JEWELLERY CLEAR OUT.

 

    

 

 

WHEN I WOKE YESTERDAY IT WAS GLOOMY AS I GOT UP WITH THE LARKS.

 

NOT A DAY TO GO WALKING AT ALL OR SITTING AROUND IN THE PARKS. 

 

I DECIDED  ANOTHER  CLEAR OUT OF MY JEWELLERY BOXES THREE.

 

I DON'T OFTEN WEAR MUCH OF THIS NOWADAYS  AS I DO NOT GO OUT MUCH  YOU SEE.

 

NECKLACES OF EVERY DESIGN WITH EARINGS TO MATCH THERE TOO.

 

COSTUME JEWELLERY  FIRST I CLEARED ALL THE REDS AND BLACKS AND BLUE.

 

WHITES AND PINKS AND LILACS ALL COLOURS UNDER THE SUN.

 

 

 

 

OH IT TOOK ME HOURS TO SORT THEM ON DOING SO I HAD MUCH FUN.

 

AS EACH PIECE BROUGHT A MEMORY OF SOME EVENT I'D BEEN ON.

 

OUTINGS AND GATHERINGS OF FAMILY WHEN TO WEDDINGS AND THINGS WE HAVE GONE.

 

THEN CAME THE SORTING OF HAIR ORNAMENTS YES I HAVE LOTS IN STORE.

 

AS I HAVE HAD  MY HAIR FAIRLY LONG FOR MANY A YEAR AND MORE.

 

 

        

                       

 

SO ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS I USUALY WEAR

SOMETHING ADORNING  MY HAIR.

 

AS IN THE PICTURE BELOW HERE YOU  SEE SOME FLOWERS IN MY HAIR THERE .

 

  

 

THIS WAS AT SOMEONES WEDDING A COUPLE OF YEARS  AGO NOW.

 

I WAS  LOOKING DOWN AT MY GRANDAUGHTER DANCING AWAY OH WOW.

 

THEY DIDIN'T WANT ANYONE IN HATS SO I HAD TO TRIM UP MY HAIR.

 

OTHERWISE DO NOT AKS ME WHY I THINK I WOULD HAVE FELT BARE.

 

SO YES EACH PIECE I SORTED A MEMORY IT  BROUGHT MY WAY.

 

OF ME ENJOYING MYSELF ALL DRESSED UP ON SOME CELEBRATION  DAY.

 

ALMOST LIKE WHENYOU HEAR CERTAIN MUSIC IT BRINGS TO YOUR MIND THE SAME.

 

A MEMORY OF SOMETHING IN THE TUNE TAKES YOU WONDERING DOWN OLD MEMORY LANE.

 

WELL THE JEWELLERY AND THINGS FINALLY SORTED IT TOOK  ME MANY HOURS.

 

SO I THEN WENT OUT AND DECIDED TO TAKE A FEW SNAPS OF MY FLOWERS.

 

I THOUGHT I MIGHT CHEER YOU UP MY FRIENDS FROM THESE LONG DARK DISMAL DAYS.

 

WE HAVE ALL BEEN EXPERIANCING RAINSTORMS AND WINDS BUT NOT MANY SUNSHINE RAYS.

 

YET MY LITTLE PANSIES HAVE DONE SO WELL THEY ARE BLOOMING AND BOWING THERE HEADS .

 

EACH MORNING I GO TO TEND THEM AND PLUCK OFF THE ONES THAT ARE DEAD.

 

IN THE BITING WIND THEY FLOURISH AND LIVING HERE AT THE COAST.

 

THROUGH ALL THE GALES AND THE SALT AIR AROUND THERE CERTAINLY PROVING THE MOST.

 

HEALTHY LOOKING PANSIES AND I WISH I COULD SAY THE SAME.

 

FOR ME MYSELF MY FRIENDS BUT I CANNOT THAT WOULD BE REALY VAIN.

 

SO I HOPE THESE FEW LITTLE PANSIES FOR THOUGHT HAVE CHEERED YOU ALL TODAY .

 

AND LETS HOPE NOW WE ARE ALMOST IN  FEBRUARY SPRING SOON WILL BE ON ITS WAY.

 

OH HOW I LOVE THE SPRINGTIME WITH DAFFY'S AND TULIPS AND SUCH .

 

YOU KNOW HOW I LOVE MY FLOWERS AND I MISS MY GARDENS SO MUCH.

 

 

 

NOT TO WORRY AS LONG AS I HAVE MY POTS AT LEAST THERE SHOWING THERE WORTH .

 

AS NEARER GODS HEART IN A GARDEN THAN ANYWHERE ELSE ON EARTH.

 

SO ONCE AGAIN A MEMORY THESE TINY PANSIES BROUGHT ME.

 

GROWING THERE IN THAT TINY POT ORANGES AND LEMONS YOU SEE.

 

OF ALL MY DELIGHTFUL GARDENS IV'E MADE WHEN I USED TO HAVE LARGE PLOTS.

 

IT'S NOT THE SIZE OF THE GARDEN  BECAUSE " LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT ".

 

 

 

ISN'T IT STRANGE HOW SORTING MY JEWELERY AND SORTING MY HAIR ONAMENTS .

 

BROUGHT  ME A DAY OF JOY AND BROUGHT ME SUCH MEMORIES AND  SENTIMENTS.

 

SO WHEN  ALL WAS   FINALLY SORTED OUT AND ALL THINGS WERE TIDY AND FINE.

 

I SAT DOWN RELAXED AND DECIDED TO WRITE YOU ANOTHER OF                            

 

                              " MY SIMPLE RHYMES ".

 

 

                      HAVE A LOVELY DAY EVREYONE

 

         

                   

 

              KATH    ASTORIASAND

 

 

 

"THIRTY TWO YEARS AGO

       

 

WHERE HAVE THE LAST THIRTY TWO YEARS GONE WOULDN'T I LIKE TO KNOW.

 

LOOKING BACK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH I WONDERED THEN WHERE WE WOULD GO .

 

AS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME IN LIFE I WAS LEFT  WITH THREE CHILDREN SMALL.

 

I HAD NO IDEA WHAT LIFE HAD  IN STORE AND I HAD NO CARES AT ALL.

 

YET WHEN I CAME ACROSS THIS PICTURE I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WELL KATH

 

LOOKING AT YOU THERE SMILING YOU  MUST STILL HAVE HAD STRENGTH TO LAUGH.

 

THE ELDEST SON  JUST SEVEN YRS OLD THEN NEXT SON THREE AND A HALF .

 

MY DAUGHTER TEN MONTH OLD AND ME WEARING MY BANDANA SCARF.

 

I HAD GONE ON A DAY TRIP OUT TO WALES WITH A FRIEND SO KIND TO ME THEN.

 

I AM  SAT AT THE TOP OF CAERNARFON CASTLE IN THEM DAYS WALES WAS A JEM.

 

THE PREVIOUS YEAR I HAD BEEN SO ILL WHEN EXPECTING MY BABY GIRL..

 

COMPLICATIONS SET IN AT THREE MONTHS AND EVERYTHING WENTIN A WHIRL .

