"ANOTHER MONTH IS HERE"

 

                         

 

                      

 

WELL HALLOWEEN IS NOW OVER MY FRIENDS I HOPE YOU HAD A FUN NIGHT.

 

AND NO GHOULS CAME TO YOUR DOOR LAST NIGHT GIVING YOU ALL A FRIGHT.

 

NOVEMBER IS HERE AND ANOTHER EVENT THERE WILL SOON BE IN LINE.

 

THE FIFTH BRINGS MANY GOOD MEMORIES FOR ME AS I LOOK BACK AGAIN ONCE IN TIME.

 

BONFIRE NIGHT WAS THE NIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR US KIDS WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.

 

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL HOW I THOUGHT IT WAS SO MUCH FUN.

 

I COULDN'T WAIT TO RUN HOME FROM SCHOOL TO HELP MOTHER WHO WOULD BUSY BE.

 

MAKING THE STICKY BONFIRE TOFFEE THE PARKIN AND PIE AND PEAS.

 

I'D SORT OUT  THE LARGE POTATOES FOR HER TO BAKE IN THE BONFIRE RED HOT .

 

WHILE ALL THE DADS WERE  BUILDING THE FIRE TO PUT OUR GUY FAWKS UP ON TOP.

 

 

                              

 

WE MADE HIM  OUT OF OLD RAGGEDY CLOTHES  MANY WEEKS IN ADVANCE.

 

WHICH WE'D WHEEL ROUND SHOUTING "PENNY FOR THE GUY" HOPING AND TAKING A CHANCE.

                                             

                                     

    

HE WAS EITHER PUT IN A WHEELBARROW OR AN OLD BATTERED PRAM WHICH WE PUSHED.

 

AND INSIDE HIS OLD RAGGED CLOTHES WERE NEWSPAPERS WHICH WE SCREWED UP AND CRUSHED.

 

WE WOULD MAKE OUR WAY TO THE RICH HOMES WILLING THEM HOME FROM WORK.

 

OUR GANG LOOKING LIKE LOST ORPHANS WITH OUR FACES FULL OF DIRT.      HE-HE.

 

WHEN THE PASSERS BY DROPPED THE COINS  IN OUR TIN TO BUY ALL OUR FIREWORKS  WITH.

 

WE WOULD HURRY HOME FAST TO TAKE TO OUR PARENTS THEN THEY WENT OUT TO GIVE.

 

THE SHOPKEEPER DOWN THE ROAD FOR OUR SPARKLERS AND FIREWORKS IF WE HAD ENOUGH.

 

               

 

I THINK THEY FELT SORRY FOR US SCRUFFY KIDS IN TATTY CLOTHES LOOKING ROUGH.          HE HE!!!

 

 

                             

 

THE LADS WOULD PUT ON THERE DADS FLAT CAPS AND ALL OF US GIRLS WOULD LAUGH.

 

THEY MUST HAVE LOOKED POOR WHEN I THINK BACK WALKING UP THE RICH MANS PATH.         HE-HE.

                  

BUT POOR OR NOT THERE WAS MUCH LOVE AT HOME AND FUN ON OUR GUY FAWKS NIGHT.

 

WITH ALL THE NEIGHBOURHOOD JOINING IN AND SAT ROUND THE BONFIRE SO BRIGHT..

                                          

 

EVERYONES  MUM WOULD BRING SOMETHING ROUND FOR ALL OF THE KIDS TO EAT.

 

WE WOULD WATCH OUR DADS LIGHT THE FIREWORKS WHILE EATING ALL OF OUR TREATS.

 

A YEARLY EVENT WE LOOKED FORWARD TO CHUMPING (gathering) FOR WEEKS ON END.

 

COLLECTING OLD BROKEN CHAIRS FROM THE NEIGHBOURS WHEN A MESSAGE THEY WOULD SEND.

 

PULLING BRANCHES UP THE ROAD WHICH WERE FELLED FROM ROTTING  OLD TREES.

 

OLD TABLES PEOPLE WOULD ASK IF WE WANTED AND WE WOULD SHOUT OUT " YES PLEASE"  !!! .

 

SETTEES THAT WERE TORN AND ALL WORN OUT WE WOULD DRAG THEM TO OUR HOME.

 

NOTHING WAS EVER TOO MUCH  TO HANDLE AND YOU NEVER HEARD ANY OF US MOAN.

 

WE  COVERED THE SETTEES UP WITH WATERFROOFS  TO KEEP THEM NICE AND DRY.

 

THEY WERE STACKED IN THE CORNER OF OUR BACK YARDS REALY PILED UP HIGH.

 

THE SETTEES WERE SAVED UNTIL LAST TO BE BURNT AS THEY WERE THE SEATING FOR ALL.         HE-HE.

 

FATHERS MOTHERS AUNTS AND UNCLES NEIGHBOURS AND ALL US KIDS SMALL.

 

IN THE EVENINGS BEFORE OUR BEDTIME WE STOOD GUARD OF THE CHUMPS  IN OUR TURN.   HE-HE

 

BECAUSE THEY WERE PRECIOUS TO US YOU SEE EVEN IF ONLY TO BURN.

 

GANGS OF KIDS FROM THE OTHER STREETS WOULD SNEAK ROUND TO STEAL ON A NIGHT.

 

IF THEY SAW THE TOUGH LADS IN OUR STREET THERE THEY  WERE SOON RUNNING OUT OF SIGHT.   HE-HE

 

THEN THE EXCITEMENT BEGAN MY FRIENDS BONFIRE NIGHT FINALLY ARRIVED.

