Nothing to do with mining or pits, me and my mate were talking about things you don' t see anymore, you know, Aztec bars,mobile shops( chip vans,grocery vans) white dogs poo on pavements or old boys selling sports papers at corners on a Saturday night,just wondered where they have all gone?
yep, so much lost, generation to generation;
When Arwer a Lad
REARED IN BARNSLEY !
RUSTY AND BATTERED OLD SNAP TIN
CORDUOROY TROUSERS WEARING THIN
SPARKING CLOGS
BULL TERRIER DOGS
WHITSUNTIDE CLOTHES, SUNDAY SCHOOL WALKS
PEA SHOOTERS MADE FROM HOG WEED STALKS
COPPER BOILERS AND PEGGY TUBS
HIDE AND SEEK IN THE VICARAGE SHRUBS
MINTY BEECHNUT CHEWING GUM
DAINTY TOFFEE TIN AS A DRUM
COCONUT MATTING AND HANDPEGGED RUGS
LITTLE OLD LADIES FETCHING BEER IN JUGS
PAWN BROKERS SHOP
HOME MADE GINGER POP
TIN BATHS HANGING ON A NAIL OUTSIDE
CURTAINS CLOSED WHEN SOMEONE DIED
HOBNAILED BOOTS
LIQUORICE ROOTS
CAPSTAN CIGS FOR FULLER STRENGTH
BONFIRE SPARKLERS AT FULL ARM’S LENGTH
SCRAPING SEGS
GYPSY PEGS
SWOOSHING SOUND OF TIPPED HOME COAL
OLD PEOPLE TALKING OF THE DOLE
BLACK GAS METER AT THE CELLAR HEAD
GRANDMA’S SUPPER, CHEESE AND BREAD
DAD’S SUNDAY NIGHTS OXFORD BAGS
DAD’S MONDAY MORNINGS OLD PIT RAGS
SPIC AND SPAN HIDDEN IN DAD’S SOCK DRAWER
TWO LAYERS OF LINO ON THE COLD STONE FLOOR
THE CORONATION UNION JACK
COWBOYS AND INDIANS ON THE STACK
DOLLY BLUES
BOBBIES IN TWOS
TWEED FLAT CAPS
NARROW GINNEL GAPS
GREEDY MOTHS AND CAMPHOR BALLS
BIG BLACK PINNIES AND CROCHETED SHAWLS
CAMPHORATED OIL RUBBED ON MY CHEST
STICKY RUBBER BUTTONS ON MY VEST
CONVEYOR BELT SLEDGING DOWN THE STACK
SIX OLD PIPES IN GRANDAD’S RACK
CIGARETTE CARDS
EXTENDABLE FIRE GUARDS
GRANDMA’S SHOES WITH BUTTONS ON
BACK DOOR LEFT OPEN AND BUDGIE GONE
CHILDREN’S MATINEE AT THE FLICKS
WEEK END CHORE OF CHOPPING STICKS
LENTIL SOUP MADE WITH TWO PENNARTH OF BONES
NEXT DOOR FAMILY NAME OF JONES
PHILIPS RUBBER STICK ON SOLES
WOLLEN SOCKS WITH COMPULSARY HOLES
BIG BRASS FENDERS
NASTY MONEY LENDERS
CLATTER OF CLOGS ON PAVEMENT FLAGS
TATTERS COLLECTING BONES AND RAGS
YORKSHIRE PUDDING
CELLARS FLOODING
DAMMED UP STREAMS FOR SWIMMIMG POOLS
HARD BACKED CHAIRS AND THREE LEGGED STOOLS
PLAYING HOPSCOTCH IN THE STREETS
SHERBERT DIPS AND HUMBUG SWEETS
REMEMBERING MAM’S COOP DIVI NUMBER
VINEGAR SOAKED ONION AND SLICED CUCUMBER
OLD TIN DUDLEYS
PENNY JUBBLYS
