" MY TRIP TO SOUTHFORK"

   

 

      

 

ANOTHER STORY I HAVN'T TOLD YOU ABOUT THE USA.

 

WHEN ON HOLIDAY THERE ONE YEAR I WENT DOWN the SOUTHFORK WAY.

 

YES IN DALLAS TEXAS YOU'LL REMEMEBER THE SITCOM WELL.

 

WITH OLD JR AND FAMILY NOW MY TALE I'LL TELL.

 

I ARRIVED THERE IT WAS RED HOT ABOUT 31 DEGREES.

 

ME SISTER AND MY BROTHER-IN -LAW BELOW YOU'LL SEE ALL THREE.

 

TEXAS IS  A RED HOT STATE SO I HEADED INTO THE SHADE.

 

INSIDE THIS WONDERFUL GIANT STORE TO SEE WHAT THEY DID TRADE.

 

TWAS FULL OF BOOTS AND COWBOY HATS CLOTHES OF EVERY KIND.

 

I SUPPOSE YOU GUESSED ALREADY WHAT MOTHERHEN HAD IN MIND.

 

THE STOREKEEPER TOOK THIS PICTURE WHEN I'D PURCHASED THIS AND THAT.

 

WELL YOU GUESSED YES  MOTHERHEN I HAD TO BUY A HAT. HE-HE

 

 

SO MANY THERE TO CHOOSE FROM SO PURPLE WAS MY CHOICE.

 

THERE WERE LOTS OF HANDSOME MEN THERE TOO WHOO- HOO I LOVE COWBOYS. HE-HE.

 

 

 BROTHER-IN -LAW WAS IN HIS GLORY TRYING HATS  ONE BY ONE.

 

COME ON I SAID PLEASE HURRY OR THE DAY IT WILL BE DONE.

 

THEN I STARTED DREAMING AND THOUGHTS CAME TO MY HEAD.

 

MY POOR LEGS THEY WERE ACHING SO TO MY SISTER SAID.

 

I'M GOING TO RING JOCK EWING UP AND ASK TO BORROW HIS CAR.

 

I WOULD  PROMISE TO STAY ON THE RANCH AND SAY I'LL NOT TRAVEL VERY FAR.

 

SO BELOW YOU SEE ME HERE FRIENDS READY TO DEPART.

 

ISN'T THE CAR A BEAUTY GLEEMING AND SO SMART.

 

 

SLOWLYI DROVE THE DUSTY TRACKS WAVING LIKE OUR QUEEN. HE-HE

 

JUST FOR A DAY ME  A STAR NOT JUST PLAIN  KATHLEEN.

 

I PULLED UP  AT  THE WONDERFUL HOUSE AND TWO PEOPLE PASSED ME BY.

 

A LITTLE BOY ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD WITH HIS DADDY CAUGHT MY EYE.

 

 HOWDY !! SHOUTS THE LITTLE BOY  I KNOW YOU YOUR SUE ELLEN .

 

HE-HE  I THOUGHT FAME AT LAST I FELT  I WAS IN  HEAVEN.

 

CONTINUED ROUND THE BEAUTIFUL HOUSE SAYING OH! HOW I  DO WISH.

 

I REALY WAS SUE ELLEN I'D   MEET  BOBBY WHAT A DISH  HE-HE.

 

HERES A SNAP OF JR'S BEDROOM WHICH SUE ELLEN  DID SHARE.

 

I'D HAVE LOVED TO HAVE TRIED THAT BED OUT  BUT NO WAY I DIDN'T DARE HE-HE.

 

    

 

SO OVER I STROLLED TO THE SWIMMING POOL RELAXED AND  LAY IN THE SUN.

 

BEFORE I KNEW IT MY SISITER WOKE ME AND OH! WHAT HAD SHE DONE.

 

 

 

SHE HAD TAKEN MY DREAM AWAY FROM ME I DIDN'T WANT TO WAKE.

 

BEING SUE ELLEN FOR JUST A DAY WHY DID SHE HAVE TO TAKE.

 

ALL THOSE LOVELY THOUGHTS AWAY  YES WHAT A FABULOUS DAY .

 

I HAD IN DALLAS VISITING WHEN I WENT SOUTHFORK WAY.

 

 

I TRAVELLED THEN  TO THE RODEO BOY I HAD FUN OUT THERE .