 

WITH ALL OF US SCRUFFY KIDS GATHERED THERE ON THE SETTEES WE DIVED.         HE-HE.

 

READY AND WAITING FOR DADS WITH THERE TORCHES UNTIL THERE WASN'T A SOUND .

 

GUY FAWKS ON TOP OF THE BONFIRE HIS HEAD BOWING DOWN AT THE GROUND.

 

YEHHHHHHH !!!  THE COUNTDOWN STARTED AT 6PM TEN NINE EIGHT SEVEN SIX .

 

WITH THE FLAME FROM DADS TORCH AND A LITTLE ADDED PARAFFIN THAT REALY DID THE TRICK.

 

HOORAY  !!!  ALL THE KIDS STARTED SCREAMING OUR BONFIRE HAD NOW  BEGUN.

 

WE'D BE JUMPING AND BOUNCING ON THE SETTEES US RAGGEDY KIDS HAVING FUN.   HE-HE. 

 

THE CATHERINE WHEELS STARTED SPINNING ROUND ON THE FENCE FIXED TIGHT WITH A PIN.

 

ROCKETS LAUNCHED FROM OLD PLASTIC BOTTLES ON TOP OF THE OLD METAL BIN.

                     

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GOLDEN FOUNTAINS SHOWERING BRIGHTLY  STANDING UP HIGH ON THE WALL.

 

                                                                               

                                  

MULTI COLOURED ROMAN CANDLES REPEATEDLY SHOOTING OUT BALLS..

 

THEN MOTHER CAME  ROUND WITH THE TOFFEE AND PARKIN FOR ALL TO CHEW.

 

MADE WITH BLACK TREACLE IT STUCK TO YOUR  TEETH IT FELT LIKE LUMPS OF GLUE. HE-HE.

 

 

                    

 

A BLACK BAKED POTATO  WITH SKIN STILL ON IT FROM THE FIRE WITH BUTTER ON TOP.

 

WATCHING OUR WELLINGTON BOOTS ALL THE TIME FOR THE JUMPING CRACKER IT HOPPED.

 

IT COULD JUMP  INSIDE YOUR WELLIES IF NOT CAREFULL AND NOT AWARE.

 

WHEN  THE TOUCH PAPER LIT THE JUMPING JACK IT SEEMED TO JUMP EVERYWHERE.

 

ALL OF US SAT THERE WATCHING THE FIRE SOME  EATING THERE PIE AND PEAS.

 

BLACKENED FACES NIBBLING ON PARKIN ALL OF THESE GOODIES DID PLEASE.

 

THE SET POT BOILING AWAY IN THE HOUSE WITH HOT WATER TO FILL THE TIN  BATH.

 

READY TO GET SCRUBBED DOWN FOR BED MY SISTERS AND ME LAUGHING KATH.             HE-HE

 

     

 

OH! HOW I LOVED OUR BONFIRE NIGHTS BUT THE TRADITION  NOW  ISN'T THE SAME.

 

KIDS START WITH THERE ATOM BOMBS EARLY AND NOW DRIVE US ALL IN SANE.

 

BANG BOOM BANG

 

EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK WE HEAR LOUD BANGS BEFORE IT IS TIME.

 

THE LAW SHOULD DRAW A CLOSE TO THE SALES AND HAND OUT SOME HEAVY  FINES.

 

NO I'M NOT AN OLD MISERABLE PENSIONER WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE FUN WITH KIDS.

 

TODAY THE TEENAGERS  ABUSE THESE FIREWORKS AND SOME COST HUNDREDS OF QUID.

 

THERE NOT BOUGHT FOR  ENTERTAINMENT  TODAY AND BRINGING  JOY TO KIDS HEARTS.

 

THERE USED BY VANDALS TO DO LOTS OF DAMAGE AND BLOW THINGS UP AND APART.

                       

                              

SETTING FIRE TO ANYTHING IN THERE SIGHT CAUSING HAVOCK AND ANIMALS STRESS.

 

MANY TRADITIONAL STREET  BONFIRES  DISSAPEARED AND THINGS ARE A MESS. 

 

IT HAS TAKEN ALL THE EXCITEMENT AWAY FOR SMALL CHILDREN WELL THIS IS MY THOUGHT.

 

NO GATHERING NOW OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBOURS AND ALL THE FUN BONFIRE NIGHT BROUGHT.

 

YES I KNOW THERE ARE THE ORGANISED LARGE ONES WHICH EVERYONE CAN GO TO SEE.

 

BUT IT'S STILL  NOT THE SAME AS HAVING YOUR OWN IN YOUR BACK YARD LIKE OURS USED TO BE.

NEVER MIND THEY  CARN'T TAKE  MY MEMORIES AWAY OF WHEN I WAS A GIRL.

 

HELPING MUM MAKE THE BONFIRE TOFFEE AND WATCHING THEM CATHERINE WHEELS TWIRL.

 

DO YOU J/LAND FRIENDS IN ENGLAND HAVE FOND MEMORIES OF THEM  DAYS OF OLD.

 

DOING THE THINGS WE DID IN MY STORY HERE WHICH I HAVE JUST TOLD.

 

MAKING OUR GUY FAWKS AND SHAKING OUR SPARKLERS WE REALY HAD A GREAT TIME.

