Today is an incredibly special day.
Our wonderful Thursday and Friday editor Mary Reid celebrates her Ruby Jubilee.
We are sure that everyone she ever taught, anyone who has been on the receiving end of her patient and generous help with their articles for this site, anyone whose campaign she has helped, anyone whose problem she solved as a councillor, anyone who has benefitted from the Conference access fund she pushed for, anyone who has benefitted from her wise advice, anyone who has enjoyed her incredible hospitality, will wish her the most fantastic of celebrations. The above, by the way, is a lot of people.
Mary, we on the team appreciate all you do for us so very much. You have saved me from myself more times than I can count. Have the very best day!
* Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings. You can find her on Bluesky at caronmlindsay.bsky.social
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19 Comments
Wow. 80 already. Congratulations on your 4 score years. Many more of them
I am one the many women who have been mentored by Mary. She has been a constant friend and supporter. She also gave me great advice for my articles here at LibDem Voice. I hope she has a wonderful celebration!
Happy Birthday Mary, I hope it’s a wonderful day for you.
Thank you for all you do for the party, your unstinting dedication and in particular your championing of the access fund to conference, actions that help members across the Country.
Happy birthday Mary! Your advice to me during my selection was invauable! The way you share your experience is inspirational!
Huge happy birthday Mary!!
Happy birthday from one York philosophy graduate to another!
Congratulations, Mary, I hope you have celebrations galore lined up!
Thank you for all of your tireless work over the years.
Happy Birthday and Best Wishes!
Happy birthday Mary. What a great job you do.
Happy birthday Mary! Hope you have a lovely day x
Happy birthday, Mary. Only 20 years to go until you get your telegram from the palace.
Thank you so much everyone – all lovely Lib Dem colleagues. I was gobsmacked to see this post and have been thanking Caron! I am having a lovely day with my family, starting with a champagne breakfast.
Happy birthday and I hope you have a great day . Your help and wise counsel over the years has been invaluable.
Stay safe and I hope you have a great day
Jas and I send you huge happy birthday wishes on your special birthday Mary – your 80th! Trust you’ll have a day as special as you are.
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts, you and Ian have both been generously mentoring me since that day some years ago when you visited me to talk about delivering..and soon after encouraging me when I was considering standing – and again when you coached me for my maiden speech at full council in 2022.
You are a wonderful woman and our lives are the richer for knowing and loving you!
A very happy birthday Mary
I hope you have an absolutely brilliant 80th Birthday Mary. I have 2 loose connections with you/Kingston. a) Ed slept on my lounge floor after Mayor Dave Hodgson’s Stag Night!! b) I and a now sadly deceased friend helped knock up in Kingston on the 2001 Polling Day. In hindsight, it was not the best use of our time as Ed’s majority increased from a tiny majority in 1997 to many thousands in 2001…but we had great fun. Kingston Liberal Democrats are a formidable electoral force…and that’s partly due to you and others like you. Have a brilliant day.
Have a lovely day Mary. Great to see the well deserved recognition for all you have done.
A very belated but happy birthday to Mary <3
Belated birthday wishes Mary and I am often particularly interested in your comments on Lib Dem Voice.
Happy Birthday Mary! A bit belated but I hope you’ve carried on celebrating. We’ve not met but I always enjoy your pieces.