 

I HAD ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND A GALL BLADDER OP AS WELL.

 

THEN I HAD AN ABCESS REMOVED FROM MY UTERUS TOO PAINFUL FOR ME TO TELL .

 

THE SURGEON TOLD MY PARENTS IT WAS MY LIFE OR THE BABES.

 

UNTIL ANOTHER SPECIALIST STEPPED IN AND HIM OUR LIVES HE SAVED.

 

SIX MONTHS OF OPERATIONS AND BED REST UNTIL THE DAY.

 

MY BABY GIRL WAS DELIVERED IN THE ORDINARY  NORMAL WAY.

 

I WAS VERY WEAK ON COMING HOME AND FOUGHT WITH ALL OF MY MIGHT.

 

THOUGH AT ONE POINT DURING MY HOSPITAL STAY I DID GIVE THEM ALL A FRIGHT.

 

SO WHEN I RECOVERED AND I WAS THEN LEFT WITH MY CHILDREN THREE.

 

I WAS ASKED IF I'D LIKE THIS DAY OUT AND SO I QUICKLY  DID AGREE.

 

THE YEAR WAS 1976 AND I REMEMBER THE WEATHER  RED HOT.

 

THATS MAYBE WHY I HAVE THE BANDANA PLONKED ON MY TOP KNOT HE-HE.

 

 

LOOKING BACK NOW I THINK OF THE TIME HOW I WORRIED WHAT LIFE HAD IN STORE.

 

TODAY AS I LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH I DON'T THINK I COULD WISH FOR MORE.

 

TIMES HAVE BEEN HARD AND IV'E STRUGGLED BUT ALSO TIMES HAVE BEEN GOOD.

 

SO MUCH SO IF WE COULD TURN AROUND I KNOW I SURELY WOULD.

 

LIVE OVER THOSE YEARS I HAVE TRAVELLED I'M SO THANKFUL FOR ALL I HAVE HAD.

 

IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE BUT I TAKE THE GOOD WITH THE BAD .

 

LOOK HOW SLIM THE CHILDREN WERE  IN THEM DAYS FOLKS CAN YOU  SEE.

 

SOMETIMES ON THESE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS THEY LOOK SKELETAL TO ME.

 

THOUGH I FEEL BECAUSE THEY ATE WHAT WE COOKED GOOD FOOD NOT LIKE TODAY.

 

I NEVER BOUGHT ANYTHING  IN TINS OR JARS AND NO FAST FOODS DOWN OUR WAY.

 

ALL THE PROCESSED STUFF THATS AROUND ON SALE FOR THE KIDS IN THIS AGE.

 

CHIPS AND BEEFBURGERS FAST FOODS ETC  SEEM NOW TO BE ALL THE RAGE.

 

SO I DO BELIEVE THE DOCTORS ARE RIGHT IN MANY THINGS WHICH THEY SAY.

 

ABOUT THE GROWING DIABETES CHILDREN ARE EXPERIANCING  TODAY.

 

WELL THE PICTURE ABOVE I JUST LOVE IT OF THE CHILDREN  WHEN THEY  WERE SMALL.

 

THERE  IN WALES A SINGLE MOTHER  OUTSIDE THE FLORAL HALL.

 

OH ISN'T IT GOOD TO LOOK BACK AT OLD PICTURES WHEN WE HAVE LOTS OF TIME.

 

I LOVE TO GO BACK TO THEM DAYS BUILDING SAND CASTLES SAYING NURSERY RHYMES .

 

IF WE KNEW BACK THEN WHAT WE KNOW NOW BACK IN THOSE DAYS OF OLD.

 

I STILL WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING IN MY LIFE WHICH A LITTLE OF IT I HAVE TOLD.

 

CHILDREN KEEP YOU YOUNG AT HEART AND THEY KEEP YOU ON YOUR TOES.

 

EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD A FAMILY WILL UNDERSTAND THIS AND  KNOW.

 

AHHHH  WELL THOSE THIRTY TWO YEARS HAVE PASSED NOW AND IT IS 2008.

 

I HAVE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF ALL OF THEM EACH ONE OF THEM  WERE GREAT.

 

I DID HAVE ANOTHER SON AFTER THIS TIME TO MY ROOSTER IN  SEVENTY NINE.

 

EVEN THOUGH I HAD BEEN TOLD NOT TO EVERYTHING  TURNED OUT FINE.

 

THROUGH TIMES OF TROUBLE AND SADNESS WE ALL SEEM TO WIN THROUGH SOMEHOW..

 

YES THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL WHEN YOUR THINKING YOU  DON'T KNOW HOW.

 

TO MAKE ENDS MEET AND WHERE YOU ARE GOING OR WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT.

 

SO DON'T GET UPSET BECAUSE BELIEVE ME IV'E  HAD ROUGH TIMES AND BEEN VEXED.

 

BUT THE GOOD LORD HE HELPED ME THROUGH IT ALL AND HERE I AM AT THIS TIME.

 

THIRTY TWO YEARS PAST  MY FAMILY GROWN UP  AND STILL WRITING " MY SIMPLE RYHME "

 

                

                                    

 

 THANX TO CHRIS OF CAB'S CREATIONS FOR THIS LOVELY GRAPHIC.

 

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"GOOD EVENING"

                        

             

 

I THOUGHT OH! I'LL DO A FEW COMMENTS LAST THURSDAY AS  I HAD A LITTLE SPARE TIME.

 

THEN IF I GOT FINISHED EARLY I WOULD  DO ANOTHER RHYME.

 

SO THURDAY MORNING OF LAST WEEK I TURN ON  LIKE WE ALL DO .

 

OH! DEAR  SOMETHING QUITE DIFFERANT A MESSAGE IS WAITING THATS NEW.

 

CANNOT CONNECT TO SERVER  NOT AGAIN I WAS READY TO SWEAR.

 

SO I FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN TO ME WHICH I WAS READING THERE .

 

YES THIS IS QUITE EASY I THOUGHT SO EVERYTHINGS GOING TO BE FINE.

 

WAS I WISHFUL THINKING AGAIN I GET KICKED STRAIGHT OFFLINE .

 

SOMETHING ENTIRELY DIFFERANT SO KATH THOUGHT SHE WOULDN'T BE BET.

 

ONCE AGAIN I DID WHAT IT TOLD ME THEN IT SAID WILL YOU GO NOW  AND GET .

 

TO LIVE HELP OR RING YOUR INTERNET PROVIDER I SCREAMED AND THOUGHT YES YOU BET!!!.

 

EACH TIME I RANG WELL GOOD HEAVENS WHEN I GOT THROUGH THEY DIDN'T KNOW.

 

JUST WHAT WAS WRONG AND WHEN I EXPLAINED OH JUST ONE MINUTE AND SO..

 

WILL YOU PLEASE LISTEN TO THIS MUSIC I'LL BE BACK AS SOON AS I CAN.

 

GRRRR I  WAS VERY FRUSTRATED SAT THERE LISTENING TO DURAN DURAN..