 

WATCHING THE BUCKING BRONCO'S I WONDERED HOW THEY

DARE.

 

 

 

 

THEN ON TO SIX FLAGS OVER TEXAS THE RIDES WERE ENORMOUS GEEEE!!.

 

NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS WOULD I RIDE ON THEM NOT ME.

 

SISTER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW VENTURED I PRAYED MY HANDS CLASPED TIGHT.

 

WHEN THEY CAME OFF THE TITAN  GOSH THEY WERE GHOSTLY WHITE  HE-HE.

 

        

                 

A BRILLIANT DAY WAS HAD BY ALL SO WE HEADED THEN BACK HOME .

 

PLANNING THE NEXT DAY OUTING TO FORT WORTH IS WHERE WE  ROAMED.

 

 

BACK IN ENGLAND NOW I AM BUT I'LL RETURN AGAIN SOMETIME.

 

TO SEE A BIT MORE OF TEXAS WHICH  IV'E SHOWN IN 

 

                    " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

             

                       

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MY VISIT TO THE WAR MUSEUM"

 

A visit to our unique Museum at EDEN CAMP will transport you back in time to wartime Britain. You will experience the sights, sounds, even the smells of those dangerous years.

 

Please ignore the date on my snaps my camera seems to please itself what date it puts on my pics LOL!! and may I also say AOL have been a pain this week with there picture section I havn't been able to insert any at all from my holidays. At last it is working for me  today Yehhhh!!!!! ........

 

                                       EDEN CAMP  !!!!!!

 

 

 

 

ON MY WAY HOME FROM MY HOLIDAY I CALLED AT THE PLACE ABOVE,

 

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW NOSTALGIA IS A SUBJECT THAT I LOVE.

 

THINKING AND LOOKING BACK GIVES ME A FEELING I CARN'T EXPLAIN.

 

SO I INTENDED CALLING IN HERE ONE DAY BE IT SUNSHINE OR BE IT RAIN.

 

IV'E BEEN GOING TO GO FOR MANY A YEAR  BUT FOR SOME REASON NEVER GOT THERE.

 

WELL ON LOOKING ROUND IN ALL THE HUTS MANY THINGS MADE ME STARE.

 

NOT BEING BORN AT THIS TIME IT OPENED MY EYES A GREAT DEAL.

 

EVERYTHING I SAW INTRIGUED ME I HAD TO SNAP AND STEAL.

 

A PICTURE OF ALMOST EVERYTHING THOUGH SOME PLACES WERE HARD TO SNAP.

 

AS MANY THINGS WERE BEHIND GLASS WINDOWS SO I GOT THE WHOLE FLASHBACK.

 

AFTER I'D STROLLED AROUND FOR A WHILE I WENT TO THE MESS FOR MY LUNCH.

 

TYPICAL OF WHERE THE SOLDIERS ATE  AND I MET SUCH A HAPPY BUNCH.

 

OF PENSIONERS ON A DAY TRIP THERE REMINISCING ABOUT THE WAR.

 

TELLING ME STORIES OF ALSORTS AND SOME OF THE SIGHTS THEY SAW.

 

 

ALL FULL UP WE CONTINUED ON  AS  I SNAPPED TO MY HEARTS CONTENT.

 

IT TAKES FOUR HOURS TO GO ROUND ROUGHLY BUT A DAY OUT VERY  WELL SPENT.

 

THERES A TINY CINEMA INSIDE ONE HUT WHERE YOU CAN SEE A SHOW.

 

I DIDN'T SIT DOWN AS I PASSED THROUGH AS TOO MUCH TIME TO GO.

 

FOR THE SECOND SHOWING I'D MISSED THE FIRST ONE SADLY IT HAD PASSED BY.

 

WHILST STROLLING ROUND I TOOK THE SNAPS UP ABOVE  WHICH CAUGHT MY EYE.

 

BUT I'D HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A WEEK I'M AFRAID SHOULD I HAVE TAKEN THEM ALL.

 

I WAS IN THIS MUSICAL HUT OF NOSTALGIA SINGING AWAY HAD A BALL.

 

BEFORE I LEFT THE CINEMA WE ALL SANG OUT LOUD IN TUNE.

HE-HE

 

TO THIS GREAT SONG I THINK YOU ALL KNOW ABOUT PEOPLE MEETING AGAIN SOON.

