A Muddle of Memories
by cricketjeff on July 28, 2010. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
There were more summer days then,
winter too,
snowball fights one Christmas
snow too deep to stand in another
but mainly
it was summer
trees to climb and cricket to play in the alley.
Wargrave the Worse indoors
and bicycles out,
a climbing frame bought with
Ricicle boxtops and our savings.
Sixpence a week for us,
sixpence to buy presents with.
A fort, what a fort!
the garage
made for a Christmas before I remember
The red train
friends
and long summer days.
Ken running into the sea
time and time again,
trains sets and
Scalextric cars
Airfix kits
and dreams of love.
Sitting alone on the bottom step
not knowing my brother
was being born
The next one came at lunchtime!
Friends I still see
my sister
my brothers
Mum and Dad
and chickenpox on my 5th birthday
Holidays with a steamtrain.
Why did we ever leave?
Author notes
Dunno if it’s a poem, but it is my childhood, part of me is still there
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