 

MYHEAD WAS BANGING  THEN ANOTHER MAN BUKTA  HE NOW COMES ON THE LINE.

 

HELLO THIS IS BUKTA I WILL FIX IT AND EVERYTHINGS GOING TO BE FINE.

 

I AM THE AOL TOP TECHNITIAN YOU ARE SPEAKING HERE TO TODAY

 

SO I PAUSED FOR A WHILE PUT MY HANDS TOGETHER MOTHERHEN  SHE STARTED TO PRAY.

 

HE THEN DIRECTED ME ON THE PHONE WHERE TO GO ON MY POOTER .

 

TYPE INTO RUN:-A LOAD OF DOUBLE DUTCH AND I THOUGHT OH THIS IS SUPER.

 

I WON'T BE LONG NOW BEFORE IT IS FIXED UP ONE TO ONE ON THE PHONE.

 

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE PHONE GOES DEAD AND BUKTA MUST HAVE GONE HOME.

 

SO I SET UP AGAIN TO REDIAL MY PHONE AND GOT A REPLY FROM  ASHID.

 

HE SAID BUKTA APOLOGISES MADAM KATHLEEN OH YES I BET HE DID.

 

HE TOLD ME TO UNINSTALL AOL AND ALSO MY MODEM TOO.

 

RE-INSTALL BOTH THE DISCS AND THIS WILL WORK OUT FOR YOU.

 

CAN YOU TELL ME WHY I SHOULD DO ALL THIS NECESSARY WORK.

 

THEN MOTHERHEN STARTED CLUCKING BECAUSE TO ME THEY ARE ALL JERKS.

 

BEEN TO LIVE HELP A THOUSAND TIMES AND TWO HERE IN A SHORT SPACE.

 

I AM GLAD I 'M NOT IN A HURRY GOING AT THERE FLIPPING  PACE.

 

I AM TECHNITIAN HE TELLS ME OH! I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED.

 

I SAID IN A VERY POLITE WAY THANK GOODNESS I HAVE BEEN BLESSED.  HE-HE.

 

NO BUT IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER AFTER SEVEN DAYS AND INSTRUCTIONS MORE.

 

OF DIFFERANT REPS AND DIFFERANT SOLUTIONS MY HEAD IT IS PRETTY SORE.

 

I WILL STOP THESE DISCONECTIONS MADAM AS SOON AS YOU DO AS I SAY.

 

YOUR CONNECTION HAS BEEEN CHANGED AUTO AND WE HAVE DONE IT WRONG WAY.

 

WE HAVE PUT YOU ON A ROUTER NOW FOR YOU TO GOONLINE.

 

YES SORRY YOU NEED MODEM CONNECTION SO ALL IS GOING TO BE FINE.

 

AOL ARE EXPERIANCING PROBLEMS WITH CONNECTIONS WHERE ARE YOU AT.

 

I AM IN MY HOME I TOLD HIM MY ADDRESS OF MY LITTLE FLAT.

 

JUST PLEASE GET ME BACK ONLINE AS BEFORE WHEN I NEED  TO CHANGE I WILL.

 

TO GO TO VISTA AND WANT A ROUTER BUT FOR NOW I WANT AOL9 STILL.

 

SO CAN YOU HELP ME OR CAR'NT YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE MADE A RIGHT MESS.

 

OF MY SETTINGS ON MY COMPUTER AND EVEN RESTORE I CARN'T GET .

 

ME BACK TO NORMAL NOW AND MY MODEM LIGHTS ARE ALL LIT UP FINE.

 

WHEN  I TRY TO SIGN IN WITH YOUR CHANGES IT WILL NOT LET ME GO ONLINE.

 

IF I DO MANAGE IT  DISCONNECTS ME  EVERY TEN MINUTES OR SO.

 

TELLING ME TO RING YOU UP AGAIN AND TO LIVE HELP IV'E GOT TO GO.

 

WELL I HAVE MY PHONEBILL ONLINE HERE ASHID AND THE CHARGES YOU MAKE YOU SEE.

 

ARE VERY EXPEPENSIVE WHEN ALL THIS  TIME YOU ARE NOT HELPING ME.

 

I AM REALY LOSING MY PACIENCE NOW DON'T YOU REALISE THIS.

 

EVERYTIME I SIGN IN EACH DAY MY CONNECTION  IS ALWAYS  A HIT AND A MISS.

 

WELL NONE OF YOU ASHADS  BUKTA'S  AND RAHMEDS KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING WITH  MY LINE.

 

SO GOODBYE I'LL GET HELP ELSEWHERE AND PUT YOUR NAMES HERE IN " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

                                      

                       

                               HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

I AM SORRY I HAVN'T BEEN COMMENTING AS NORMAL BUT HOPEFULLY WILL BE NOW .WISH ME LUCK!!

 

I HAVE FINALLY GOT SORTED THIS EVENING AND I AM HOPING THIS IS FOR GOOD AT A GREAT EXPENCE THANKS TO AOL'S MISTAKE.

                                             PHEW I AM WACKED.

 

 

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PLASTERERS AND AOL

                                

HELLO AOL PLEASE. 

        

       

                                 

I WAS WOKEN UP FRIDAY  MORNING AGAIN TO BANGING AND THOUGHT TO MYSELF.

 

WAS IT COMING FROM OUTSIDE MY FLAT OR HAD SOMETHING DROPPED OFF A SHELF.

 

AS ANYONE KNOWS WHEN YOUR EARS ARN'T PERFECT SOUNDS ARE HARD TO DETECT.

 

JUST WHERE ABOUTS THEY ARE COMING FROM SO I THOUGHT OH WHAT THE HECK.

 

I ROLLED OVER AND PULLED THE DUVET UP AND THEN BANG IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

 

I WAS SURE THIS TIME IT CAME FROM THE WINDOW AND SOMETHING HAD HIT THE PANE.

 

ROOSTER HAD LEFT FOR WORK AT THIS TIME SO I WENT BACK TO TO BED  FOR A WHILE.

 

AS I TOLD YOU IN MY LAST POSTING THIS HAS BEEN MY LATEST STYLE.     HE HE

 

BEING OF A NERVOUS DISPOSITION I THOUGHT I HAD BETTER GET UP.

 

AND HAVE A LOOK ROUND THE FLAT TO SEE JUST WHAT WAS REALY UP.   HE-HE.

 

SO I WANDERED FROM ROOM TO ROOM HALF ASLEEP AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING AMISS.

 

OPENED THE CURTAINS AND PEEPED THROUGH THE BLINDS BUT ALL I SAW WAS A MIST.

 

I WAS STILL WONDERING WHAT THE BANGS WERE AND I THOUGHT OH KATH GET DRESSED.

 

SO I WENT TO GET SHOWERED AND WHILST I WAS DOING SO VISIONED I'D FIND A MESS.

 

ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD IT AGAIN OH GOODNESS LET ME GET OUT.

 

OF THIS SHOWER QUICKLY GET DRESSED AND  HAVE ANOTHER LOOK ABOUT.

 

WELL I MADE THE BED AND DID THE USUAL AND THEN WENT ON SEARCHING AGAIN.