 

I HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED AND IV'E JOGGED YOUR MEMORIES ONCE AGAIN IN

 

                                       "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

        TAKE CARE IF YOU DO HAVE ONE FRIENDS AND ENJOY!!!

 

                

    

              

 

"TRICK OR TREAT RHYME THROUGH J/LAND "

                       

 

 

IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME IN J/LAND ONCE AGAIN MY  BREW IS BEING STIRRED.

 

THEY'LL BE WITCHES  AND GHOULS COMING ROUND YOUR PLACE THIS IS WHAT IV'E HEARD.

 

WATCH OUT ON YOUR  J/LAND JOURNEY AS YOU TRAVEL THE GRUESOME MILES.

 

MAKE SURE YOUR NOT BEING FOLLOWED BY A PAIR OF SPOOKY EYES.

                 

                          

 

DON'T TAKE ANY  SHORT CUTS SAY HELLO AS YOU GO AROUND.

 

IT'S A VERY SCARY EVENING IN J/LAND WHEN SCREAMS AND SCREACHES SOUND.

 

ALSO LOOK BEFORE YOU ENTER  IT MIGHT  BE AN EIRY PLACE.

 

WHERE SOMEONE IS LURKING TO GREET YOU WITH A REALY HORRIBLE FACE.

 

IF YOU FEEL SOMETHING CLINGING TO YOU  IT COULD BE A SPIDER OR  BAT.

 

YOU HAVE PICKED UP ON YOUR JOURNEY SO DON'T END UP FAINTING FLAT.                                  

 

WHOOOOOOOOOO THE WIND WILL BE BLOWING SKELETONS RATTLING THERE BONES.

 

STRANGE HAPPENINGS IN EVERY PLACE YOU VISIT AND YOU MAY HEAR A FEW WIERD GROANS.

 

                                               

 

                                       

YOU MIGHT COME ACROSS BIG POOLS OF BLOOD IF DRACULA'S AROUND TONIGHT. 

 

SO IF YOU ARE OF A NERVOUS NATURE  HOLD ON TO YOUR POOTER CHAIR TIGHT. AHHH!!!

                                

 

               

 

ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE ARE OUT TO FIX..

 

SO DO AS THEY ASK YOU I BEG OF YOU  OR THEY WILL PLAY ONE OF THERE  TRICKS..

 

WITCHES  MIGHT OFFER A DRINK OF THERE POTION THEY HAVE BEEN MIXING ALL WEEK.

 

THEY'LE BE  LOOKING OUT FOR THE VUNERABLE SO TRY TURN THE  OTHER CHEEK.

 

STAY IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD DON'T WANDER FAR MAKE SURE YOUR PUMPKIN IS LIT.

 

IF YOU SEE ANY BLOOD DRIPPING ON YOUR CLOTHES WITH THIS GHOUL YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN BIT.

                                                

                          

                                      

ON THE OTHER HAND I HOPE YOUR TRAVELS TURN OUT TO BE FUN AND  A LAUGH.

 

BUT IF YOU DON'T SEND YOUR FRIENDS TO VISIT ME YES ME WITCHY  KATH.

 

I WILL CAST  MY  MAGIC SPELL ON YOU AND I DON'T THINK YOU WILL LIKE THAT .

 

IF I  TURN YOU INTO AN UGLY FROG OR EVEN AN UGLY BAT..

 

SO PLEASE  ALL HEED MY  WARNING  AND JOIN IN THE J/LAND CLAN..

 

TAKE THIS TREAT AND EAT IT UP  AND FOLLOW WITCHY KATHS PLAN.

 

        

   http://journals.aol.com/winivere2002/TheGlassBox/

 

CLICK ON THIS URL ABOVE  AND VISIT WINIVERE SWEET............ 

 

SHE IS  ONE OF OUR FRIENDS IN J/LAND AND SHE'LL BE WAITING THERE TO GREET.

 

THEN  PLEASE OBLIGE AND YOU DO A  POSTING LEAVE A TREAT AND YOUR URL.

 

SO HER VISITORS WILL VISIT YOU AND LEAVE THERE COMMENTS AS WELL.

 

I REALY AM A NICE KIND WITCH SO TRY AND FIND TIME I PLEA.

 

THEN I WON'T HAVE TO SERVE YOU MY POTION I DON'T LIKE BEING WICKED YOU SEE.  

 

                                      

 

 DON'T SPOIL THE FUN AND BEFORE YOU ALL GO HERES MY TREAT TO YOU.

 

A NICE BAG OF LOVELY CANDY CORN BUT I'M WATCHING SO DON'T TAKE TWO. LOL!!

 

                           

                   

ENJOY ALL YOUR TREATS MY J/LAND FRIENDS I HOPE YOU HAVE A GOOD TIME .

MY WISH FOR YOU  IS  "HAPPY HALLOWEEN" TRICK OR TREAT FROM

 

 

                                           "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

            GRAB ONE OF THESE FOLKS.THERE HOT!!! LOL!!

                                      

 

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                                     "MY SIMPLE RH

 

 

"WHAT A SHOW"

    

                     

 

                                           

 

THEY CAME AGAIN IN ALL SHAPES AND COLOURS TO OUR TOWN THIS FRIDAY NIGHT.

 

HORNS WERE HONKING EXHAUSTS WERE BLOWING WASN'T IT JUST A SIGHT.

 

HUNDREDS OF THEM THREE A BREAST WITH HEADLAMPS SHINING BRIGHT.

 

AT FIRST I WONDERED WHAT IT WAS THE SOUND GAVE ME SUCH A FRIGHT.

