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Tea Time In Leicester

“Ay up me duck” sed me dad to me mam, “Ah'v gorr’us some cobs and some nice Walkers ham”; “The market was manic” he continued to speak’, “I popped up to Linekers' to get fruit for the week”; He came into the room and sat down next to me, while mam poured him a nice mug of fresh brewed tetley. “I popped int'a the aye-cross on me way back”; “Just to av a swift arf, you know, just for the craic”, “'I was playin' the frootie and just mindin' me own”, “While some nutter beyind me 'ad a raj down the phone”; “Ee was gettin all mardy to 'is bird or 'is mate”, “cause they'd sed Jamie Vardy weren’t all that great”' “well if you could've herd it, it got pretty scary”, “he was gettin quite heated and seriously larey!” Then me dad sat there chuckling away to himself While me mam got the butter down off of the shelf. He looked over at me still adorned with a grin, “How are you anyway lad, and where av you bin?” “Ah'v bin up the town' I said 'riding round Vicky Park”, “giving our lad a croggy on me bike till the dark”. And that's how it went just me mam, dad and me As we ate up our cobs and had a few cups of tea; It might not be Rio or L.A. or Rome, But teatime in Leicester will always be home.

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