 

WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BIGGEST CRACK AGAINST MY WINDOW PANE.

 

I OPENED THE BLINDS AND ALL I COULD SEE WAS A LADDER IN FRONT OF ME.

 

BLIMEY I THOUGHT THE FLAT NEXT DOOR  HAS BURGLARS I WAS SHAKING  HE-HE.

 

I TRIED TO LOOK UP ABOVE THIS LADDER BUT STILL I COULDN'T SEE RIGHT.

 

SO I DECIDED TO WAIT FOR A WHILE AND SEE IF ANYONE CAME INTO MY SIGHT.

 

THEN YES THIS BUCKET COMES PAST MY WINDOW SWAYING TWO AND FRO ON A ROPE.

 

CRASH IT HITS MY WINDOW AGAIN AND I THOUGHT WHO IS THIS SOME DOPE .

 

THATS SENDING THIS BUCKET AGAINST MY WINDOW I BETTER GET PREPAIRED.

 

SO I SAT DOWN ON THE BEDROOM CHAIR AND WAITED AND I JUST STARED.

 

I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS THE BUCKET THAT HAD HIT THE GLASS YOU SEE.

 

BEFORE I WENT DOWSTAIRS TO THE CULPRIT AND GIVE THEM A BIT OF ME.   HE-HE

 

SO YES IT HAPPENED AGAIN MY FRIENDS SO I WENT OUTSIDE AND I SAW.

 

THIS GUY SENDING LOTS OF RUBBLE BY BUCKET DOWN ONTO THE FLOOR.

 

BELOW MY FLAT SO I SHOUTED OUT WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR AT.

 

HE SAID I AM TAKING SOME PLASTERWORK OFF THE WALLS FROM THE NEXT DOORS  FLAT.

 

I SAID YES YOUR GOING TO ADD GLASS TO THAT TOO IF IT HITS MY WINDOW AGAIN  .

 

LIKE THAT EVERY TIME IT DOES A TRIP SO PLEASE COULD YOU KINDLY REFRAIN..

 

HE SAID WELL I HAVE A JOB TO DO MRS AND I SAID  WELL GET THE RIGHT GEAR.

 

OR IF I FETCH MY BOWL OF SATSUMAS YOU MIGHT GET A THICK EAR.

 

         

 

 

             

YOU WON'T BE REMOVING PLASTER THEN  AND YOU WOKE ME TOO WITH THE BANGS.

 

DON'T YOU THINK YOU SHOULD PROTECT MY WINDOW FROM YOUR BUCKET WHEN IT HANGS.

 

I WAS TRYING TO HAVE A LIE IN TODAY WHICH IS SOMETHING I DON'T OFTEN DO.  HE-HE  (ya big fibba)

 

AND YOU COME BANGING AND CLATTERING YOUR BUCKET I'M NOT VERY HAPPY WITH YOU.

 

WHATS THE SATSUMAS FOR HE ASKED IN A VERY INQUISITIVE  VOICE.

 

OH! SO YOU'D REALY LIKE TO KNOW WOULD YOU  NOW YOU'VE MADE ALL THIS NOISE.

 

HE SAID YES I WOULDN'T MIND MRS SO I PICKED ONE FROM MY DISH.

 

AIMED IT AT THE BIN ON  THE ROADSIDE  AND I MADE SURE I DIDN'T MISS.

 

COR BLIMEY HE SAID YOUR A CRACKSHOT WITH THEM ARN'T YOU MRS  WELL DONE.

 

YOU WON'T BE SAYING THAT IF I AIM ONE AT YOU IT WON'T BE MUCH FUN.

 

OH SO THATS WHAT SATSUMAS ARE FOR THEN I BETTER FIND A NEW WAY.

 

TO LOWER THE BUCKET FULL OF PLASTER AND THEN THERE WON'T BE AN AFFRAY . 

 

YES YOU SHOULD HAVE A SHUTE FOR THAT JOB ANYONE WITH SENCE SHOULD KNOW.

 

I MIGHT BE A PENSIONER BUT IV'E DONE THAT  SO YOU'D BETTER GO WITH THE FLOW.

 

AND UPDATE YOUR EQUIPMENT SONNY BOY AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M AROUND.

 

THEN I WON'T BE GOING ACROSS THE ROAD TO THE MARKET FOR ANOTHER POUND.

 

OF LOVELY JUICY SATSUMAS ASK ANYONE ROUND HERE ABOUT ME.

 

AND THEY WILL TELL YOU I DO NOT MISS AND I LIKE SOME PEACE YOU SEE.

 

SO OFF HE WENT IN HIS WAGON AND I HAVN'T SEEN HIM SINCE.

 

IT'S A GOOD JOB AS WELL BECAUSE I WAS READY TO MAKE HIM INTO MINCE.    HE-HE

 

SOME OF THESE COWBOYS THEY REALY ANNOY ME HE HAS A JOB TO DO.

 

I KNOW THIS BUT SOME OF THEM DON'T GIVE A HOOT HOW MUCH THEY DISTURB YOU.

 

WELL APPARENTLY HE IS DOING LOTS OF WORK ON THE EMPTY FLAT ABOVE.

 

AS I LOST MY NEIGHBOUR TWO WEEKS AGO AND YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WORKMEN I LOVE.

 

I HAVE  HAD MY SHARE IN THE PAST AS YOU KNOW WELL THIS ONE GOT WARNED SO QUICK.

 

I HAVE JUST HEARD NOW MY SATSUMA STORY I TOLD HIM HAS DONE THE TRICK.  HE-HE.

 

HE'S GOT A SHUTE FOR TOMORROW IV'E BEEN TOLD BY SOMEBODY  TODAY.

 

I HOPE HE'S NOT HERE AT SEVEN 'O'CLOCK OR SATSUMAS WILL FLY BY  HIS WAY.

 

I AM HAVING A NEW LADY COME LIVE NEAR  ME SO I'M HOPING SHE'S GOING TO BE.

 

A NICE HAPPY KIND OF FRIENDLY PERSON YOU KNOW THE SORT LIKE ME.    HE-HE. (Thats a laf)

 

SO WISH ME LUCK MY J/LAND FRIENDS AND LETS HOPE SHE'S LIKE LAUGHING KATH.

 

AND LIKES A BIT OF FUN NOW AND THEN AND ALSO LIKES  A LAUGH.

 

I WILL LET YOU KNOW IN A FUTURE POSTING WHAT SHE IS LIKE WHEN I MEET.

 

HER AND WELCOME HER INTO HER NEWLY DONE FLAT WHEN I AM THERE TO GREET.

 

I WILL GIVE HER A LITTLE WELCOMING  GIFT NO NOT A SATSUMA MY FRIENDS.

 

I HAVE TO SAVE THEM FOR THE WORKMEN IF THEY BANG AND CLATTER AGAIN. HE-HE.

 

FOR NOW I WILL TRY AND LIE IN AGAIN THIS TIME IN PEACE I HOPE .

 

AS LIKE I SAID THAT WORKMEN NEEDED  NEW GEAR WASN'T HE JUST A DOPE.

