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Past Times 2

Five stones
                closing times
radiograms and
              seventy-eights
school caps
              sticklebacks
saturday flicks,pooh sticks

Charabancs
              steam trains
linoleum
              oil cloth
mangles
              fish paste
sandwich spread

Hot towel shaves
        cut-throat razor
shopping baskets
          paper bags
braces,plimsoles
short,back
          and sides

Wizard beano
        and hotspur
lending libraries
picturegoer,
                road to
Bridget Bardot
            Marilyn Monroe

Dripping
          coal fires
antimacassars
nylons,suspenders
crumpets
          and toast

Brown and mild
        barrelled beer
conkers,school milk
blackboard rubbers
          and liftup desk lids
times-tabled
                school-kids

Draughts
        and allotments
rusty bikes
        roller skates
satchels and scrumping
pounds,shillings
            and pence

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Ann Gilmour

Date: 10/2/2021 5:29:00 PM

Wow, so many memories from single words, loving antimacassars, charabancs and dripping mmm... evoking many childhood memories Brian and so cleverly written. A FAV for me ~ Thank you ~ with kindest thoughts Ann xx

Brian Strand
Date: 10/3/2021 12:57:00 AM

Yes Ann ..memories are indeed made up of such things ..for we of my era

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 10/1/2021 11:50:00 AM

This poem is amazing. My favorite part is this "Wizard beano and hotspur lending libraries picturegoer, road to Bridget Bardot Marilyn Monroe"

Brian Strand
Date: 10/2/2021 12:42:00 AM

It gives you away Caren..age wise

Gary Radice

Date: 10/1/2021 10:07:00 AM

Brown and mild :) I remember enjoying a Brown mix at the age of 17 at a local pub and following it with a pint of Grunhalle lager (Later in life I realised it just meant Greenhalls) Many things I remember seeing and doing from your words Brian. When life was slower. My nan had a mangle in her kitchen that magically appeared when a table top was turned. The apples I scrumped were always sour. Cheers - Gary

Brian Strand
Date: 10/2/2021 12:44:00 AM

Justice ..perhaps Gary....Have a good weekend

Sara Kendrick

Date: 10/1/2021 2:59:00 AM

Vocabulary from years of living. Some items I recognize some are foreign to me. Enjoyed reading this morning. Your visit to my page was uplifting. Sara

Brian Strand
Date: 10/2/2021 12:45:00 AM

Yes,Sara inevitably many English aspects in my memories