Because it's Mothers' Day!

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Because it's Mothers' Day!

by la_spice @ Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 – 07:28:02

This is something I wrote for my mum a few Mothers' Days ago. It lasted longer than flowers - I hope you like it - she did!

Mum

I remember home-baked bread
Kitchen table, hot jam tarts
I remember you made me stilts
And the lads flat carts
I remember my favourite kilt
Being turned into a rug
For you needed some green
Then you gave me a hug
I remember outings like Seven Hills
Where we fished now and then
Ilkley Moor, Cow and Calf
And our annual visit to Shipley Glen
You would take us for walks
When the evenings were warm
And you’d buy us Fry’s Five Boys
From the shop at the farm
I remember plot toffee, Guy Fawkes, bonfires
Catherine Wheels and sparklers every November
But today I remember to say thanks for being there
And providing me with these happy memories to remember

©Marian Barker
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- miramaze
- Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 @ 14:47:04
I remember Shipley Glen too -- some great picnics there clambering around on the rocks and the little train ....fun !
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- - la_spice
  - Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 @ 14:57:16
  Excellent - we went there every summer and had our photos 'took' by a itinerant photographer. I went back a few years ago and the rocks seemed much smaller. We always caught the train up and had to walk back down. Probably because I was one of five children!
  - - miramaze
    - Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 @ 15:05:37
    I think we did thhe same . I was one of three and we often went there with parents friends and their children.
    
    Saltaire is all done up now - it's well worth a visit . Quite a surprise
    - - la_spice
      - Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 @ 15:11:51
      We lived at Silsden - don't tell me you did too!
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- miramaze
- Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 @ 15:38:58
Nope .. I lived in Idle ! I went to Thorpe primary school, Idle curch school and then Belle Vue Girls
- - la_spice
  - Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 @ 15:52:36
  Small world I lived at Bradford for a few years. We lived by Peel Park (near road to Idle!). I went to St Augustine's School where I took my 11+ I was given a place at Belle Vue Girls Grammar but before I could go we moved to Carlisle. My brother married a girl from Idle (you did't know Cathy Wiseman did you?)
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    - Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007 @ 16:18:15
    I know where Peel Park is and I remember a Darryl Wiseman, I think. her brother?
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- yogesh
- Monday, Mar. 19, 2007 @ 05:17:28
that's nice. I like it and I think that's a very lovely gift for a mother on mother's day.
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- davidjohn ^Pro
- Monday, Mar. 19, 2007 @ 21:49:33
I Know Peel Park, Shipley Glen, Belle View GS, [ on Manningham lane two minutes from my School and the recent scene of rioting ] . My Father had his business repairing furniture at Idle [ recall the Idle working Mens Club !!!!!!!!!!] Silsden rings a bell but was it near Bingley, Keighley or Halifax ?
Riddlesden comes to mind but not Silsden.
I passed Peel Park daily on my way home from School.
Incidently Idle is famous for being the home of David Hockney's brother Paul later to become Lord Mayor of Bradford.
Anyway wonderful poem and great tribute to your Mother. Show her the correspondence over her now famous daughter's poetry. David.
- - la_spice
  - Tuesday, Mar. 20, 2007 @ 12:50:38
  What about trolley buses? AND did you ever visit Santas Grotto at Busby's Department Shop? AND..... I could go on!
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