Yesteryear

When we have such memories we know progress has been made and we are old!

Yesteryear

Old Oak

in dingy, dusty,

damp cellars.

Distemper covered walls

leading to a larder

and a tin opener.

Monochrome

flickering newsreel,

often interrupted

by power cuts.

Tram tracks sunk

into cobbled roads

where smoke,

coal tar perfumed,

spills from roof stacks

and permeates

terraced streets

where children play

in blissful ignorance.

Fish and chips

wrapped in

yesterday's news

of dole queues

and war.

 

04/04/17

Reviews

[Tony Jordan]

Progress is marching on but I fear we are just about hanging on at those sharp bends called Life J.
Maybe the dolphins will make a better go of it when we are gone...lol
Never has 'youth is wasted on the young' seemed more cruelly apt.
Class John !

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Yup we still have the helm if we want it lol! Thank you Tony and let's swim with the dolphins.

[Tony Jordan]

John...the image accompanying this one...is it a street where you grew up?

[John Alexander McFadyen]

No not quite Tony, simply an internet Google image. I did grow up in the poorer end of Glasgow though.