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

   

  

CAN YOU VISUALISE  ME SINGING JAN  I WISHED YOU HAD BEEN THERE .

 

I KNOW YOU LOVE A SING SONG LIKE ME WE ARE A PAIR. HE-HE.

 

SO I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THE WORDS HERE NOW TO SING TO ME TILL NEXT TIME.

 

I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED THIS BIT OF NOSTALGIA HERE IN

 

                     "MY SIMPLE RHYME ".

 

 

 

 

              

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" THE LANDLORD"

    

 

 

A LANDLORD IS A PERSON WHO TAKES YOUR MONEY FAST.

 

HE SERVES A LEASE UPON YOU AND YOU HAVE A HOME AT LAST.

 

ON SIGNING YOU AGREE TO DO THE RIGHT THINGS AND RESPECT.

 

HIS PROPERTY AND THEN KEEP IT CLEAN MAKING NO DEFECTS.

 

ANYTHING ON THE PROPERTY WHICH GOES WRONG IF IT BREAKS.

 

YOU HAVE TO RING AND TELL HIM SO REPAIRS HE UNDERTAKES.

 

NOW DECENT PEOPLE SIGN THERE LEASE AND MOST THEY KEEP THERE WORD.

 

LOOK AFTER WHATS NOT RIGHTLY THIERS  AS YOU WILL HAVE HEARD.

 

SO WHY WHEN TENANTS FIND A FAULT HE DOESN'T WANT TO KNOW.

 

NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES ONE RINGS THE GOING IS SO SLOW.

 

AN EXAMPLE HERE I'M TELLING YOU LAST WEEK WHEN I GOT HOME.

 

FRIDAY MORNING NO HOT WATER YES IT MADE ME MOAN.

 

TWO SUITCASES OF WASHING AND NOT A SINGLE DROP.

 

OF WATER FROM MY TAPS NO I JUST COULDN'T GET IT HOT.

 

A BROKEN BOILER WAS THE FAULT SO THE LANDLORD I DID RING.

 

ONLY TO FIND AN ANSWER MACHINE LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE AFTER THE PING.

 

IT'S EASY ENOUGH SO YES I SPOKE DOWN THE PHONELINE PLAIN.

 

LEFT MY ADDRESS AND MY NUMBER AND OF COURSE MY NAME.

 

WAITED ALL DAY FRIDAY BUT NO ANSWER DID I GET.

 

FRUSTRAITED NOW BY THE END OF THE DAY YES I WAS YOU BET.

 

MY KETTLE HAD NO BACKSIDE (BUTT) LEFT FOREVER ON THE BOIL.

 

WASHING SMALLS AND OTHER THINGS MOTHERHEN DID TOIL.

 

SATURDAY CAME AROUND AND ONCE AGAIN I RANG UP QUICK.

 

AT THE END OF THE DAY NO REPLY DON'T IT MAKE YOU SICK.

 

ON SUNDAY SAME AGAIN I THOUGHT WHAT DO I DO NOW.

 

THREE FULL DAYS OF RINGING UP I DIDN'T JUST KNOW HOW.

 

I COULD GET THE REPAIR DONE IF THE LANDLORD COULDN'T FIND TIME.

 

TO RING ME BACK AND ANSWER ME ON MY OWN LANDLINE.

 

BLOODY IGNORANT USELESS A FEW OF THE WORKS I SPOKE.

 

TO MYSELF IN ANGER BECAUSE THIS WAS NO JOKE.

 

BOILING PANS AND KETTLES CLIMBING STAIRS POOR KATH.

 

TO KEEP MYSELF NICE AND CLEAN FOR  A NICE HOT BATH.

 

MONDAY CAME AROUND AND HOW I ACHED FROM TOP TO TOE.

 

MY ANKLE NOW HAD GONE WITH CARRYING WATER TOO AND FRO.

 

SO I RANG AGAIN YES MORE EXPENCE THIS TIME TO TELL HIM THAT.

 

MY STANDING ORDERS CANCELLED FOR MY RENT YOU HEAR OLD CHAP.

 

JUST A LITTLE WHITE LIE IT MIGHT MAKE HIM SIT UP.

 

WHEN HE LISTENED TO THIS MESSAGE AS HE SIPPED HIS COFFEE CUP.

 

TUESDAY MORNING NO SUPRIZE A MESSAGE HE HAD SENT.