 

I AM SURE NOW EVERYTHINGS GOING TO BE GREAT AND ALL WILL TURN OUT FINE.

 

SO FOR NOW I WILL LEAVE YOU AND SEE IF AOL ARE GOING TO BE KIND.

 

AND LET ME DO THIS POSTING AS THIS WEEK IV'E HAD PROBLEMS GALORE.

 

THEY WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME SIGN BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES AND THERE UP TO AND MORE.

 

I HAVE BEEN THREE DAYS TRYING TO FIX MY BROADBAND CONNECTION AND FIND OUT WHATS WRONG.

 

WHAT A RIGHT BAND THEY ARE IN FOLKS LOADS OF DUMBELLS AND YES  I NEEDED A GONG.

 

TO WAKE THAT LOT UP LIKE THE BUCKET DID TO ME ON MY WINDOW OF GLASS.

 

CALL THEMSELVES TECHNITIANS YOUR JOKING THERE NOT EVEN IN MY CLASS.HE-HE.

 

A SENIOR CITIZEN HAD TO FIX IT HERSELF AFTER ALL THE PHONE CALLS.

 

AND IT TOOK THREE DAYS OF RINGING AND THEY WERE NO WISER AT ALL.

 

IT'S ALL TO DO WITH THE CHANGEOVER BECAUSE OF THE CARPHONE WAREHOUSE.

 

ALL THOSE WITH AOL AND NOT TALK TALK  CANNOT GET ONLINE TO BROWSE.

 

WHEN THEY CHANGE YOUR SIGN IN TO DIALBROADBAND YOU HAVE TO SEND FOR A DISC.

 

AND YOU CANNOT GET ONE FROM LIVE HELP YOU HAVE TO RING UP FOR THIS.

 

THEN UNINSTALL AOL COMPLETELY AND RE-INSTALL WITH THE NEW.

 

WHAT A PERFORMANCE I HAVE HAD I AM NOT KIDDING YOU.

 

THEY TOLD ME THEY DO NOT LET US KNOW THEY JUST DO IT AUTO AND THEN.

 

WHEN YOU FIND YOURSELF DISCONNECTED AND ENQUIRE AFTER YOU HAVE RUNG THEM.

 

THIS IS THE ANSWER THEY  GIVE YOU I HAVE HAD A JOB FINDING OUT .

 

IT'S A GOOD JOB SATSUMAS DON'T GO DOWN THE PHONE OR I WOULD HAVE KNOCKED A FEW OUT.  HE-HE.

 

ANYWAY I AM HOPING THAT NOW FINALLY I AM   ONLINE.

 

I HAVE TO WAIT FIVE DAYS NOW FOR THE DISC WHICH I HOPE COMES ON TIME.

 

THATS WHY MY COMMENTS HAVE BEEN MISSING I HAVE HAD EIGHT HOURS A DAY.

 

TRYING TO CONFIGURE THE SIGN IN THING AND  THE POOTER RUNNING HEY HEY .  GRRRRRR.

 

MY CONNECTIONHAS BEEN PUT ON TEMPORARY UNTIL THE CD ARRIVES.

 

IF YOUDON'T HEARFROM ME AGAINTHIS WEEK HOPE I AM STILL ALIVE. (Feel like shooting myself he-he)

 

SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL IF IT HAPPENS TO YOU AS APPARENTLY ALL THAT ARE.

 

STILL WITH AOL AND NOT TALK TALK ARE NOT GOING TO GET VERY FAR.

 

WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO BE CHANGED OVER TO THE NEW SIGN ON METHOD MY FRIENDS.

 

AS PROBLEMS GALORE START HAPPENING AND NO THEY NEVER END.

 

YOU CARN'T GET ONLINE FOR LOVE NOR MONEY WHATEVER YOU TRY TO DO.

 

IT SENDS YOU BARMY IF YOUR NOT ALREADY I AM NOT KIDDING YOU. HE-HE

 

BUT I WOULD BE HERE FOREVER TELLING YOU ALL SO NOW IT'S TIME.

 

TO MAKE MY SUPPER  J/LAND  AND TRY POSTING  " MY SIMPLE RHYME"

 

 

      

                

 

 

                 NIGHT NIGHT MOTHERHEN KATH XXXX

 

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BITS OF ALSORTS

                       

                          

 

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHERE YOU LIVE FOLKS BUT HERE IT IS RAIN RAIN RAIN.

 

EVERY MORNING THIS WEEK IV'E LOOKED OUT  STILL MORE RAIN AGAIN.

 

IV'E BEEN HOPING THAT PEOPLE DON'T GET FLOODED LIKE EARLIER ON THIS YEAR.

 

UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY THERE ARE LOTS LIVING WITH THIS FEAR.

 

MY BASKETS OF PANSIES ARE GETTING SOAKED THEY WERE LOVELY THIS TIME LAST WEEK.

 

I POPPED DOWN  THIS MORNING TO CHECK ON THEM AND TOOK  A LITTLE PEEK.

 

             

 

 

WON'T IT BE LOVELY WHEN SPRING ARRIVES AND THE LIGHT NIGHTS ARE HERE ONCE MORE.

 

MAYBE  A LITTLE WARMER AND BRIGHTER SO WE CAN  OPEN OUR DOOR.

 

WE WILL ALL HAVE IDEAS IN OUR HEADS FOR THE PLANTING OUR PLOTS IN SUMMER AHEAD.

 

WHEN ALL THE SPRING COLOUR HAS DIED DOWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS DEAD.

 

OH HOW I MISS BEING OUTDOORS  BUT I'LL MAKE PLENTY WORK OF MY POTS.

 

DON'T WORRY I'LL FILL THEM WITH ALSORTS WHEN THE SUMMER BEGINS TO GET HOT.

 

JUST WHAT TO PLANT THIS YEAR I AM WONDERING I FANCY A LITTLE CHANGE.

 

SO I  AM GOING TO LOOK ONLINE THIS WEEK AT ALL THE EXTENSIVE RANGE.

 

THERE ARE SO MANY LOVELY FLOWERS THAT BLOOM DURING  THE SUMMER MONTHS.

 

I COULD BUY EVERYTHING WHEN I START I'M AFRAID I HAVE NEVER DONE.

 

I DECIDED ALSO WHEN  I GO WALKS TO SNAP SOME GARDENS I PASS.

 

AROUND MY AREA IF OWNERS ALLOW ME IF THERE OUT CUTTING THERE GRASS..

 

I LIKE TO VISIT OTHER GARDENS AND SEE WHAT THERE PLANS ARE TOO.

 

SO IF I SUCCEED THEN WATCH OUT J/LAND I WILL BE SHOWING YOU.

 

LOTS OF DIFFERANT GARDENS IN MY JOURNAL THIS SUMMER I'M SURE.

 

SHRUBS AND TREES AND ANNUALS AND PERENIALS BULBS AND MORE.

 

I'M NOT SUCH A BRILLIANT PHOTOGRAPHER BUT I'LL TRY AS HARD AS I CAN.

 

ALSO I'LL GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TOO TO MY ROOSTER MAN.