 

THE SIGHT WAS UNBELIEVABLE AS I LOOKED OUT IN THE DARK.

 

ALL RIDING ROUND AND TRYING TO FIND A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD PARK.

 

LANDLADIES SAYING I'M SORRY GUYS THERES NO ROOM AT THE INN TONIGHT .

 

SO OFF THEY RODE TO ANOTHER AVENUE LOOKING FOR LODGINGS THERE PLIGHT..

 

THE ANNUAL SCOOTER GATHERING WAS HERE IN OUR TOWN ONCE AGAIN.

 

THE NOISE THEY MAKE WHEN THERE ALL TOGETHER I MUST SAY IS SOMETIMES A PAIN.

 

BUT I MUST ADMIT I LOVE TO SEE THEM AND ALL FOR A VERY GOOD CAUSE.

 

YES CHARITY SO GIVE THEM CREDIT AND ALSO LETS APPLAUSE.

 

WELL  OUT CAME MY BATTERY CHARGER LAST NIGHT  SO I WAS PREPARED.

 

TO  SET OFF SATURDAY MORNING TO TAKE THESE  PICTURES I'VE SHARED.

 

THERE WERE BLUE ONES RED ONES YELLOW ONES ALL LINED UP DOWN THE PROM.

 

GREEN ONES BROWN ONES ORANGE AND BLACK AND SOME WITH ANIMALS ON.

 

SOME CUSTOMISED IN FANCY PATTERNS I HAVE NEVER SEEN SUCH A SIGHT.

 

AND IN THE EVENING THEY REALY GLOW UNDER THE MOON AND LAMPLIGHT.

 

NOT A PARKING PLACE LEFT ON THE AVENUES SCOOTERS WERE EVERYWHERE.

 

IN THE CAR PARKS  THE PROMENADE AND  ESPELANDE SCOOTERS GALORE OUT THERE.

 

I HEARD ALL THE HOTELS WERE BOOKED UP AND GUEST HOUSES TOO ALL FULL.

 

IT WAS JUST A SHAME WE DIDN'T GET SUNSHINE THE DAY WAS DAMP AND DULL.

 

THESE GUYS AND GALS ARE  NO TROUBLE AND THEY BRING  CUSTOM TO OUR TOWN.

 

SO I AM NOT  BOTHERED THEY COME HERE LIKE SOME WHO MOAN AND FROWN.

 

I SNAPPED AWAY TO MY HEARTS CONTENT AND THEY WERE DELIGHTED THAT I.

 

HAD MENTIONED IF THEY WERE ON THE INTERNET ONE DAY THEY MIGHT JUST SPY.

 

THE PICTURES OF THERE SCOOTERS IN MY BLOG AND THEY DIDN'T VENT.

 

SO I CONTINUED SNAPPING AND CHATTING WHAT A LOVELY AFTERNOON I'VE SPENT.

 

THE QUEUE FOR THE LEISURE CENTRE WAS MILES LONG AS THATS WHERE THEY ALL GO.

 

TO THE EXHIBITION FOR ALL THERE WARES AND IV'E HEARD IT'S A BRILLIANT SHOW.

 

TONIGHT THERES A DANCE FOR  ALL OF THEM TO HAVE THEMSELVES  A GOOD TIME.

 

NO PROBLEMS NO FIGHTING NO TROUBLE EVERYTHING ALWAYS GOES FINE.

 

I HOPE YOU LIKE THE PICTURES IV'E TAKEN WHICH I'VE PLACED FOR YOU UP ABOVE.

 

BUT THIS ONE BELOW IS SPECIAL IT'S MY FAVOURITE ONE I JUST LOVE.

 

THE GREEN DRAGON WITH THE CURLY TAIL HE VISITS US  EVERYTIME.         HE-HE

 

I REALY ENJOY THE SCOOTER WEEKEND SHOWN  HERE IN  "MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

                   

         

 

 

"PAPER PLAY AT THE STREAM"

              

 

I WAS THINKING OF CHILDHOOD DAYS AND REMEMBERING HOW THINGS USED TO BE.

 

WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT AND WE HAD SUCH FUN ALL MY COUSINS AND ME.

 

I HAD TWO COUSINS WHO LIVED AWAY AND FOR THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS.

 

MY MOTHER USED TO TAKE ME OVER FOR ALL THE HOLIDAY TO STAY.

 

THIS GRAPHIC ABOVE REMINDED ME OF THE TIMES I USED TO GO.

 

TO THE STREAM AT MY COUSINS HOME IN SOUTH YORKSHIRE WHERE IT USED TO FLOW.

 

WE WOULD GO DOWN THERE EACH MORNING AND PLAY TO OUR HEARTS CONTENT.

 

WALKING ON THE STEPPING STONES MANY HAPPY  HOURS WE HAVE SPENT.

 

THE GRAPHIC ABOVE ALSO REMINDS ME OF WHEN THE SUN WAS RED HOT.

 

MY AUNT WOULD PUT A SCALF LIKE THESE ON OUR HEADS TO PROTECT OUR TOP KNOT.

 

THE STREAM IT WASN'T DIRTY IT WAS CRYSTAL BRIGHT AND CLEAR.

 

WE PLAYED IN THIS WATER FOR HOURS ON END AND NEVER DID WE FEAR.

 

ANYTHING DREADFUL WOULD HAPPEN LIKE TODAY OH NO !! WE WERE FINE.

