Sounds of Aural Pasts

a bouncing ball against a wall conkers bashed as Autumn falls the swish of a skipping rope: milk bottles clinking in a crate grate of chalk upon the slate the tinkle of five-stones on a roll: warning moan of an air raid drone of bombers overhead the whispers of prayers said: rattle of the tin-can tommy rasping squeak of a swing the bus stop bell request ring: voices chanting time-tables snap of a teacher cane the double hoot of the fast steam train: raucous yell of the paper-seller the release of the works hooter exhaust noise from my Lambretta scooter: peals of a Sunday morn bell the passing funeral ....tolling, ....a death nell