Those Were The Days

Something that you hear
It is a common phrase
Take a look back in time
Because Those were the days
When tin baths were used
One washed, who was next?
Hand-me-down clothes
No talk about sex
Run for the shelter!
The siren is crying
Hiding in the darkness
Whilst the soldiers are dying
No video players
Hardly ever saw a car
No expensive posh pets
Just a tadpole in a jar
There were marbles and jacks
Porcelain dolls, hopscotch too
A seat in the flea pit
Cost a shilling or two
Mrs Dales Diary on the wireless
Bag of coal for the fire
Squeeze the washing through a mangle
To the laundrette for a washer and dryer
Chicken once a year at Christmas
Plain crisps with a bag of salt
There were steam trains and trams
Kodak box cameras front doors without bolts
Black polish on hobnailed boots
No GCSEs, for us eleven plus
Pack of ten woodbines
A conductor on the bus
A guinea or a threpence
Quill pens you dipped in ink
Best clothes on a Whitsun
Pigtails with ribbons of pink
An annual trip to somewhere
It was all we could afford
Bag of chips and some scrumpy
We were happy, never bored
No talk of the ozone layer
We had lots of the sun's rays
Families were big and we were poor
We didnt care because those were the days!

Age: 35
Gender: female
Astrological Sign: Gemini
Zodiac Year: Dog
Industry: Manufacturing
Occupation: Self Employed Manufacturer ~~ & e-shop owner
Location: Bristol : England : United Kingdom
About Me:
I was born in May 1970 and although the default setting here has made my starsign 'Gemini' it is in fact Taurus. I have had birth charts done in the past and i know that Taurus is the correct sign.

When your science teacher smashed a frozen rose with a hammer, did you warm the petals to bring them back to life? Yes, I did!!!

Author:: Joanne Hale
Keywords:: Poet,
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