 

SPLASHING AND JUMPING OVER THE STREAM HAVING A REALY GOOD TIME.

 

WE WOULD TAKE A BUNCH OF OLD NEWSPAPERS ROLLED UP AND TIED WITH STRING.

 

A PAIR OF OLD SCISSORS MY AUNT IN CHARGE SHE ALWAYS USED TO BRING.

 

WE WOULD MAKE LITTLE BOATS  FROM  THE NEWSPAPER AND SAIL THEM DOWN THE STREAM.

 

IMAGINING  WE WERE IN THEM SAILING AWAY LIKE IN A  DREAM.

 

                        

                                  

 

        

 

ALMOST ALL OF OUR TOYS IN THESE DAYS WERE HAND MADE AND THEY WERE FREE.

 

FATHER TAUGHT US HOW TO MAKE LOTS OUT OF OLD NEWSPAPERS YOU SEE.

 

TIMES WERE HARD BUT HAPPY TIMES WE WERE GRATEFUL AND SO CONTENT.

 

WITH THESE SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS IN OUR LIVES AND NOTHING OUR PARENTS SPENT.

 

UP ON THE BANK OF THE STREAM WE WOULD RUN AND FLY OUR KITES WAY UP HIGH.

 

JUST THE SAME AS THE BOAT YOU SEE HERE YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING IF YOU TRY.

 

                                  

 

DO YOU REMEMBER THESE FORTUNE TELLERS ALL DIFFERANT WE USED TO MAKE LOTS.

 

                                                       

                                                    

 

ENTERING LITTLE SAYINGS INSIDE  THEM  "DO YOU LOVE ME OR DO YOU NOT".   HE-HE.

 

RED BLUE GREEN OR YELLOW WE USED TO ASK OUR FRIENDS.

 

THE FUN WE HAS DOWN AT THAT STREAM IN THEM DAYS MY MEMORIES NEVER END.

 

YOU WORKED IT BACK AND FORTH WITH YOUR HANDS ASKING A NUMBER NEXT.

 

THEN COUNTED THAT NUMBER OUT WITH THE MOVEMENT MUCH BETTER FUN THAN TEXT.

 

WHEN AT LAST YOU HAD COUNTED THE NUMBER YOU OPENED THE FOLDS UP TO SEE.

 

WHAT LITTLE MESSAGE WAS HIDDEN INSIDE  THAT YOU HAD WROTE IN THERE HE-HE.

 

I USED TO MAKE  WITH THESE PAPER TOYS WHEN MY GRANDCHILDREN THEY WERE YOUNG.

 

AND ALSO HOURS ON END I HAVE MADE THEM WITH DAUGHTER AND MY THREE SONS.

 

BUT NOWADAYS IT IS DIFFERANT EVERYTHING COSTS SO  MUCH .

 

IT'S A SHAME KIDS DON'T  HAVE FUN FOR FREE LIKE WE DID HERE AS SUCH..

 

ANOTHER THING DAD HE TAUGHT US WAS HOW TO MAKE OTHER THINGS  TOO.

 

FROM OLD CIGARETTE PACKETS WHICH WERE EMPTY HERE ARE ONE OR TWO.

 

A MAN SAT ON A BENCH WITH HIS DOG AND TANKS FOR LITTLE BOYS.

 

THE BOYS THEY USED TO LOVE THESE THINGS SOME WERE THERE FAVOURITE TOYS.

 

                  

              

 

WE USED TO MAKE A BIG BOWL OF PASTE FROM FLOWER AND WATER FOR GLUE.

 

THEN CUT UP LOTS OF NEWSPAPERS TILL WE HAD A PILE OR TWO ..

 

STICK THEM ALL ON PLATES AND BUILD UP UNTIL THE LAYERS WERE THICK.

 

LEAVE THEM TO DRY OVERNIGHT AND KEEP LAYERING  UNTIL IT DID THE TRICK.

 

WHEN IT WAS SOLID WE PEELED IT OFF AND A NEW  PAPER PLATE YOU HAD.

 

THE LAST LAYER WAS A CLEAN SHEET OF PAPER TO COVER THE PRINT WHICH LOOKED BAD.

 

GET OUT THE PAINTS AND DECORATE THEM ALL COLOURS BRIGHT AND GAY.

 

WE USED THEM THEN FOR OUR SANDWICHES DOWN AT THE STREAM THROUGH THE DAY.

 

                  

 

 

SIX WEEKS HOLIDAYS WE HAD AT THIS TIME AND NEVER A MOMENT BORED.

 

BUT PLAYING DOWN AT THE STREAM IN THEM DAYS TEN OUT OF TEN IT SCORED.

 

ALL THESE WONDERFUL MEMORIES BROUGHT TO MIND FROM THIS GRAPHIC ABOVE.

 

AND ALL THE WONDERFUL TIMES WE HAD OUR DAYS WERE JUST FILLED WITH LOVE.

 

PADDLING SPLASHING MAKING TOYS FLYING KITES HIGH  LIKE WE DID.

 

I AM PLEASED I WAS BORN AT THIS TIME IN LIFE AND HAVE HAPPY THOUGHTS AS A KID.

 

GOING TO AUNTIES IN THE SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD AT THAT TIME..

 

I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED MY PAPER  PLAY AT THE STREAM HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

               

                          

                                         

       THANKYOU TO MISSIE FOR THIS WONDERFUL GRAPHIC.

 

 

 

"MY TRUE HALLOWEEN STORY"

 

               MY TRUE STORY OF

 

                    

 

                       AHHHHH!!

