Far Rockaway
...Though little Suzie was wild about horses, she was too young to ride,
At just five golden years old. Like summer faded, where nature sighed.
Playful Suzie longed to visit Banbury Cross, a...
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Categories:
banbury, celebration, child, dream, fantasy,
Form: Couplet
YESTERDAY a refrain
...Toasted teacakes,parmesan cheese
Croquetted chicken,fricasees;
Apple dumplings,yogurt creamed
Welsh mutton,in pudding,steamed.
Baked Alaska,Banbury cake
Lyons ices with Cadbury flake;
Gorgan...
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Categories:
banbury, food,
Form: Quatrain
Food Memories
...Toasted teacakes,parmesan cheese
Croquetted chicken,fricasees;
Apple dumplings,yogurt creamed
Welsh mutton,in pudding,steamed.
Baked Alaska,Banbury cake
Lyons ices with Cadbury flake;
Gorgan...
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Categories:
banbury, food,
Form: Quatrain
Busker's Autobiography
...I wandered the Vale and Harvington,
A singin' me songs with passion,
Back then I liked to live frugally,
But me melodies were never on ration!
One evening whilst singing in Banbury,
The Police...
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Categories:
banbury, appreciation, england, inspiration, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
Nursery Rhyme Land
...Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse,
Ran up the clock,
But the crooked little man
In his crooked little house,
Who caught this crooked mouse
After Humpty Dumpty's fall,
Could not prevent the coming...
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Categories:
banbury, nursery rhyme,
Form: Rhyme
Midnight At Blackfriars
...Midnight at Blackfriars
The city spires are hidden,
It’s getting colder fast,
It feels as though we might have
Some snow this month at last.
The wind sweeps keenly through St. Giles(1) ...
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Categories:
banbury, bible, birthday, celebration, christian,
Form: Narrative
Yesterday's Menus
...Toasted teacakes,parmesan cheese
Croquetted chicken,fricasees;
Apple dumplings,yogurt creamed
Welsh mutton,in pudding,steamed.
Baked Alaska,Banbury cake
Lyons ices with Cadbury flake;
Gorgan...
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Categories:
banbury, family, food, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme