Terry Ireland Poet Rhyme

Mrs 'Odson's Baked Beans On Toast

Memories of childhood days long past
When summers seemed to last and last 
And in those summers' days long gone
In memory the sun always shone.
And I remember now
Something quite funny;
Most of the time 
We had no money.
Not yet men yet not quite boys
Past the stage of playing with toys
Long days spent on Cowden beach 
Two miles away so in easy reach.
And life was a wheeze a joke a jape
As almost daily the girls changed shape,
And, one of the things I remember the most
Was Mrs 'Odsons baked beans on toast.
Many a mum was put to the test
But Mrs 'Odsons were always the best.
These days they still have
Baked beans of course
But they seem to have messed 
With the sauce
And what I think
Is such a waste
They seem to have gone
And changed the taste.
Simple pleasures, simple ways 
In those long past summers' days.
Poor in possessions
But rich in joys
Just a Yorkshire village's
Growing girls and boys,
  And when Mrs 'Odson played the host
Yummy scrummy baked beans on toast.

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Speaks Volumes November 6, 2022 at 4:13 AM So many of the old products have had the taste changed. Its a big let down, when you imagine the taste and its nothing like what you remember. But you made me hungry for baked beans on toast. I hope we have a tin left in the cupboard. Great poem Terry. Enjoyed it imensely. Terry Ireland November 6, 2022 at 5:41 AM Thanks Wendy. Mrs ‘odson was the mother of my dearest friend, now locked in by dementia, so this poem has extra special meaning to me.