but are very expensive. Daddy says that we will have to save hard to pay for the reception, so next month he says that we will only have bread and jam for our dinners to save money. Millie thinks he is only kidding us. I do hope so as I do love my dinners.
Mummy and daddy have also made another big decision. It’s been fun living at Friar Hill Barn but they think it’s time for a move into a modern house. It’s not even built yet but we visited a house that’s just like it and it looks very nice. We will be living close to grandpa Andrew’s and grandma Cathie’s house and I bet they can’t wait to be babysitters when mummy and daddy go out for the night (why are you smiling mummy? We will be good).
We also made our usual family visits and did a lot of shopping in Bury. Both Millie and I have had some great fun at the nursery, joining in all the activities and doing lots of paintings (Don’t tell her but I’m a better artist than Millie).
Well, that’s about it for January. Next month we will be going to see how the builders are getting on with the new house. We haven’t got a name for it yet. Has anybody got any ideas as to what we should call our new house? Please let us know if you have. So, until next month, Millie and I will say bye, bye xxx

Hi everybody, this is Millie just getting a word in edgeways and saying hello to you all. So, Addie thinks she is a better artist than me, but just wait until she sees my latest masterpiece. She will be so jealous.
I think our new house will be great and living so close to grandpa and grandma will be fun and I bet they can’t wait to babysit for us. I will be no trouble but can’t say the same for Addie. So, bye for now everybody xxx

Adeline's (and Millie's) Picture Gallery

                                         Us two with mummy and daddy and Auntie Phoebe

Grandma Cathie's birthday               We were as good as gold                                 Just out for a stroll

                                            My Picasso period                                                             My Mr Blobby period

       Butter wouldn't melt        Look! I'm the Queen and you're the princess        Don't say that word Addie

      Playtime at the nursery - Down on the farm - Looks like it's been snowing - I'm gonna build a castle

                  What's for afters daddy                              Hi mummy and daddy                 It wasn't me - honest

    Follow the yellow brick road                               Our new house                                  Holding baby Olivia

                                     Watching cartoons                                                   Well somebody has to clean up

                Goodnight and God bless from us all at Friar Hill Barn until our next adventure!