Sunday, 3 January 2021

BOWES PARK 1920

 

London’s north was once my home

Before the countrywide I’d roam

I dwelt in London’s north it’s true

In postal code N22

It’s forty years now since those days

And thing have changed in many ways

Take Tele-com's for examples sake

No direct dial calls could we make

No mobile phones or call waiting

No answer phones or message paging

The best time then to speak with friends

Was After 6 and at weekends

Even numbers then were differ-ing

No eleven-digit number-ing

Numbers then were much more classic

Though lines did have a lot more static

The phones were much more practical

And not some fashion article

And we Answered calls with more panache  

Not impolite nor curt nor brash

Wed Pick it up and say Hello?

Bowes park one nine two oh

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