 

IVE ARRANGED A MAN TO CALL PM BECAUSE I NEED MY RENT.

 

MY LITTLE LIE HAD FINALLY WORKED SO OFF MOTHERHEN DID LIMP.

 

DOWN TO TOWN FOR SOME SHOPPING CLOTHES SOAKING  IN THE SINK.

 

AT 4PM A GUY RANG UP SAID HE WOULD CALL NEXT DAY.      GRRRR!!!

 

BY WEDNESDAY I WAS SHATTERED STRESSED OUT IN A BAD WAY.

 

HE DIDN'T  ARRIVE TILL THURSDAY AND  JUST AS I HAD SAT.

 

DOWN TO EAT MY HOMEMADE STEW WITH THIS I COULD HAVE SPAT.

 

WHAT A TIME TO CALL I THOUGHT SO MY LUNCH WENT TO ONE SIDE.

 

I WASN'T EATING IN FRONT OF A STRANGER NO I HAVE MORE PRIDE.

 

I ASKED HIM WHEN THE LANDLORD HAD LET HIM KNOW MY NEED.

 

HE SAID THE DAY I CALLED YOU SO I CAME ALONG WITH SPEED.

 

HOW COULD HE LIE AND TELL ME HE HAD LET HIM KNOW BEFORE.

 

I LOST MY MARBLES THERE AND THEN AND HE HEARD HOW MUCH I SWORE.

 

WELL THANX A MILLION I REPLIED AND THEN I TOLD HIM STRAIGHT.

 

HOW MANY MESSAGES I HAD LEFT AND OF MY SEVEN DAY WAIT.

 

OH! DEAR HE SAID I KNOW THESE LANDLORDS YOU ARE RIGHT MADAM.

 

THEY'LL GET AWAY WITH MURDER ANYTIME THEY CAN.

 

MY BOILERS MENDED NOW FRIENDS AND I'M NOW BACK TO THE NORM.

 

RED HOT WATER FROM MY TAP INSTEAD OF BEING LUKE WARM.

 

MY NERVES ARE CALMED BUT STILL I SAY THAT LANDLORDS ARE A FARSE.

 

BEING FACE TO FACE I WOULD HAVE SAID STICK YOUR ANSWER MACHINE UP YOUR ARSE.

 

SO IF YOU ARE A LANDLORD AND THERES MESSAGES ON YOUR LINE.

 

FLIPPING ANSWER THEM WILL YOU IF YOU READ "MY SIMPLE RHYME"    

 

 

                            

"OH FOR THE GOOD OLD SCHOOLDAYS"

 

 

          

        

 

YES I'M BACK FROM MY HOLIDAYS J/LAND BUT THIS ISN'T AN HOLIDAY RHYME.

 

I HAVN'T UPLOADED MY PICTURES  YET SO I THOUGHT I WOULD POST THIS TIME.

 

ABOUT A PHOTO  I FOUND LAST NIGHT LOOKING FOR SOMETHING ELSE.

 

PLUS A LITTLE STORY ABOUT MY SISTER AND A LITTLE ABOUT MYSELF.

 

OH! FOR THE GOOD OLD SCHOOLDAYS AND HOW I LOVED THEM SO.

 

WHEN VERY YOUNG I LOVED THEM AND WITH EAGERNESS I'D GO .

 

EACH AND EVERY MORNING UP AT THE CRACK OF DAWN.

 

LOOKING FORWARD ONCE AGAIN TO ANOTHER SCHOOLDAY MORN.

 

THEN ONE EVENING SADLY TRAGEDY STRUCK WHAT  A MESS.

 

MY SISTER WHILST DOING HER HOMEWORK CAUGHT FIRE HER FLANNEL NIGHTDRESS.

 

FATHER RUSHED OVER AND GRABBED HER QUICK AND ROLLED HER IN A RUG.

 

NOT TO MAKE HER COSY NOR TO MAKE HER NICE AND SNUG.

 

BUT TO DIE OUT ALL THE FLAMES WHICH RAGED AND ENVELOPED HER SO.

 

THE AMBULANCE CAME  AND TO THE HOSPITAL SISTER  MOTHER AND FATHER DID GO.

 

WELL THE STORY GOES MY FATHERS HANDS WERE VERY BADLY BURNED .

