Remember when sugar was weighed by the pound and bread was a shilling a loaf,
Milk was delivered direct from the can to a billy, container or both.
Remember the days of the old horse and cart and the trains were driven by steam,
timber was cut by manpowered axe and carted by old bullock team.


Remember the days of the horse and plough and farmers that drove them all day,
the joy and the fun at the end of the week when father came home with the pay.
Remember at times when nothing went right but still all the family could smile.
The times you went to the pictures and jaffas would roll down the aisle.


Remember when pies were filled with meat, real sausage was put in the roll.
Mums used to make little cookies and kids used to lick out the bowl.
Remember those nice Christmas puddings with the threepence and sixpence's in,
and a bag of broken mixed biscuits and the bird on the old bikky tin.


Remember the very first scooter and also the three wheeler trikes.
Remember when Santa was bringing the fabulous Melvern Star bikes.
Remember when girls played with bride dolls and boys with arrows and bow
and remember the nights round the wireless, with Biggles the number one show.


Remember when steam trains were banished and diesels were put on the track.
Remember some train weary travelers, sometimes would sleep on the rack.
Remember the Morris and Prefect and cars of the earlier day,
Hillmans, Vauxhalls and Vanguards and remember the Holden FJ


Remember when blue was used in the wash to help make the clothes look nice
and food was kept cool in an ice chest with a daily delivery of ice
Remember when fly spray was manually pumped and a lantern was used for a light.
Remember the hot water bottle, to keep yourself warm for the night.


Remember when School girls wore tunics, and blazers made students look smart,
the boys in their Stamina Trousers and hair was all combed with a part.
Remember the hoop and marbles and games with a long skipping rope
Remember the old boiling copper and a bar of reliable soap.


Remember when things cost a Guinea, or pounds shillings and pence
and the days when neighbors would gather, to chit chat across the back fence.
Remember when weight was in ounces, hundred weight, tons or stone
and music was played for enjoyment on an old HMV gramophone


Remember we measured in inches and twelve of them equaled a foot.
Remember the walk to the back yard each visit we made to the toot.
Remember bonfires and crackers and the pen nibs and inkwells you had,
the slope cards and all of those blotters to help when your writing was bad.


Remember low level buildings, nothing was built very high,
and planes with single propellers were seen in a smogless blue sky.
There are things we may always remember and things that we like to ignore,
but if all of these things you remember, you now must be fifty or more.
 

Copyright © M C Lyons