They've polished up their Helmets they've truncheons at the ready to stop you buying Easter Eggs and hold the front-line steady But,if someone nicks your Toilet-Rolls while walking from the shop don't hold your breath for any help as I doubt you'll see a Cop......
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There's more to life than money........
When the Kids were young and at School it coincided with the late 80s early 90s recession and just as now lots of us were out of work,especially those like me who were self-employed.Obviously we didn't have a Virus to contend with or the kids at home all the time. But we did have to try and survive on the 'peanuts' the law said we needed to live on and that meant cutting costs and consuming less. We did do lots of things together though that didn't always cost money.When the sun shined we'd walk through the lane to the Railway bridge and stop for a little picnic,wave to the Train -Drivers who'd sound their horns and collect Dandelion leaves for the Rabbit.Sometimes we'd drive in our battered Mk 2 Escort to the woods at Marlow,take the back seat out and put under a tree for our snack break,collect fir-cones, throw a frisbee.On one occasion we watched a motor-bike scramble in an adjacent field,all free of charge. I bought a tatty Tent from a garage sale and
Coronavirus...... Apparently some 'experts' initially predicted a million deaths in the UK but that figure has now been lowered with an expert Professor updating that to some 20,000 and more recently to 5,700.Also he says that two thirds of those who die in the next few months,supposedly of Coronavirus,would have died anyway of something else. Further,it appears that if someone dies under the care of Medical professionals and if said person has Coronavirus at time of Death,then that is being listed as the cause of death when it may or may not be the case. So time will tell eventually whether the restrictions imposed on people's lives and the economic impact that will go on far longer have been absolutely necessary or whether we've all been living through a real life episode of Spooks......
ISOLATION........
I had this nasty Dream last night we were out of isolation and there were celebrations in the street and much-overdue elation..... But,we-seemed to-have-lost all track of time how-long,had-this gone on? as the garden now was overgrown and both our cars,had gone!..... And what about the Grand-kids had they started back at School? so I 'phoned for information and felt an utter fool..... As...we'd been indoors a LONG time just sleeping in our bed 'cause,the youngest three had started work and the other three were Wed!......
Just before Christmas 1969 having left School a couple of months earlier I was working with my Dad at at nearby Farm where we were putting up a two-storey extension to the Farm House.We had to construct the shell i e: foundations,oversite,brickwork,floor and ceiling joists and pitch roof and slate..The Farmer was to do the finishing. When we put the first floor joists in,I was down below cutting them with a hand-saw and passing them up to me Dad one of which he dropped ,hitting me on the head.I was momentarily holding my head and in quite a lot of pain,when me Dad shouted......."COME ON!!...GET A MOVE ON.........DON'T MAKE A FUSS!"..........
Clocks go forward tonight but I remember working at The Mill in Twyford October 1970 when the clocks went back and this was done while we were in the middle of a twelve hour night shift by the Foreman who at 1am turned the clock back an hour which gave us a thirteen hour shift...he said we'd get it back when the clocks went forward,by which time I'd left!!