 

A LESSON DON'T SIT WITH YOUR BACK TO THE FIRE MY SISTER QUICKLY LEARNED.

 

MY MOTHER SHE WAS ILL WITH THE SHOCK AND THE THREE OF THEM YOU SEE.

 

WERE OUT OF ACTION SO EVERYTHING HAD TO BE DONE AT THAT TIME  BY ME.

 

THIS MEANT I HAD  A WEEK OFF SCHOOL TO HELP THEM ALL BACK THEN.

 

SO FATHER SENT OFF A LETTER TO THE HEAD TO TELL HIM WHEN .

 

MOTHER FELT MUCH BETTER I WOULD RETURN TO SCHOOL ONCE MORE.

 

I WAS VERY UPSET AND SAD THEY WERE BURNED AND ALL SO VERY SORE.

 

YET STILL MY HEART WAS LONGING TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN.

 

SO I TOO WAS A LITTLE SORE BECAUSE IN MY HEART I FELT A PAIN.

 

THEN CAME A LETTER FROM THE SCHOOL I'D WON A MEDAL HE-HE.

 

TWO YOUNG LADS AND ONLY ONE GIRL OUT OF ALL THE SCHOOL  YES ME.

 

FOR PERFECT ATTENDANCE THE HEADLINES  READ JUSTICE REAPS IT'S REWARDS.

 

THIS  THE TITLE IN THE LOCAL PAPER AND A PICTURE WITH OUR AWARDS.

 

FOR NEVER BEING LATE OR ABSENT FOR THE WHOLE OF ALL THREE YEARS.

 

AND IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FOUR YEARS IF THAT EVENING HADN'T BROUGHT TEARS.

 

SO BECAUSE I HAD ONE WEEK OFF SCHOOL TO HELP OUT AT THAT SAD TIME .

 

THIS HAD BROKEN THE FOUR YEAR ATTENDANCE BUT ALL HAD TURNED OUT FINE.

 

WELL OFF  I WENT THIS WINTERS MORNING ALONG TO MEET THE PRESS.

 

HAIR DONE UP IN THE BOUFFANT (HE-HE) IN A CANDY STRIPED WOOL DRESS.

 

FOURTEEN YEARS OF AGE I WAS AND FEELING OH! SO PROUD.

 

THAT I HAD EARNED AN ATTENDANCE MEDAL CHEERED ON BY THE SCHOOL CROWD.

 

I CAME ACROSS THE PICTURE FRIENDS FROM THE PAPER JUST LAST NIGHT.

 

AND I LAUGHED MY LID OFF AT IT WELL  DON'T I LOOK A SIGHT.   HE-HE.

 

LOOK AT THE CRAZY HEADBAND  BUT THEY WERE ALL THE RAGE.

 

PLUS THE KISS CURLS ROUND MY CHEEKS HE-HE IN THE  HEADLINES ON THE FRONT PAGE.

 

I AM HAPPY TO ALSO TELL YOU THAT MY SISTER SHE DID REAL WELL.

 

NO SCARS FROM THE BURNS HER SKIN HEALED GREAT SO EVERYTHING TURNED OUT SWELL.

 

WELL HERES THE  PRESENTATION PIC COUNCILLOR BARNES IS SAYING WELL DONE.

 

FOR NEVER BEING LATE OR ABSCENT YES MY SCHOOLDAYS THEY WERE FUN.

 

     

 

     

 

THE MESSAGE  ON THE MEDALS  NOT PLAIN AS YOU ALL WILL SEE.

 

I DIDN'T WANT MY MAIDEN NAME SHOWING I HOPE YOU ALL AGREE.

 

I WORKED HARD  AND I DID MY  BEST AT SCHOOL AND I ALWAYS SHOWED RESPECT.

 

NEVER THINKING  I'D  GET A MEDAL AT ALL NO NOTHING DID I EXPECT.

 

SO SHORTLY I WILL POST  A RHYME WITH SOME PICS FROM MY HOLIDAY.

 

UNTIL THEN I HOPE YOU ARE  ALL FEELING WELL BUT FOR NOW I WILL ONCE AGAIN SAY.

 

OH! FOR THE GOOD OLD SCHOOLDAYS I LOVED ONCE UPON A TIME.

 

EVERY DAY I LOOKED FORWARD TO GOING TO SCHOOL  AS YOU'VE READ IN

 

                                              "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

                          

 

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