Ten Tales of Remembrance

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a memorial

Liza B of Yorkshire stock a tinsmith'a wife her face bears travails of life Lily B orphaned in a sad manner commissioned 'neath the army's banner Violet O born in the great war father Ernest she never saw Anne S unanswered questions still accrue the granma some never knew Frances L her tragedy was to unfold the exact details remain untold Annie O granny Mayo, mother came to know by the canal at Brookside row Susanna O a mid-victorian maid her determination does not fade Ethel G's fish&chips held sway in her wakefield take-a-way Harriet H high cheeked,pretty&petite of twinklig eyes& dressed so neat Edith G of Jewish stock a housewife so usung to me,her face is ever young

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Gary Radice

Date: 4/18/2021 3:45:00 AM

These people come alive on the page each with their own back story. Are they from your childhood Brian? I love poems that evoke other times and other people in other places..in the same way Penny Lane did with The Beatles. I want to know more of these people.

Brian Strand
Date: 4/18/2021 6:22:00 AM

All relatives Gary,whose 'stories ' are either first hand, handed down or found out for my family tree books I self published for family interest.(also see mail)