 

   (THANKYOU TO DONNA OF D'S DESIGNS FOR THE FANTASTIC GRAPHIC)

 

I WRITE MY TRUE STORY FOR HALLOWEEN  IV'E TOLD SOME OF YOU BEFORE.

            

ABOUT SEVEN YEAR OLD I WAS AT THE TIME AND  I'LL NEVER FORGET I'M SURE..

 

FOR ALL OF MY NEW FOUND  FOLLOWERS  WELL WHEN I FIRST DID THIS POST.

 

MY POOTER DECIDED TO DIE AND PACK IN SO SADLY  I LOST ALMOST .

 

OF MY FAVOURITE RHYMES I HAD WRITTEN SO I THOUGHT I'D RE-WRITE THIS TALE.

 

ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS WE DID AS KIDS WHICH AFTERWARDS MADE US WAIL.

 

WHY WE DID DO MISCHIEVOUS THINGS I FEEL THAT SMALL KIDS JUST DARE.

 

TO GO TO PLACES WE SHOULDN'T PERHAPS CURIOSITY FILLS THE AIR.

 

WE ALL WENT TO THE CEMETARY ONE NIGHT WHEN DAD HAD WARNED US TO KEEP OUT.

 

THE LADS SUGGESTED LETS GO THERE ONE NIGHT  AS WE COULDN'T SEE DAD ABOUT.

 

                           (Thanx to Sugar for the above graphic )

 

HE HAD WARNED US THERE WAS A GRAVEDIGGER WHO WASN'T VERY NICE.

 

WE'D NEVER SEEN HIM IN DAYLIGHT NOR HAD WE SEEN HIM AT NIGHT.

 

SO THIS  DARK NIGHT AFTER SCHOOL PRETTY EARLY WE ALL SNEAKED OFF TO PEAK.

 

INTO THE GRAVEYARD ACROSS THE ROAD TO SEE IF WE COULD SEEK.

 

THE GRAVEDIGGER  DAD HAD WARNED US OF TO SEE WHAT HE USED  TO  DO.

 

IT WAS REALY SCARY AND AIRY AND I WAS AFRAID AND SCARED I'LL TELL YOU.

 

BUT SISTER AND FRIENDS THEY SUGGESTED THIS AND SAID IF YOU DON'T COME WITH US.

 

YOUR NOT PLAYING OUT WITH US ANYMORE SO I FOLLOWED WITHOUT ANY FUSS. BOO=HOO!! lol!!

 

I WAS THE SMALLEST AND YOUNGEST OFALL THE KIDS SO I FOLLOWED THEM ALL AROUND.

 

ACROSS THE ROAD TO THE GRAVEYARD WHERE THERE NEAR THE WALL WE  FOUND.

 

A LARGE PILE OF TURF ABOUT SIX FOOT HIGH WHICH LED RIGHT UP TO THE TOP.

 

OF THE GRAVEYARD WALL SO WE JUST RAN UP IT AND THEN OVER THE WALL WE FLOPPED.

 

TO THE OTHER SIDE ABOUT A FOOT DROP THEN BEHIND THE GRAVESTONES WE HID.

 

I WAS SHAKING AND TREMBLING LIKE A LEAF WELL I THINK WOULDN'T ANY KID .

 

YOU SEE I WAS ONLY TINY AT THIS AGE MAYBE ABOUT THREE  FOOT THREE.

 

THE REST OF THEM WERE TEN AND ELEVEN  AND ALL OF THEM TOWERED OVER ME.

 

WELL WHEN WE JUMPED OVER WE SAW THIS MAN NEAR A HOLE WITH  A BIG DIRTY SPADE.

 

HE WAS WONDERING ROUND WITH A LAMP IN HIS HAND OH!!  MY NERVES WERE COMPLETELY FRAYED.

 

AND LEANING ON ONE OF THE GRAVESTONES A PICK  WHICH HE DUG IN THE GROUND.

 

IT WAS FOGGY SPOOKY AND DARK AND LONELY SO SILENT AND NOT A SOUND.

 

 

IN THE LIGHT OF HIS LAMP THE HOLE AND THE SPADE MADE ME SHAKE FROM HEAD TO TOE.

 

I HELD MY BREATH AND DARN'T MAKE A SOUND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GO.

 

I REMEMBER HE HAD ON A LONG GREY COAT AND HE SEEMED ENORMOUS TO ME.

 

VERY VERY UGLY AND SCRUFFY AND HIS BOOTS WERE SLUDGED UP I COULD SEE.

 

THE GLOW FROM THE LAMP  SHONE ON THIS EARTH PILED UP AT THE SIDE OF THIS HOLE.

 

I WAS WISHING SOMEONE ELSE WOULD APPEAR BUT NO THERE WASN'T A SOUL .

 

BUT ME AND MY FRIENDS IN THIS GRAVEYARD LOTS OF THOUGHTS WERE GOING THROUGH MY MIND.

 

AS I TREMBLED AND SHOOK WHILST PEEPING AT HIM FROM THE GRAVESTONE I HID BEHIND.

 

THIS MAN CALLED BODGER  WE'D NOT SEEN BEFORE BUT STILL HE MADE US AFRAID.

 

BECAUSE ON OUR WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL HE USED TO SHOUT NONE OF YOU WILL BE SAVED. 

 

IN THEM DAYS WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT HE MEANT SO WE DIDN'T TAKE ANY NOTE.