 

MAYBE HE WILL BE BETTER THAN ME AT TAKING PICTURES WHO KNOWS.

 

OF WONDERFUL PLANTS AND FLOWERS GROWING ALL IN THERE PRETTY ROWS.

 

THE FRESH AIR OUT WALKING  DOES ME GOOD AND MAKES ME SLEEP BETTER TOO.

 

JUST LIKE THIS GRAPHIC BELOW OF DONNA'S I'VE INSERTED HERE FOR YOU.

 

TO SLEEP IN UNTIL TEN IN THE MORNING IS MOST UNUSUAL FOR ME .

 

IT'S WITH  BROWSING UNTIL THE  EARLY HOURS LOOKING FOR ALSORTS  HE-HE

 

IT'S SUPRIZING WHAT YOU CAN COME ACROSS I FOUND  A GOOD SITE WHAT  A LAUGH .

 

I TYPED IN THE VILLAGE WHERE I USED TO LIVE BEFORE I CAME DOWN THIS PATH.

 

IT BROUGHT UP THINGS  THAT HAPPENENED THERE IN DIFFERANT YEARS AND SO

 

I WAS READING WHAT PEOPLE HAD WROTE ABOUT  WHICH HAPPENED LONG AGO.

 

YOU WANT TO TRY IT MY FRIENDS IT'S FUNNY  JUST TYPE IN THE NAME OF YOUR TOWN.

 

TYPE THE WORD KNOWHERE BEFORE YOUR TOWN  IT WILL NOT GIVE YOU A FROWN.

 

WELL I READ SOME REALY  FUNNY THINGS AND I KNEW PEOPLE THERE AS WELL.

 

THERE IS SO MUCH TO FIND THERE PEOPLE  ARE LOOKING FOR OTHER  PEOPLE WHO.

 

USED TO LIVE IN THAT AREA SOMEONE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR YOU.

 

SO GO AHEAD AND TRY IT MY FRIENDS TYPE IN GOOGLE EXAMPLE HERE:-

 

KNOWHERE ANYTOWN   AND YOUR PLACE  WILL POP  UP AND APPEAR.

 

ON MY SITE I ACTUALY READ OF  SOMEONE WHO MENTIONED ONE OF MY SONS.

 

THEY USED TO PLAY WITH YEARS AGO WHEN THEY WERE KIDS HAVING FUN.

 

SO I SENT THE LINK TO MY SON THAT NIGHT AND WHAT A LAUGH HE HAD TOO.

 

LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT LOCALS AND  KIDS WHAT THEY USED TO  DO.

 

I ALSO SPOTTED A LADY'S MESSAGE WHO WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MY SIS.

 

I ANSWERED AND TOLD HER WHAT I COULD THEN WROTE AND TOLD MY BIG SIS.

 

NOW THEY ARE BOTH IN TOUCH AGAIN NOT SEEN ONE ANOTHERS FOR YEARS.

 

SO I BET WHEN THEY HAVE THERE RE-UNION THERE MIGHT BE A FEW MORE TEARS.

 

WHEN OUR KIDS  PLAYED OUT IN THE EVENINGS OF COURSE IT WAS SAFE BACK  IN THEM YEARS.

 

PARENTS COULD LET THERE CHILDREN PLAY OUT WITHOUT HAVING ANY FEARS.

 

THATS WHY I HAVN'T BEEN GETTING UP AS NORMAL AT THE CRACK OF DAWN.  HE-HE.

 

IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THAT WITH GOING TO BED EARLY MORN.

 

IT BROUGHT BACK SUCH HAPPY MEMORIES OF TIMES GONE BY TO ME.

 

AND ALL BECAUSE I TYPED THE WORD KNOWHERE WHEN I WAS GOOGLING  HE-HE.

 

THEY MENTIONED  PLACES WE USED TO GO TO LIKE CINEMA'S DANCE HALLS AND SUCH.

 

PUBS AND CLUBS AND INSTITUTES AND NUMBERS TO GET IN TOUCH.

 

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF KNOWHERE BUT I ENJOYED  IT WAS FUN.

 

I WAS SO SUPRIZED WHAT ALL THESE KIDS GOT UP TO AND WHAT THEY HAD DONE .

 

ONE GIRL WAS LOOKING FOR HER FATHER NO SIGHT OF HIM SINCE A GIRL.

 

SHE PUT OUT A MESSAGE WITH HIS NAME THERE AND MY HEART IT DID A TWIRL.

 

I KNEW HER FATHER WELL MY FRIENDS HE WAS BEST MAN FOR A NEIGHBOUR OF MINE .

 

SO I SENT HER A MESSAGE TO LET HER KNOW HER FATHER WAS DOING FINE.

 

I TOLD HER WHERE I LAST KNEW HE WAS SO I HOPE SHE FINDS HIM WELL.

 

THERE WAS LOTS OF THINGS ON THERE FRIENDS FAR TOO MANY TO TELL.

 

I HAVE LIVED IN ONE OR TWO PLACES SO I'M TYPING ANOTHER VILLAGE NEXT TIME. 

 

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD GIVE IT A MENTION TO YOU HERE  IN   " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

                        Thanx to Donna for this lovely graphic below.

 

                                          LAZY ME HE-HE -HE

 

 

 

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"MORE OLD THINGS"

 

 

           

                           

 

HELLO AGAIN  EVERYBODY I HOPE YOUR ALL FEELING WELL.

 

ANOTHER RHYME ANOTHER POSTING ANOTHER STORY TO TELL.

 

OF MORE OLD THINGS I FOUND AGAIN WHEN SORTING MY  DRAWERS THIS WEEK.

 

I HOPE I DO NOT BORE YOU ALL AND YOU TURN THE OTHER CHEEK.

 

AS I SORTED THINGS I CAME ACROSS THIS DELICATE NIGHTDRESS CASE.

 

IT'S MADE OF VERY FINE LINEN LIGHT CREAM  EDGED WITH PRETTY LACE.

 

       

 

I MADE IT ONCE WHEN I WAS CARRYING FIRST BABY LONG AGO.

 

WHEN I USED TO SPEND MANY HOURS SAT AS I JUST LOVED TO SEW..

 

I LOVE OLD THINGS NO MATTER WHAT BUT I CANNOT  SAVE TOO MUCH.

 

AS I HAVN'T THE ROOM NOW TO STORE THEM ALL IN MY LITTLE FLAT AS SUCH.

 

WELL THIS I ADORED AND  I USED TO KEEP MY BABY THINGS IN IT YOU SEE.

 

AND I ALSO FOUND A FEW LITTLE MORE TREASURES THAT ONCE WERE GIVEN TO ME.

 

THIS IS MY AUNTIES NEEDLE CASE AND THIMBLE  WITH NEEDLES SO FINE.

 

MADE OUT OF SILVER BOTH OF THEM AND THE NEEDLES MUCH FINER THAN MINE..

 

      

 

 

THE EYES ON THEM ARE SO TINY THERES NO WAY AT ALL I'D  THREAD THEM.

 

AND INSIDE THE NIGHTDRESS CASE EMBROIDERED MY  SIGNATURE ON THE HEM.

