*happy birthday*

ROBYN ANN (without an E)

born January 1 * 1958

yes ! I am a New Year's baby ! actually due December 25th, 1957 but that day came and went and still no sign of me. So my mum packed up and went to my darling Nan's on New Year's Eve 1957 and the pains started....... so off she trotted to the hospital and was told to 'try and wait for a few hours - so that she could give birth to the first baby born in 1958 ! Just what you want to be told when in labour ! Midnight came and went, still no sign of me and by this time the hospital was in phone contact with another hospital in Sydney and they had a woman about to give birth as well. So the race started and my mother was told to 'hurry up' . I can just imagine what my mother was thinking by this time. However - time went on and I was born at 5am on January 1st * 1958. Beaten by 3 mins by that other baby * who just happened to be male*. He of course had his picture taken for the magazine - 'Women's Weekly'. My mother received a lovely baby bundle as well as a pair of bootees for her 'effort'

I arrived weighing in at 6lbs 11 3/4 ozs.

I still have to tag that was tied around my wrist with all the info on it !

'How simply vintage'