I WAS LOOKING THROUGH SOME PHOTO'S ONE NIGHT WITH SOME OF MY OLD FRIENDS.
SUPRIZED TO SEE HOW SOME FASHIONS HAVE COME BACK AND SOME OF THE OTHER TRENDS.
I CAME ACROSS THIS PHOTOGRAPH J/LAND WHEN I WAS ABOUT AGED SIX..
MY COUSINS CAME OVER FROM KENT ON A HOLIDAY WHICH MY FATHER HAD FIXED. HA-HA.
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER BOUGHT ME THIS SWIMMING COSTUME HERE.
I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS SO WONDERFUL AND I SUPPOSE IT WAS QUITE DEAR.
WHEN IN THEM DAYS MONEY WAS TIGHT AND LOTS OF OTHER THINGS THEY CAME FIRST.
I KNOW WITH HAVING A FAMILY OF FOUR SHE HAD TO WATCH HER PURSE.
IT SEEMS SO STRANGE SOMEHOW THAT THIS PHOTO I'M SHOWING YOU HERE.
IS THE VIEW FROM MY WINDOW WHERE I LIVE NOW AS I LOOK ONTO THE SEA AND THE PIER.
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT AFTER FIFTY FIVE YEARS I'DBE LIVING IN THIS PLACE.
STROLLING ALONG THE BEACH NOW NOT SWIMMING WITH A GRINNING FACE .HA-HA
THE COSTUME IT WAS A MULTI COLOUR AND WHEN I WENT FOR A SWIM.
IT USED TO BLOW UP LIKE A BALLOON I LOOKED LIKE LIKE MR MICHELIN. HA-HA.
CAN YOU REMEMBER WHICH I MEAN I THINK THERES SOME OUT NOW.
THEY WERE STITCHED IN SQUARES WITH SHEERING ELASTIC AND EACH SQUARE FORMED A BUBBLE SOMEHOW..
THIS PARTICULAR PHOTO AS THE YEARS THEY DID PASS BY.
MY SISTERS GAVE IT A TITLE TO IT YOU WILL PROBABLY REALISE WHY.
" THE SWIMMER OF THE FIFTIES " THEY CALLED IT HE- HE-HE .
I THINK IT WAS SO APPROPRIATE AS THAT WAS ALWAYS ME.
EITHER RUNNING AROUND AND JUMPING ABOUT IN AND OUT OF THE SEA.
MY MOTHER USED TO TELL ME SHE NEVER KNEW SHE HAD ME.
I LOVED THE SEA AND THE OCEAN IT GAVE ME SUCH A THRILL.
MY FATHER ALWAYS USED TO SAY OUR KATH IS NEVER STILL. HA-HA
ALL MY OLD OLD PHOTO'S ARE FUNNY AS I LOOK I THINK WAS I RIGHT.
IN MY HEAD LOOK AT THE STATE OF ME DON'T I LOOK A SIGHT HA-HA.
I USED TO WEAR RUBBER SHOES AS WELL AND IV'E NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE COME BACK.
HAVE YOU SEEN THEM ALL BACK IN FASHION ALL COLOURS ON THE SHOE RACK.
JELLY BEANS I THINK THERE CALLED NOW WELL IV'E JUST BOUGHT A FEW PAIR.
BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL GET A BUBBLE COSTUME TO FIT ME NOW OUT THERE, HA-HA.
OH AND LOOK AT MY COUSINS CAP LOL! I MUSTN'T FORGET ABOUT THAT.
THEY MADE YOUR HEAD LOOK LIKE AN EGG BUT WE HAD TO WEAR SWIMMING CAPS. HA-HA.
DO YOU REMEMBER THE SIMILAR ONES WITH A STRAP THAT WENT UNDER THE CHIN.
AND A LITTLE BUCKLE AT THE SIDE THAT FASTENED IT ALWAYS DUG IN. HA-HA.
WELL I HAD ONE TOO AND I HATED THEM BUT I WAS MADE TO PUT IT ON.
I FELT A RIGHT LITTLE CHARLEY IN IT RUNNING ALONG THE PROM. HA-HA.
ALL TODAYS FASHIONABLE DRESSES NOW HAVE THE BUBBLE SHEAR AT THE TOP .
BUT I DON'T THINK THERE HALF AS PRETTY AS MY COSSY WHICH MY MOTHER GOT HA-HA.
OH IT'S A GOOD JOB I CAN LAUGH NOW AS EVERYTHING TODAY SEEMS BAD.
AND AT TIMES IT GETS ME FEELING DOWN AND MAKES ME FEEL OH SO SAD.
I LOVE TO LOOK BACK AT OLD PHOTO'S SOMETIMES THEY CHEER ME NO END..
AND WE HAVE A GOOD LAUGH AT THEM ALL AND A NATTER ME AND MY DEAR OLD FRIENDS. HA-HA.
I HOPE I HAVE JOGGED YOUR MEMORIES AGAIN OF THE COSTUMES OF BYGONE DAYS.
A LITTLE MORE COVERED UP WE WERE TOO AT THE BEACH IN OUR SCHOOLDAYS.
NOT WALKING ABOUT HALF NAKED AND SHOWING ALL WE HAD.
NO I'M NOT AN OLD FASHIONED BIDDY BUT I THINK SOME FASHIONS ARE BAD.
WELL ANYWAY I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHOW YOU WHAT AN EGG HEAD I WAS WHEN A KID. HA-HA
AND MENTION SOME OF THE FASHIONS AND SOME OF THE THINGS I DID.
I LOVED MY BUBBLE COSTUME AND MY MOP CAP AT THAT TIME
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. AND I HOPE I HAVE JOGGED YOUR MEMORIES AGAIN HERE IN "MY SIMPLE RHYME"
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