 

WELL WHEN I OPENED THE NIGHTDRESS CASE INSIDE WAS THIS BELOW.

 

MY FIRST BORN SONS LITTLE  NIGHTDRESS HE WORE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.

 

                

 

AND WHEN I SAW IT INSIDE THE CASE IT BROUGHT TO MY EYES SOME  TEARS.

 

THINKING HOW I USED TO NURSE HIM AND ROCK HIM TO SLEEP YESTERYEARS.

 

HOW EVER DID WE GET THERE ARMS IN  WERN'T THEY JUST EVER SO SMALL.

 

NO BABYGRO'S IN THEM YEARS JUST THESE NIGHTDRESSES THAT WAS ALL.

 

BOY OR GIRL IT JUST DIDN'T MATTER BOTH SEXES WORE THESE AT THE TIME.

 

MADE OUT OF LOVELY COTTON AND WITH BOILING IT HAS WORN IT FINE.

 

I REMEMBER WHEN HE GREW OUT OF IT AND I WAS IN MY FIRST HOME .

 

I DECIDED TO SAVE IT ALONG WITH HIS TINY WOODEN HAIRBRUSH AND COMB.

 

I HAVN'T COME ACROSS THEM  YET BUT I KNOW  THEY ARE SOMEWHERE HERE.

 

AND I TREASURE THEM AS THE MEMORIES THEY BRING ARE PRECIOUS AND OH SO DEAR.

 

WELL HERE IS A PICTURE OF MY  SON WHEN  HE WAS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS OLD.

 

AND HE WAS THE MOST WELL BEHAVED BABY ANYONE COULD EVER HOLD.

 

                                  

          

 

NOT A MINUTES BOTHER FROM BEING BORN HE PLAYED HOURS AT A TIME.

 

WHILE I DID MY HOUSEWORK AND IN THEM DAYS YES I STILL WROTE " MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

AT THAT TIME I DID THEM FOR CHILDREN I HAVE THEM ALL HERE IN A FILE.

 

CIRCUS ONES AND SEASIDE ONES AND PLAYING COWBOY AND INDIANS THAT STYLE.

 

MY GRANDCHILDREN NOW  AS THEY HAVE BEEN  GROWING USED TO SIT CONTENT AS I READ.

 

ALL THESE SIMPLE RYHMES I HAD WRITTEN AND THOUGHT OF IN MY HEAD.

 

I HAVE WROTE SOME FOR SISTERS AND FRIENDS AND THEY HAVE LOVED THEM ALL TOO.

 

STRANGE I HAVE ENDED UP WRITING THEM ON THE INTERNET FOR ALL OF YOU.

 

WELL AS I SAID MY ELDEST AND FIRST BORN HE WAS AS GOOD AS GOLD.

 

AND HERE HE IS ON ANOTHER PIC  FROM MY ARCHIVES IN HIS CAR OF OLD.

 

               

                      

 

HE -HE IT'S LOVELY WHEN YOU COME ACROSS THESE MEMORIES OF WAY BACK IN TIME .

 

HE'S FORTY THIS YEAR SO A FEW MORE RELICS HERE IN   " MY SIMPLE RHYME ".

 

         

 

                            

 Thankyou to Sugar for this lovely bracelet tag she made for me .      

          

 

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"SOME HISTORY FOUND DOING DRAWERS OUT"

 

 

LORD HALIFAX

OF HICKLETON HALL.

 

 

         

 

                                           HICKLETON HALL

The Sue Ryder Home, Hickleton Hall
Location	Hickleton,Doncaster,South Yorkshire,

           The hall was converted to the above around 1965 I believe..

 

 

WELL A RHYME WITH A LITTLE HISTORY I TELL TO YOU ALL TODAY.

 

ABOUT  MEMORIES OF AN AUNT OF MINE BROUGHT BACK THE OTHER DAY.

 

WHEN I TOLD YOU I FOUND THINGS OF INTEREST CLEARING OUT MY DRAWERS.

 

QUITE A FEW THINGS I CAME ACROSS J/LAND AND MANY MANY MORES.

 

MY AUNT WAS BORN 1895  AND SHE WORKED IN SERVICE  NEAR HOME .

 

FOR LORD HALIFAX AT HICKLETON HALL SOUTH YORKSHIRE WHERE OFTEN I ROAMED.

 

WHEN I USED TO GO THERE WITH MY MOTHER TO SEE HER SISTER FAIR.

 

AND SHE USED TO TAKE US TO HICKLETON HALL TO SHOW US WHAT SHE DID THERE.

 

I REMEMBER IT THOUGH IT WAS YESTERDAY AND A WARM WELCOME WE ALWAYS GOT.

 

MY MOTHER AND ME WHEN WE WENT THERE IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT WAS HOT.

 

THE STAFF ALWAYS MADE A FUSS OF ME AND USED TO TREAT ME SO KIND.

 

THEY NEVER SAID A NASTY WORD WHEN WE VISITED THEY DIDN'T MIND.

 

I CAME ACROSS AUNTS  DEATH  CERIFICATE  AND THIS PICTURE SO VERY OLD.

 

WHICH  WAS TAKEN IN NINETEEN TWENTY SIX  MY AUNT CLARA AND MOTHER TOLD.

 

ME LOTS OF HISTORY ABOUT HICKLETON HALL MANY MEMORIES I COULD UNFOLD..

 

OF LORD HALIFAX AND THE STAFF AT HICKLETON IN THEM DAYS OF OLD.

 

I ALSO CAME ACROSS THIS APRON WRAPPED UP WITH ALL HER THINGS.

 

I HAVE NO IDEA IF IT'S WHAT SHE WORE LATER BUT TO ME MEMORIES OF HER IT BRINGS.

 

IT'S ALMOST LIKE TISSUE PAPER THE MATERIAL IS FLIMSY AND  FINE.

 

AND I REMEMBER MOTHER GIVING ME THIS ROUND ABOUT THE SAME TIME.

 

 

 

THEN I FOUND MY DEAR AUNTS  TOFFEE TIN WHICH SHE KEPT ALL HER PAPERS  IN .

 

I NOW KEEP MY PENCILS AND PENS IN IT I LOVE THIS VERY OLD TIN.

 

  

 

 

MY AUNTIE  GAVE IT TO ME ONE YEAR WHEN I WAS VISITING THERE.

 

AND NO PENCIL CASE OR OTHER THING WITH MY TOFFEE TIN DOES COMPARE.

 

I AM SUCH A POOR TAKER OF PEOPLES THINGS AND I WOULD MUCH RATHER HAND OUT.

 

A GIFT MY FRIENDS I MEAN AT THAT AND NOT A CLIP OR A CLOUT.

 

WELL ONE YEAR LORD HALIFAX SENT FOR MY AUNT TO SEE HIM AND HE DID SAY .

 

CHOOSE SOMETHING FROM THE HOUSE CLARA I HEAR THAT YOUR  LEAVING TODAY.

 

SHE SAID OH I DON'T NEED ANYTHING SIR JUST  MY GOOD HEALTH HER REPLY.

