72 Miles From The Sea

  “Back in the Day” with no internet I wonder what my parents did I’ve even asked my 18 siblings, And they had less idea than I did

  Sights, sounds, smells, taste, and touch It’s funny the things that cause the memories to arise When all of a sudden memory of my sist...

  Sights, sounds, smells, taste, and touch It’s funny the things that cause the memories to arise When all of a sudden memory of my sist...

  When I was young we ate a healthy diet With plenty of fruit and vegetables But we never thought of eating Seaweed In fact we didn’t ...

  When I was young, we ate a healthy diet With plenty of fruit and vegetables And we didn’t do it under sufferance     Apart from prun...

  My first experience of drinking Coffee Was when I was a kid at school It came in a bottle and tasted foul “Camp” it was called and wasn’...

They do very odd things with spuds Nowadays some of which seem crazy When I was young people who didn't Peel potatoes were regarde...

Are you wearing a reunion badge? No wonder you look depressed, Steer clear of the class reunion It will just leave you distressed I ...

  I was little more than a lad And my hometown lay behind me But I didn’t walk the road As a lad for very long, I quickly became a m...

  We virtually lived outside Me and my friends On long summer adventures Until the days ends But we weren’t just The fair weather ...

  We have loved eggs Since we were children Chuckie Eggs my dad Used to call them

  We have loved eggs Since we were children Cackle Berries my dad Used to call them

  We have loved eggs Since we were children Hen Fruits my dad Used to call them

  We have loved eggs Since we were children Boneless chickens My dad used to call them

  My granddad won’t eat brown bread Because he doesn’t have to anymore When he was a boy his whole family Had to eat it because they w...

  When my Dad was just a boy Pineapple slices came in a tin And had he put it on his dinner Bedlam would have taken him

When my Dad was just a boy They didn’t have takeaways Except in maths which were Called subtraction in olden days

  When my Dad was just a boy He had never heard of pizza But he thought it was famed For having a leaning tower

When I was a kid all crisps were plain But we didn’t care about that a jot After all we still had the choice Of whether to put the sal...

  We used to eat a lot of rice When I was a boy, no kidding But never for our dinner, we had it With condensed milk for pudding