 

HE WOULD SHOUT OUT LOUD WHEN WE PASSED BY THE WALL KEEP OUT OR I'LL CUT YOUR THROAT.

 

OH! HE USED TO SOUND REALY SCARY HE'D SAY LET ME CATCH HOLD OF YOU ALL.

 

AND YOU'LL GO INTO ONE OF THESE HOLES I'M DIGGING WEATHER YOUR BIG OR SMALL.

 

WELL I WAS THINKING ABOUT ALL THIS WHILST HIDDEN  BEHIND THIS HEADSTONE.

 

 

 

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD SOMEONE WHO  BEGAN TO MAKE NOISES AND GROAN.

 

AHHHHHH  WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO  RANG OUT THIS SOUND AND I WAS SO TERRIFIED.

 

THE LADS THEN STARTED LAUGHING THERE HEADS OFF  AND  ONE OF THEM SHOUTED AND CRIED..

 

DON'T COME IN HERE OR OLD BODGER WILL GET YOU I CAN SEE HIM HANGING ABOUT.

 

BECAUSE I'D SCREAMED OUT MY SISTER SHE TURNED ROUND AND GAVE ME SUCH A CLOUT.

 

WELL BODGER  LOOKED UP WHEN HE HEARD THE LADS  LAUGHING SHOUTING YOUR DAYS ARE DONE.

 

THEN ONE OF THE LADS  SHOUTED OH!! GET LOST BODGER WE'RE ONLY HAVING SOME FUN.

 

FUN !!!  HE SHOUTED I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT FUN IS AS HE SWUNG  HIS LIGHT ROUND IN THE DARK.

 

IT SHONE ON US BRIGHTLY SO WE ALL STARTED RUNNING ACROSS THE CEMETARY PARK.

 

 

    

WHEN WE GOT TO THE GATE HE WAS NEARING US FAST AND WE FOUND THE GATE CHAINED AND LOCKED.

 

ALL OF US LOOKED LIKE DEATH WARMED UP AND WE STOOD THERE JUST TERRIBLY SHOCKED..

 

 

QUICK RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN SHOUTS THE LADS COME ON UP THE WALL AGAIN.

 

MY LEGS WERE LIKE JELLY I SET OFF AT SPEED AND IN MY STOMACH I FELT  PAIN.

 

BODGER FOLLOWED  LIKE WILDFIRE IN HIS HAND WAS THIS GREAT BIG SPADE.

 

HE WAS STILL SHOUTING OUT YOUR ALL FOR IT NOW OH DEAR !!  I WAS SO AFRAID.

 

ALL I COULD THINK OF WAS FRANKENSTEIN ABOUT WHO WE'D LEARNED OF AT SCHOOL.

 

AND HOW MUCH BODGER LOOKED LIKE HIM WE HAD REALY BEEN LITTLE FOOLS.

 

MY LEGS WERE GOING AS FAST AS THEY COULD I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE.  HE-HE.

 

BECAUSE  HE WAS A REAL WEIRD LOOKING CHAP I REMEMBER SO VIVID  NO LIE.

 

I WAS SCREAMING AND MY SISTER WAS CRYING AS THE LADS WERE RUNNING AWAY.

 

BODGER WAS WAVING HIS SPADE IN THE AIR AND I BEGAN TO PRAY.

 

 

SOME RAN THIS WAY AND THE OTHERS RAN THAT WAY I HEADED BEHIND MY SIS.

 

CRYING AND SOBBING I WISH I HADN'T COME I WANTED AWAY FROM THIS.

 

WE GOT TO THE WALL AND WE LEGGED IT OVER RAN DOWN THE BIG MOUND OF TURF.

 

I THOUGHT WERN'T WE  JUST THE HAPPIEST AND LUCKIEST KIDS ALIVE ON THIS EARTH.

 

WHEN WE SAW OUR HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD I HEARD FATHER SHOUT WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN.

 

WELL MY SISTER SHE LET THE CAT OUT OF THE BAG AND SAID DAD OLD BODGER WE'VE SEEN.

 

GET IN THIS  HOUSE HE SHOUTED SO ANGRY I'LL TEACH YOU TO GO THERE AGAIN.

 

OF COURSE MY SISTER THEN TOLD MY DAD IT WAS ME AND I GOT THE BLAME. HE-HE

 

SHE TOLD HIM THAT I HAD GONE WANDERING AWAY AND THEY HAD GONE OUT TO FIND ME.

 

WHY HE ALWAYS BELIEVED MY SISTER IT REALY USED TO BUG ME.

 

SO I ENDED UP GETTING PUNISHED AND SMACKED BUT  MY SISTER SAID SORRY THAT NIGHT .

 

FOR GETTING ME INTO TROUBLE AS WE CUDDLED UP TOGETHER  IN BED TIGHT.

 

I DON'T LIKE GRAVEYARDS MUCH TO THIS DAY AS THEY BRING BACK THOSE MEMORIES TO ME.

 

AND EVERY HALLOWEEN NIGHT THAT COMES ROUND I THINK OF BODGER  YOU SEE.

 

SO BE AWARE IF YOU LIVE NEAR A GRAVEYARD I HOPE THERES NO BODGER  NEAR YOU.

 

HAVE A SAFE HALLOWEEN AND MAKE SURE YOUR KIDS ARE HUDDLED UP TIGHT NEAR YOU TOO.

 

I DREAD TO THINK WHAT HE WOULD HAVE DONE IF HE'D CAUGHT ANY OF US AT THAT TIME.