Two years into the recession that started in 1989,ITV broadcast "The Darling Buds of May" based on the books by H.E.Bates.It was a massive success and watched by millions and was uplifting and allowed an hour each week to forget your woes. It inspired us to turn our garden shed,now our "Beach-Hut",into a chicken shed and I bought five young hens from a local farm,one of which turned out to be a cockerel and had to be taken back. With the kids now thinking we were running the farm they all wanted after watching Darling Buds,we all mucked in to put up chicken-wire fencing,cleaning out when needed,putting fresh straw in their house and throwing the corn out each morning and keeping them watered. I'd made a sliding door on their house which would be opened in the mornings,at which point they'd come outside and shut at nights....they'd go inside naturally at sun-set. However,some weeks passed with no sign of any eggs in return for all this effort and th
Careful what you wish for..... In 1980 I was half way through what turned out to be some three years working on a project at the MVE Chobham...to which I 'd ride every day on a small motorbike leaving at 7 am and getting home around 7 pm plus a half day Saturday mornings.Sundays were the day when a long overdue sleep was anticipated but never materialised. I'd rode the bike there and back,whatever the weather and clocked up some fourty miles a day. As spring approached this particular year I'd flippantly said to the Wife "wouldn't it be great if we could have the whole summer off and just sit in the garden!?".....she laughed in reply. Just a short while afterwards though,returning from work one evening,I was hit by a car and ended up in hospital where what turned out to be a broken right leg was put in plaster and other injuries dealt with,the result of which was that I WAS off work the whole summer and a few months afterwards as well. Just as now I had
If,like us,you've had a very brief and rare foray to a Shop,to get stuff you need,to find that Mr and Mrs Greedy have beaten you to it,but are still trying to keep a proper distance from others while there........ then find that other idiots insist on standing next to you and shadowing your every move!.... maybe these are the same one's who park right next to us in an empty car-park such that the f*****g door can't be opened!.... .......
Thinking of School.... In the latter days of Secondary School,I and our pop-group members,spent most of our time making music..... When the six weeks summer holidays arrived it seemed like six years at the time and the pile of homework I was given one year was shelved as we had a mass of time to deal with that crap...a whole six weeks which was spent outside wherever me and school mates fancied going and doing whatever we fancied doing being it watching the trains come through from the bridge in the lane,potato picking with or without the farmer's permission,making trollies out of wood and pram wheels and driving them down a steep hill,early morning mushroom collecting,fishing,climbing trees,jumping across the air raid shelters near us etc etc and doing my morning and evening paper-rounds and working in our local Garage saturday mornings and selling firewood to the local supermarket.But Saturday afternoons we'd go to Reading on the train and go in the music shops buying shee
Mother....... You only have just one of these, you only have one Mother. They carry you,and give you life, and love you like no other. They nurture you,and watch you crawl, and hold you when you walk. They keep you safe,and wipe your tears, and listen when you talk. They keep you clean,and wash your clothes, and sit you on their knee. They hold your hand,and play some games, and hear you count to three They lie with you,if you can't sleep, and sing a lullaby. They kiss your lips,if your not well, or if you're hurt,or cry. They do all this,and cook and clean, and often face much strife. They do all this,day-in,day-out, 'cause YOU become their life. You only have just one of these, you only have one Mother.
#SurvivingaDownturnRecession.... 1. Cut costs and buy only what you NEED. 2.Turn the heating down/off and wear extra clothes. 3.getinto the habit of turning lights off. 4.Pay important people first. 5.There's lots of things you can do with the kids without spending money...use imagination. 6.If the kids want something you can't afford,just say NO. 7.Get out of the habit of thinking you can carry on your normal lifestyle. 8.Get creative with cooking. 9.Go for walks in the real world. 10.Don't try keeping up appearances....we're all in the same boat!
Coronavirus..... Meanwhile in the garden.... The Daffodils are on display The Tits are still pecking peanuts Squirrels are still scavenging Everything's growing The Frogs are still in the Pond The tadpoles are still waiting to escape The Spring Bulbs are still springing out of the ground And the #Robin's still taking Worms in the Shed for the Babies.....
School and viruses....... If we'd have had this Coronavirus outbreak when we were at School,I suspect we'd have all been wiped out within a week! If cleanliness and hand-washing is the key to survival then we'd have all been doomed and social distancing was unheard of. We'd often share a bottle of Tizer and a bag of crisps and if you missed out on a crisp you'd definitely get some when it was your turn for a swig out of the bottle! Not many people had running hot water and we'd have a bath once a week and if you were last in the bath you'd come out grubbier than when you went in and washing in between wasn't high on our list of priorities,nor was changing our clothes. We used to hope that if the Nurse was doing a feet inspection it'd be on a Monday as we'd be slightly cleaner than if it happened on a Friday. Most of us had pretty permanent coughs and colds and tissues didn't exist,or if they did,none of us at school had ever seen one a