Toni the Maldive Lady
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L A D Y     R O S E


I had just seen Johanan Jagger in Harley Street following my Cataract Procedure.  All seemed to be progressing well and I would be seeing him in a months time. I was on the number 14 bus heading for home in Chelsea. A Lady boarded my bus, and stood close to where the children's prams park. Very soon after her arrival she asked me if she could take my photograph, I thought she must be crazy! A London bus full of people!

I said "I am afraid I may break your lens!!  And then said YES and burst out laughing!  She took out her camera and took two pictures. "Can I please see them,  can you please email them to me tonight".  She got off the bus as quickly as she had got on. A number of people were laughing.

I thanked her and a week later wanting to meet she came to my flat.  Her Family are French and she has three children and a dog! What are you going to do with my picture?

"I have my camera always in my handbag. Only recently  have I started  quite out of the blue having an enormous interest  in taking pictures  of the elderly, i feel they have so much to offer and can be forgotten!  One day I plan to  do a book encompassing all my pictures. you are the first one I have taken on a bus it will be my heading"

Looking at the pictures, friends as well, have shown amazing delight.  As for me, I think she has done an excellent job!  It's so very very me! My hair in such a mess! hadn't been able to get to Tim my hair dresser for ages. No make up, just one eye working due to my cataract procedure and heading home on the 14 bus as quickly as possible!  She was fascinated with my Web and my Maldive stories.
I gave her one of my books.

Toni The Maldive Lady
T H I S   AR R I V E D   T H A T   E V E N I N G  
T H E   L A D Y   R O S E   ON  THE  14  BUS

I hope I am alive when this book comes out! 
After all old age is only a number.

The Maldive Islands


Ariyadhoo, Himithi, Mini Mas,
Gali & Maamigili
Fuah Mulaku

GAAFU ALIFU ATOLL SCHOOL
Gan and Feydhoo
Hanimadhoo & Uteemu
Ihuru
Kuramathi
Kurumba
Laamu  Atoll
Lhaviyani
Niyama - Dhaalu Atoll
Rashdoo & Noonu Atoll
Villingili

Holiday Of A Life Time:
Maldives, Sri Lanka & Dubai

New


SPIRITUAL PERCEPTION - LETTER FROM BENEDICTA

MY ISLAND STORY

On My Way To Happy Days

Passenger Flying Log Book

My Very Good Looking Father

Through a Zanzibar Doorway

Lion Sands

Cape Town

A Night At The London Zoo

Wild Reef Child

Ashley

Flying With Hunting Clan

Love At First Sight

The Queen Mother

Romy Has a Surprise!

GEORGE

My Talk 2018

My Flying Diary

The Maldive Lady, by Jo Foley

LiveWire: First Lady of Leisure

Kunfunadhoo

The Lady In The Loo

First Round The World Flight

Tehran

PHINDA

Rat Story

Visha & Maya

Saint Helena

A Flight of a Lifetime

Diving Bangaram Island
Shark Circus
Richard Harley
Yusuff Moosa

I Dived To Victory
Memorable Muscat
You Must Not Wear Any Weights Or Life Jacket


A Magic Boat Launches

Angkor, Cambodia

Champneys

Country Life

Crown of Thorns

Having A Whale Of A Time

​Hurlingham Club Magazine Summer 2016

Kenya

​KASHMIR 1959

Lady Rose

Love of Skiing

My Magic Beans

My Outstanding Award
My Sandbank
Museum of Mankind
My 86th Birthday
Classic Wings: My 87th Birthday
My 88th Birthday
Magic Yellow File
RACEHORSE
Seychelles
South Africa
The Haute Route
Thrills & Spills - Dhoni Mighili
Underwater Ireland
Welcome To Stanford Bridge
***WEST OF ZANZIBAR***

Helicopter Bride
SCHOOL / FLYING
World Travel Mart
My Adopted Maldivian Family
Life Threatening Thalassemia
Himmafushi - The Young Offenders
Villingilli Orphanage
The Tsunami
Commemorative Coins

1986 Commonwealth Games
Guest Speaker of the Canberra
My Cocktail
Love & Marriage in Sri Lanka


Picture
Flags
Picture

A Maldives Symphony -
My Swan Song:

- Velassaru & Kuramathi
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Colombo

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