A postcard from Venice...

Wednesday, June 5, 2002

Jackie Cooke became the first employee to benefit from Child & Co's ten-year service award when she and husband Les spent four nights in Venice. 'It was a wonderful trip, relaxing and fascinating,' she said. They were due to spend a weekend in New York, and were planning to book their tickets at a travel agent's on September 11. But after the terrorist attacks, they decided to opt for Venice in October. 'It was such a different experience, basically you hardly see any cars. We stayed in a very posh hotel, went in a gondola and loved to stand on the bridges watching the postmen and dustmen work from their boats.'