COBBLED ROADS AND JINNEL ENTRY
BACKS UNMADE FOR MORE HALF A CENTURY
WET THROUGH WEIGHT OF DUFFEL COATS
GRANDAD MAKING FISHING FLOATS
HOMEMADE JAM
SPECIAL SUNDAY TEA TIME HAM
SCHOOLYARD GAMES AND SNOWBALL FIGHTS
ROARING FIRES ON WINTER NIGHTS
TB JELLY TEST AND COD LIVER OIL
BARNSLEY DOOERS, BOOITS, COIT AND COIL
DAD COMING HOME WITH PANDA EYES
BABY SISTER’S NON STOP CRIES
AGE OF FOUR SAW MY FIRST BANANA
CASABLANCA SAM PLAYING A BLACK PIANA
WOODBINE CIGS
SYRUP OF FIGS
TERRACED ROWS FROM HERE TO EVER
A COUSIN AT GRAMMER SCHOOL, OH SO CLEVER
GREEN GAS LAMPS TO PLAY AROUND
SEASIDE DAYS IN “LOST AND FOUND”
POTTIES, ALLIES AND SHINY MABS
FISHING OFF THE PIER FOR GREEDY CRABS
CARBOLIC SOAP
JUST LIVING IN HOPE
MONDAY MORNING STEAM, SOAP AND BLEACH
DRYING SHEETS FAR AS THE EYE COULD REACH
PARTY SANDWICHES ALWAYS POTTED MEAT
JELLY TRIFLE A SPECIAL TREAT
CHECKING SEAMS ARE STRAIGHT FOR MY MAM
MY SISTER IN MY SILVER CROSS PRAM
SUNDAY TEA
DAD’S BEET KNEE
TREACLE SANDWICHES WITH MARGARINE
GRANDMA’S PICTURE OF THE QUEEN
WOODEN PENS WITH SCRATCHY NIBS
SOOTY CHIMNEY CLEANING SQUIBS
LOOMING HEADGEAR, WHIRRING WHEELS
CLACKITY CLICK OF SEGS IN HEELS
EARLY MORNING KNOCKERS UP
MY VERY OWN SPECIAL TERRIER PUP
PENNY DUCKS
COAL LEADER’S TRUCKS
COLLIERY FIRE FIGHTING COMPETITION
CATAPULT ARMED HUNTING EXPEDITION
SHORT BACK AND SIDES
MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES
WHITE FIVE POUND NOTES AS BIG AS A SHEET
BUTCHER’S VAN WITH FLIES AND MEAT
WARM CREAMY MILK
COLLIER’S SCARVES MADE OF SILK
PIT BUZZER BLASTING IN THE MORNING
ALL BIKES HAD BELLS FOR PEDESTRIAN WARNING
PLAYING CRICKET WITH A HOME MADE BAT
PANIC IN THE STREET, GLADYS’ SEEN A RAT
PIT LANE PUDDLES WITH BLACKENED CRUST
SEPTEMBER WINDS AND SWIRLING DUST
FENNINGS LITTLE HEALERS AND BEECHAM’S PILLS
DONKEY STONED STEPS AND WINDOW SILLS
FISH AND CHIPS
PIT CLUB TRIPS
BROKEN BISCUITS AT HALF PRICE
BEETLE DRIVES WITH REAL BONE DICE
CHEATING CONKERS PICKLED AND BAKED
TINY NEW POTATOES BOILED WHEN SCRAPED
KETTLES ALWAYS ON THE BOIL
GRANDDAD USING WORDS LIKE TOIL
SACRED ALLOTTMENTS WITH PIGEONS AND BANTIES
EVERY KID HAD A HUNDRED AUNTIES
EAGLE COMIC WITH DAN THAT DARED
GLASS BOWL ALIEN MADE ME SCARED
A SINGLE OXO FROM THE CORNER SHOP
SAT ON A BOARD IN THE BARBERS FOR A CROP
CIG MACHINES WITH PACKETS OF TWO
