WE ARE TRADITIONALISTS # 1

 

We are traditionalists

In our village

Deep in little Britain.

And on a weekend

There is nothing

We like better

Than a game 

Of spin the pauper

LOOKING AFTER THE PENNIES

 

When I was a boy

I saved my pennies

For a rainy day

I saved every cent,

My pocket money

Every Friday

The Money back

On the empties

A paper round

In the morning

And delivering

The Weekly Sport

On a Saturday evening

Cleaning Grandmas windows

And Odd jobs

For the neighbours

Then on Saturday morning

I’d take it all,

The Ten bob notes

And tanners,

Halfpennies

And threepenny bits

And pay it all in

To my Post Office savings

BRITISH GAS FIVE STAR

 

I can remember a time

In the dim and distant past

When you could boast

To your friends and neighbours

That you were the proud user

Of the British Gas five star,

All singing all dancing,

Central heating and boiler cover

Which was akin to saying

You had a Rolls Royce

Parked in your garage

Such was its superior quality

Of course, that was a world away

In in different century

Now having British Gas homecare

Is the equivalent to owning,

A 1983 Skoda

WEST OF KINTYRE # 1

 

On the Mull of Kintyre

I stood atop the steep cliffs

Looking out across the sea

To the distant misty shores

Of Antrim far away

LIFE ETCHED IN MY FACE

 

Life etched in my face

Each line speaking for me,

Of an action or an event

But the presence of each

Is a part of the whole

That is the complete me

RISE AND SHINE

In the morning

My dad used to

Throw back the curtains

And loudly say

“Wakey, wakey

Rise and shine”

Well as a teenager

“Rise” I could manage

But “shine”

Was never going to happen

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

“Yankee Doodle Dandy” is a Musical Biographical Drama, Screenplay by Robert Buckner, Edmund Joseph, Julius J. Epstein and Philip G. Epstein Original Story by Robert Buckner, Music by George M. Cohan and Directed by Michael Curtiz.

It’s a biographical film about George M. Cohan (James Cagney) who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs.

The film begins with his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show, all the way through to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the country.

Joan Leslie is delightful as his wife Mary, Walter Huston plays his father, Richard Whorf is his partner Sam Harris, Irene Manning shines as Fay Templeton, while the fine and varied supporting cast is completed by George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jeanne Cagney, Frances Langford, George Barbier, S.Z. Sakall, Walter Catlett, Douglas Croft and Eddie Foy Jr.