Our Town

This is our town, this place we share
we’ve got lions, on our town square
old mills, big hills and Smithills Dean
no frills, aside from our home team 
Rivington if you want fresh air 

You’ll not find many millionaires
but dreams survive, with wear and tear
for what could be, or should have been
This is our town 

London’s alright, but can’t compare
with Bolton where, I much prefer
Ye Olde pasties, Holden’s ice cream
Moss Bank Park and moorlands of green
why would I want to live elsewhere? 
This is our town.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Greenhough Avatar
September 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM
It sounds quaint and beautiful. You have pictured it so beautifully that all of us have decided to move there. Lol. But nice towns eventually do change. Beware.
Challender Avatar
September 18, 2024 at 12:01 AM
Thanks Hilda. You are right of course. As much as I love my home town, it not quite as quaint as I have pictured it!
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