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THOSE WERE THE DAYS now long gone

Five stones closing times radiograms & 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& sides Wizard Beano & Hotspur lending libraries &picturegoer roadfilms Bridget Bardot & Marilyn Monroe Dripping coal fires antimacassars nylons suspenders crumpets &toast Brown &mild barrelled beer conkers school milk blackboard rubbers & liftup desk lids times-tabled school-kids Draughts & allotments rusty bikes roller skates satchels &scrumping with mates hence no pounds shillings or pence

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Gary Radice

Date: 6/13/2021 1:59:00 AM

..Yet still the same sun. Reading this helped me open the desk lid of my mind. I can smell the pencil lead and ink and blotting paper and see the Oxford Instrument set unopened. Once it was opened it was an impossible task to put the compass and protractor and ruler back in the correct sequence. See what you've done here Brian? My own memories of the late sixties have been triggered by your wonderful words. PS: The Beano ruled. I liked The Dandy too though. Cheers - Gary

Brian Strand
Date: 6/13/2021 4:50:00 AM

perhaps a poem in brewing for youas well Gary.Enjoy the sunny day.