 

SO I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED KATH'S TRUE  HALLOWEEN STORY  TOLD HERE IN

 

                                                " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

  

 

       

THANKYOU TO DEBBIE OF DEB'S DAB'S FOR THIS GREAT GRAHIC. HE=HE !!!!!

"MY INVITATION"

 

       

                   

WELL I GOT THIS  SPECIAL INVITE THE OTHER DAY FOR CHRISTMAS TIME.

 

SO I DECIDED TO WRITE AND TELL YOU ABOUT IT IN ANOTHER RHYME.

 

I INTEND TO HAVE A BALL AND EAT AND SING TO MY HEARTS CONTENT.

 

AND GET THEM LEGS AND FEET UP HIGH ALL NIGHT UNTIL I'M SPENT.

 

I THINK YOU SURELY KNOW IT WILL BE WACKY WHERE I AM.

 

INSTEAD OF WALTZING SLOWLY  I'LL BE DOING A KNEES UP   "CAN CAN"

 

SO IV'E SEEN SOME OF THESE IN ONE OF THE STORES OUT OF TOWN YES FRILLY KNICKERS HE=HE.

 

                                                    

 

AND I'LL BUY  MYSELF A GARTER I BET PARTNER WISHES COULD  FLICKER.  HE-HE.

                              

                      

IN THE MEANTIME TODAY I'VE PRACTICED REALY HARD THE CAN CAN STEPS.

 

COCKING MY LEGS UP HIGH AS CAN BE   EEH !!   WHATEVER WILL COME NEXT.   HE-HE.

 

IF THE NEIGHBOURS BEGIN TO WONDER WHAT ON EARTHS GOING ON.

 

I'LL INVITE THEM UP TO WATCH ME PRACTICE DANCING TO THE CAN CAN SONG..  HE-HE.

 

FRILLY DRESS AND UNDIES WILL BE FLYING WAY UP HIGH .

 

SHOWING THESE OLD LEGS OF MOTHERHENS  AND MAYBE  A BIT OF THIGH . HE-HE

 

I'LL BE SWINGING AND SHAKING MY  DRESS SO HIGH AND SWAYING FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

 

                      

                                                                 

 

MY PARTNER HIDING AND WISHFUL THINKING  HE COULD RUN AWAY AND HIDE.  HE-HE.

 

BUT TO ME THATS WHAT LIFES ALL ABOUT ISN'T IT AND I'M GOING TO  TRY.

 

IN BETWEEN SIPPING A BAILEYS OR TWO AS MY THROAT IT USUALY GETS  DRY.   HE-HE.

 

OH WHY!!  OH WHY!!  SHOULD I WORRY IT WILL BE CHRISTMAS TIME SOON  AGAIN.

 

AND YES I AM  IN MY RIGHT MIND AND I HAVN'T GONE  INSANE.

 

I'LL BE  READY FOR JUST ABOUT ANYTHING HOPEFULLY FIT AND FINE.

 

SO I HAVE ACCEPTED THE INVITE TODAY BECAUSE  I LOVE COUSINS  PARTY TIMES. HE-HE.

 

TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH WHEN I PRACTICED TODAY  IN MY KITCHEN HERE.

 

I SLIPPED AND TRIPPED ON THE SHINEY FLOOR  AND THOUGHT IT WAS NEXT YEAR. HE-HE

 

WHEN I GOT UP WELL I FELT A DRAUGHT AND WHEN I TOOK A LOOK.

 

I'D RIPPED MY KNICKERS WHEN I FELL AND TORN THE FLIPPING CRUTCH. HE-HE.

 

I AM GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE MY OUTFIT ON OR RUINED IT WOULD HAVE BEEN .

 

WITH THE CRUTCH OF MY FLILLY KNICKERS ALL TORN NOT A NICE SIGHT TO BE SEEN. HE-HE.

 

I'D HAVE HAD TO GO TO TOWN AGAIN AND GET MYSELF SOME MORE.

 

THE LADY IN THE SHOP WOULD  HAVE WONDERED  WHAT ALL THESE KNICKERS WERE FOR.    HE-HE.

 

THEM YOUNG POLL DANCERS DOWN TOWN I'LL SHOW THEM AND MAKE THEM ALL FROWN.

 

COS I INTEND TO SHOW THEM THE OLD ONES LIKE ME ARE STILL THE BEST SWINGERS IN TOWN.      HE-HE

 

        

                 

THE COMPANY WHO HAVE ASKED ME ARE GOOD FUN AND THEY LOVE A LAUGH.

 

AND SAID THERE PARTY WOULDN'T BE THE SAME WITHOUT COUSIN LAUGHING KATH .  HE-HE

 

THEY ALSO SAID IF YOU CARN'T DRESS UP WE WILL ALL OF US UNDERSTAND.

 

WELL WON'T THEY GET A SUPRIZE NOW WHEN MOTHERHEN SHE MAKES HER STAND.  HE-HE

 

FRILLY KNICKERS AND BLACK MESH STOCKINGS RED GARTER ALL THE JOB LOT.

        

A SIXTY TWO YEAR OLD GRANDMA  LOOKING PRETTY HOT HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!

 

WELL I'M THINKING  "MERRY CHRISTMAS" ALREADY  BUT BEFORE WE GET TO THAT TIME..

 

I'M NOW COMPOSING MY HALLOWEEN STORY TO PLACE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYMES " HE-HE !!!!!