Salford, 23rd January 2020
#fowc #clear
Cloudy skies today ? hardly
light from the sun falls down like raindrops
even the sky is a wonderful shade of blue
a warm and bright day
ready for a picnic ? we’re headed for the park
Category: Fun
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Hoopla
#Fowc #Hoopla
Saturday 20th April, 2019
Have a go, step right up – try your hand at getting the Hoop
On the target
Of course , land it on the right target – you’ll get a
Prize, It’s all down to where your hoop
Lands – and that’s down to your
Aim and Throw
#CFFC #LetterL #Lollipop
Lieutenant (or inspector ?) sits on the corner
of Trafford and Regent Road
looking out for
local hoods
its possible – he could have had a sugar rush
playing around with his favourite sweet
on occasion making eyes with the
popular girls walking by – “who loves ya baby?”
Friday 14 April . As the quays duck race takes place today on the quays, I thought I’d reblog this
Salford 6th January 2017
In response to the daily post prompt Float
A tale of a Rubber Duck Race down the River Irwell in Salford, Lancashire.
There was pandemonium
at the rubber duck factory
as ten thousand streetwise ducks
waddled out of the city
They moved down the irwell
passing the boats
avoiding the locks
and staying afloat
Cows in the cowshed , watched somewhat bemused
and captains of small boats looked somewhat confused
as geese and their brethren all went amuck
following the trail of a little yellow duck
Led by their leaders, of United Red and City blue
passing under bridges and past an audience too
divided in a moment, by a Liverpool ferry
but meeting in middle – and still keeping merry
In the end after journey , down canal they all flocked
meeting at gateway at Mode Wheel Lock
and first one in net, out of water they rised
and…
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Blackpool
Blackpool, 11th April 2017
Tuesday saw me take a little trip up the motorway to Blackpool with my sister Anne Marie and my two nephews James and George
It wasn’t really seaside weather so, we visited the Tower circus and the Sea life centre instead….
The sea life centre was our first place we visited – and we all enjoyed the sharks, and the dolphins and Rays (as well as the fish)
There were lots of acrobats, and juggling and trapeze acts at this show, and plenty of clowning around…and lots of laughter.
We finished off the day with a picnic lunch by the tower.
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Billy the Conqueror
Could it be fate, that
at 11.06 a new king of the schoolyard was crowned ?
In a Hastings school conquest with the town folk watching
Harry saw his hopes and dreams shatter
into a hundred different pieces
over the tarmac floor
But unlike his namesake – he didn’t get any in his eye
Putting the bootlace back in his pocket
he sought reflection, under a nearby Horse chestnut tree
Maidens hearts fluttered as the crowd jumped and cheered
whilst lads in the playground greatly revered
the conker as hard as a diamond….
and its owner – William – the Conkeror!
A small note from inky…readers might be curious on the time in the piece….1066 transposed on a digital clock…and there’s 60 mins in an hour😉
#coloryourworld #atomictangerine
the atomic tangerine 🍊
dropped into the pool of
clear hot water 💦
Reactions to the spheres arrival
as it nose dived into the blue
were instantaneous….
Little children 👶 smiled away
not it in the way
it fizzed away
Like orangeade exploding
into the blue
but mostly how its scent
originally meant
for the upstairs bathroom
could be found In the kitchen too
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Tempted
Sat on the table,
with a note by its side
“Do Not Touch” – Says the label
that’s by the cake on the table
prepared by nephews, nanna and me
for little sisters birthday tea
But it looks so nice there – sat on its own
hungry Horace is a sneaking – but his cover is blown
he wonders into a very sweet dream
pondering chocolate and fondant and cream
Temptation makes him into the kitchen stray,
but Grandad’s in sitting room – and watches him sway
“No – one will know” , says Horace to himself,
till Grandad enters kitchen – putting cake on the shelf!!!
Revisiting a published favourite…. #GBWO
With Christmas drawing to an end, I thought I might share this piece I wrote for the Great British Write Off, hosted by Forward Poetry to get you in the mood for warmer spells.
Little Jim’s done something very bad!
He played a trick on his Mum and Dad,
enjoying an extra seaside tea –
Wolfing down the fillings with some glee.
It would not been as bad, before –
If bread had not met seaside floor.
And so, the butties, once so grand
have fillings that are mainly – Sand.
To avoid detection, he will sit
by the sandwiches – now full of grit
Whilst Mum and Dad wonders, what’s hiding in their tea?
That extra filling that’s come from the sea.
Salford 6th January 2017
In response to the daily post prompt Float
A tale of a Rubber Duck Race down the River Irwell in Salford, Lancashire.
There was pandemonium
at the rubber duck factory
as ten thousand streetwise ducks
waddled out of the city
They moved down the irwell
passing the boats
avoiding the locks
and staying afloat
Cows in the cowshed , watched somewhat bemused
and captains of small boats looked somewhat confused
as geese and their brethren all went amuck
following the trail of a little yellow duck
Led by their leaders, of United Red and City blue
passing under bridges and past an audience too
divided in a moment, by a Liverpool ferry
but meeting in middle – and still keeping merry
In the end after journey , down canal they all flocked
meeting at gateway at Mode Wheel Lock
and first one in net, out of water they rised
and their owner received, a very special prize.
