"TO LEARN THEM TO RESPECT "

        

  

ANOTHER OF MY ARCHIVES RHYMES BEFORE I DO DELEAT.

AS I PRINT THEM OFF NOW J/LAND FRIENDS AND FILE THEM NICE AND NEAT.

SO I THOUGHT I'D  PLACE THIS ONE HERE AGAIN FOR ALL WHO HAVN'T READ.

I HOPE THAT YOU ENJOY AND IT BRINGS MEMORIES TO YOUR HEAD.

I WAS THINKING OF "THE GOOD OLD DAYS" WHEN I WAS JUST A KID.

SAT ALONE IN SILENCE ABOUT THE THINGS WE DID.

NO COMPUTERS PLAYSTATIONS OR BRAND NEW BIKES AND THINGS.

OWN TV OR MOBILE PHONE IN OUR POCKET THAT DOES RING

THE ONLY THING WITH WHEELS ON WAS A HOME MADE WOOD GO GART. HA-HA

              

 

BUT WE WERE GRATEFULL ANYWAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR HEART.

A PIECE OF ROPE TO STEER IT WITH NO BRAKES JUST USED YOUR FEET.

THE WHEELS DAD GOT FROM AN OLD USED PRAM AND A PLANK IT WAS YOUR SEAT.

WE THOUGHT WE WERE IN HEAVEN WHEN OUR DAD PRODUCED THIS TOY.

ALL OF THEM JUST BLAND OLD WOOD NOT COLOURS FOR GIRL OR BOY.

WE'D SET UP WACKEY RACES AND DOWN THE HILL WE'D GO.

TEARING VERY FAST WE WENT LIKE LIGHTENING NEVER SLOW.

SCREAMING AND LOUD SHOUTING ECHOED FROM OUR FRIENDS.

AND SUDDENLY ONE WOULD LEAVE THE TRACK WHEN FLYING ROUND THE BENDS. HE-HE

A TOY WE ALL WERE PROUD OF YOU NEVER HEARD US MOAN.

WE WERE THANKFULL FOR SMALL MERCY'S AND A REALY HAPPY HOME.

SKIPPING ROPES FROM WASHING LINES SPINNING TOPS AND SUCH.

NOT COSTING A SMALL FORTUNE AS OUR PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE MUCH.

YET STILL WE WERE SO HAPPY DOLLS MADE FROM A WOODEN PEG.

OUR PARENTS WORKED HARD EVERY DAY THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO BEG

IN THEM DAYS JUST FOR COPPERS (DIMES) ALL SPOKEN FOR EACH WEEK.

BUT KIDS AND FAMILIES HAPPYIER AND GRATEFULL SO TO SPEAK.

TREAT OF THE WEEK ON SATURDAY MORN AND OFF WE ALL WOULD GO.

RUNNING TO THE CINEMA TO WATCH THE WEEKLY SHOW.

FLASH GORDON AND THREE STOOGES  BOWERY BOYS AND ALL.

 

OUR ONE PENNY SPENT ON ENTRANCE AND WE REALY HAD A BALL.

 MY FAVOURITES WERE THE LITTLE RASCALS SOMETIMES THEY WERE VERY BAD..

THE LITTTLE GIRL WAS FUNNY TOO HER HAIR IN RAGS SHE HAD. HA-HA.

DO YOU REMEMBER  ALFALFA  HA-HA  HERE IN THE PICTURE BELOW

HE ALWAYS HAD A PIECE OF HAIR STUCK UP AT THE BACK AND SO..

IV'E LAUGHED FOR MANY AN HOUR ABOUT THESE THINGS WE DID OF OLD.

AND MANY STORIES  ABOUT THIS GANG MY KIDS HAVE NOW BEEN TOLD. HA-HA.

WE WOULD SIT ON WOODEN BENCHES OUR EYES GLUED TO THE SCREEN.

NO PORN OR SEX AROUND KIDS THEN NOTHING WAS OBSCENE

WITH AN EXTRA PENNY  SPENT ON A  TINY LOAF I NEVER DID BUY SWEETS.

I LOVED MY PENNY HOVIS FRIENDS LOVED THERE OTHER TREATS.

 

PARENTS NOT AROUND US WE WERE SAFE ALL SEVEN DAYS.

KNOWONE WILL CONVINCE ME THEY WERN'T "THE GOOD OLD DAYS"

CHRISTMAS BROUGHT TWO GIFTS FOR US BENEATH A BRANCH FROM A TREE.

IF DAD WORKED OVER MANY HOURS WE MAYBE THEN GOT THREE.

AN APPLE AND AN ORANGE OR MAYBE A LITTLE GAME.

A PACK OF OLD MAID  PLAYING CARDS ALL WITH DIFFERANT NAMES.

WE'D ALL SIT ROUND THE TABLE MUM DAD AND MY SISTERS THREE.

PLAYING TOGETHER FOR HOURS ON END LIKE FAMILIES NOW  SHOULD BE.

WEEKENDS  WERE ALWAYS HAPPY SCHOOLDAYS  TOO WERE GOOD.

I DON'T THINK THESE TIMES WILL RETURN BUT I REALY WISH THEY WOULD.

IF WE DIDN'T DO AS WE WERE TOLD WHEN OUR PARENTS SAID.

WE GOT A REAL GOOD SMACK OR CLOUT AROUND OUR TINY LEGS.

NO WAS JUST A WORD WE DARN'T SAY ANY TIME OF DAY.

BUT WE HAD RESPECT FOR PEOPLE NOT LIKE THEY ARE TODAY.

THIS NEXT GENERATION NEED TO LEARN TO APPRECIATE AND RESPECT.

NOT ALWAYS ON THE WANT FOR MORE THEY SIMPLY JUST EXPECT.

ONCE MORE IV'E TAKEN YOU ALL AGAIN  WAY BACK DOWN THE LINE.

I HOPE YOU HAVE HAD A LAUGH MY FRIENDS  READING "MY SIMPLE RHYME."

                             THE OLD MAID PACK HE-HE-HE.