 

HE SAID NO YOU MUST CHOOSE SOMETHING THAT REALY CATCHES YOUR EYE.

 

MY AUNT HAD TO GIVE HER NOTICE FOR ILL HEALTH SHE FELL UPON.

 

SO LORD HALIFAX WANTED TO REWARD HER FOR ALL THE HARD WORK SHE'D DONE..

 

YOU HAVE BEEN A DEDICATED WORKER HERE SINCE THE TENDER AGE OF TWELVE.

 

SERVED WITH MY STAFF AND NEVER A DAY OFF CHOOSE SOMETHING FOR YOURSELF..

 

SHE TOLD ME THERE WAS A GREAT BIG HALL  WITH CABINETS AND ORNAMENTS IN THERE.

 

AND WHIST SHE WAS WORKING AND DOING HER JOB SHE WOULD OFTEN STAND AND STARE.

 

AT THESE TWO ORNAMENTS SHE LOVED THEM SHE SAID THEY WERE SIMPLY THE BEST.

 

SO SHE CHOSE THE PAIR I REMEMBER HER SAYING TILL SHE GOT HOME SHE COULDN'T REST.

 

SHE WAS FRIGHTEDENED TO DEATH OF DROPPING THEM AFTER ALL THE YEARS SHE'D ADMIRED.

 

AND GENUINLY HAD A FEELING SHE MIGHT BE GIVEN THEM WHEN SHE RETIRED.

 

AS LORD HALIFAX ALWAYS GAVE A GIFT ON RETIREMENT TO HIS STAFF.

 

IF EVER THEY HAD TO LEAVE THROUGH ILLNESS OR WHENEVER BIRTHDAYS PASSED.

 

I REMEMBER HER TELLING ME SHE WAS DELIGHTED AND THANKED THE DEAR LORD ABOVE.

 

SHE WAS A BEAUTIFUL PERSON SUCH  A HARD WORKER AND SO FULL OF LOVE .

 

THE KIND WHO WOULD GO OUT OF HER WAY TO DO A FAVOUR FOR YOU.

 

NOTHING WAS EVER TOO MUCH TO PLEASE AND A DEDICATED CHRISTIAN TOO.

 

WHEN SHE DIED THEY WENT TO MY MOTHER HER SISTER OF COURSE AS THEY .

 

WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE DID EVERYTHING TOGETHER FROM TINY UNTIL GREY.

 

WELL I WAS ALWAYS THE FAVOURITE NIECE OF THIS AUNTIE AND UNCLE YOU SEE.

 

AS WHEN MOTHER WENT THERE VISITING THEM SHE  TOOK ALONG TINY ME.

 

MY AUNT NEVER HAD ANY CHILDREN AND I NEVER QUESTIONED WHY.

 

BUT I FEEL IT MUST HAVE BEEN MEDICAL REASONS AS SHE ADORED CHILDREN LIKE I.

 

ONE DAY MY MOTHER SHE SAID TO ME KATHLEEN I WANT YOU TO TAKE.

 

THESE ORNAMENTS HOME WITH YOU TODAY AS I KNOW YOU WILL NEVER MAKE .

 

THE MISTAKE OF GETTING RID OF THEM I KNOW YOU LIKE THINGS OF OLD.

 

I THINK I HAVE OFTEN SAID SO IN MY ARCHIVES OF RHYMES WHICH IV'E TOLD.

 

I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THEM BUT MY MOTHER INSISTED THAT I.

 

TAKE THEM HOME SHE SAID PLEASE KATHLEEN AND I HAD A TEAR IN MY EYE.

 

 I KNOW THAT YOU WILL LOOK AFTER THEM SO TO PLEASE MY MOTHER I DID.

 

SHE TOLD ME SHE THOUGHT MY OTHER SISTERS WOULD SELL THEM FOR A FEW QUID.

 

I CANNOT PART WITH ANYTHING WHICH HAS SENTIMENTAL VALUE AT ALL.

 

THESE ORNAMENTS TO ME WERE TREASURES SO I PLACED IN MY CABINET TALL.

 

AND I  I STILL POSSESS THEM TO THIS DAY  SO HERE IS WHAT I HAVE DONE.

 

TAKEN A PICTURE OF THEM AND AUNT AND MY MOTHER WHEN TURNED TWENTY ONE.

 

THE PHOTOGRAPH DOESN'T DO THEM JUSTICE SUCH DELICATE COLOURS THEY ARE.

 

AND IT'S LIKE A CHRISTMAS ROSE IN THE MIDDLE BUT NOT SHOWING UP BY FAR.

 

 

 

 

IT'S MANY YEARS SINCE  I WAS GIVEN THEM AND I AM PROUD TOO YOU KNOW .

 

OF THIS ORIGINAL TOFFEE TIN WHICH WAS MY AUNTS IV'E PLACED HERE TO SHOW..

 

 

 

PEOPLE IN OLDEN DAYS I REMEMBER ALWAYS PLACED THINGS IN A TIN.

 

LIKE RENT BOOKS AND OTHER INSURANCE PAPERS AND ALSO OTHER THINGS.

 

DO YOU REMEMBER IF YOUR OLD ANCESTORS USED TO DO THIS LIKE MINE.

 

I THINK SO THEY COULD BE FOUND EASILY WHEN NEEDED AT ANY TIME.

 

MY MOTHER HAD ME WHEN SHE WAS FORTY WHICH I THINK WAS VERY LATE.

 

AND I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW THE FURR  ROUND HER NECK ON THIS PICTURE BUT THINK  IT LOOKS GREAT HE-HE.

 

I LOVE THE OLD SEPIA PHOTOGRAPHS AND IV'E NO IDEA WHERE THEY'LL GO.

 

COS TODAYS GENERATION DON'T VALUE NOSTALGIA SO I BET THEY WILL ALL THROW.

 

THEM OUT TO THE REFUSE BIN I AM SURE WHEN ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME.

 

SO AFTER A CHAT WITH MY FAMILY  IF THEY DON'T WANT THEM I AM GOING TO SEE.

 

IF I CAN GIVE THEM TO SOME MUSEUM  THE ORNAMENTS ESPECIALLY.

 

AS THEY ARE HAND PAINTED AND CHINA PORCELAIN AND THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.

 

SO I HOPE YOUV'E ENJOYED MY NOSTALGIC STORY TODAY OF ONCE UPON A TIME.

 

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY I FOUND SORTING DRAWERS OUT HERE IN  "MY SIMPLE RHYME".

 

 

         

     AUNT CLARA  31 IN 1926                       MY MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS 21 IN 1926

 

     LOOK AT THE HATS LOL!!!   THAT MUST BE WHY I LIKE THEM HE-HEEEEEEE!!

 

SUPRIZE SUPRIZE !!!! I RECEIVED AN  E. MAIL TODAY J/LAND INVITING ME TO BE SHOWN AROUND HICKLETON HALL.FROM ONE OF THE SUE RYDER LADIES WHO HAD READ MY BLOG.SHOULD I DECIDE TO ACCEPT THE INVITATION.