A poem wot I wrote

Davie was sorting through some stuff & found this - I'll let it speak for itself but I must explain I was only seven at the time!!

Mummy Foote Rules .....

Davie & I went to Gloucester today to see Mummy Foote to take her out for lunch - it's her 78th Birthday on Tuesday. She is quite deaf but has recently had a second hearing aid which is helping a bit, so I didn't need to shout as much as usual. Except that Mum chose to go to Frankie & Benny's (she loves the food & the music, but often calls it by the wrong name, Benny & Joons, or Bill & Freds - you know the sort of thing) - there was a 40 min wait for a table, it was packed & NOISY!! However, she seemed to enjoy it. She made us some bonfire toffee today - none of this sugar thermometer nonsense, just years of experience.
I asked Mum if I could look through some of her old photos; I've been wanting to scan some into my PC for ages as I don't really have any family photos from before I was married. I sorted out a few to bring home & scan. It was so long since I've seen some of them; there were some excellent ones of my brothers in suits at my sister's wedding in 1974 - just the sort of thing to have enlarged for 50th birthday parties & the like.
There were some of my school photos; I've never been particularly photogenic but I came across one which isn't too hideous for public view (apart from the rabbit teeth)


However, if I'm being brave, the challenge to all your bloggers, is that I'd like to see one of your school photos too! (Wellzsie - I'm particularly keen to see if you had to wear a school uniform & therefore be without designer labels between the hours of 9 & 3.30pm).

As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared.........

I felt old when, on seeing a picture of the lovely Windy Miller on the desktop of my computer, one of my staff said she didn't realise he was a 'real' character - she thought he'd been created solely for the Quaker adverts!!! Everyone thinks their era of Children's programmes was the best, but I reckon you can't beat the late seventies. Share your favourite children's TV programme on the comments board, and don't forget to say whether you were a Swap Shop or Tiswas person. And were you Blue Peter or Magpie?

My favourite was Mary, Mungo & Midge with the soothing narration of Richard Baker , but Mr Benn was a close second.