TEA IN BROWN TEAPOTS LEFT TO BREW
ALWAYS THE ACRID SMELL OF BURNING WOOD
ALWAYS THE SLOOSH OF THICK BLACK MUD
GREEN AND BLACK OLD MORRIS EIGHT
DAD’S OVERLOADED DINNER PLATE
MONEY SAVING HOBBING FOOT
UNEXPECTED FALL OF SOOT
FIRST SLICED BREAD AT THE COOP SHOP
BRISTLY YARD BRUSH AND RAGGY MOP
COAL CELLAR LIDS
STREET SKIPPING KIDS
GRANDAD’S PIGTAIL BACCA WITH THE EXTRA JOCKEY
WORLD’S BEST BOXER, THE PROPER ROCKY
ROUGHENED HANDS HOLDING MINE
THEE AND THAR, THEIRN AND THINE
CANARIES AND LINNETS IN WOODEN CAGES
FREQUENT STRIKES FOR BETTER WAGES
CORNED BEEF HASH
NETTLE RASH
PROPER PORK SAUSAGES MADE WITH MEAT
INDIAN TEPE MADE WITH MAM’S CLEAN SHEET
TWO OUNCES OF HAM FOR FIVE OF US
PENNY FARE TO BARNSLEY ON A BUS
FOG AND SMOG MOST WINTER DAYS
GREAT GRANDAD STILL HAS VICTORIAN WAYS
SALT AND PEPPER ON DRIPPING CAKES
SPECIAL WASH WITH LUX SOAP FLAKES
MARCHING MINERS DEMONSTRATION
STOOD IN A FREEZING DARK BUS STATION
SCRUMPING APPLES
CHOICE OF CHAPELS
BURNING SLAG HEAPS AT EVERY PIT
GAS MANTLES EVER SO GENTLY LIT
WAISTCOAT POCKETS WITH DROOPY CHAINS
THE SPECIAL SMELL OF OLD STEAM TRAINS
DAD’S PIT SOCKS LIKE CURLY BOARD
DUSTBIN LID AND WOODEN SWORD
SAGGY KNITTED SWIMMING TRUNKS
LAID IN BED WAKENED BY SOME PASSING DRUNKS
ALBERT HIRST’S BLACK PUDDING SARNIE
STREET ENTERTAINMENT WITH SALLY’S ARMY
STREETS NAMED CHARITY, FAITH AND HOPE
LIFEBOUY, FAIRY AND SUNLIGHT SOAP
KNOCKING ON DOORS AND RUNNING OFF
FRIGHTENED BY GRANDDAD’S GASPING COUGH
INCH THICK TOAST ON A BELL WIRE FORK
SENT OUTSIDE WHILE MAM AND AUNTY MARY TALK
PINK PIG BRAWN IN BASIN SHAPES
DAILY PIT STORIES OF NARROW ESCAPES
TANNERS, BOBS AND HALF A DOLLARS
EDUCATION MISSED BY CLEVER SCHOLARS
SNOW FLAKES FALLING WHITE, BUT LANDING GREY
POP GUN AND DRAUGHTS FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
PIGEON LOFTS IN BLACK AND WHITE
STICKS AND PAPER, A DAD MADE KITE
A TON OF HOME COAL DELIVERED IN TWENTY LUMPS
CHICKENPOX, SCARLET FEVER, LURGY, AS WELL MUMPS
MYXOMATOSIS AND BLINDED RABBITS
PICKING YOUR NOSE AND OTHER HABITS
GABERDINE MACS AND WELLINGTON BOOTS
SEARCHING PONDS FOR FROGS AND NEWTS
BULL ROAR FIRES UP CAST IRON PIPES
KNITTEDTANK TOPS WITH COLOURED STRIPES
HIS MASTER’S VOICE AND JOSEF LOCKE
AUNTY MARY’S NOISY ANTIQUE CLOCK
MAYPOLE DELIVERIES ON A BIKE
STALKING THE CANAL FOR SMALL JACK PIKE
From a Barnsley lad, another TYKE!!