I remember in the fifties we didn’t have a lot
We were always pleased with everything we had
I remember how we utilised the things that we had got
Making things we knew would make each other glad
I remember sticks of rhubarb were red but mainly green
Tasting sour it would shrivel up your face
I remember hide & seek we tried hard not to be seen
Or running fast and calling it a race
I remember playing football in the middle of the road
Using jackets as a makeshift sort of goal
I remember by the pond on the day we found a toad
Where the tadpoles swam around it in a shoal
I remember in the summer playing out till it was dark
Made up games from almost anything we found
I remember bits of wood that we took down to the park
Wickets, bats a ball we had a cricket ground
I remember setting standards for other kids to beat
Always being there to set the latest trends
I remember summer sun that gave out a pleasant heat
But I remember most those very special friends
© 2008 David Threadgold
Rambling Riddles & Rhymes
This is a wonderful poem. I was not raised in the 50's but it did bring back some memories of my own childhood. Thanks..
Back in the day's, when we tried to make a difference to our days, yes and we had summers then.. Nice feel, David to this poem...10
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
oh my David - we are very lucky to have had such wonderfully free youthful days - I share in all these things you did - thank you for my little trip down memory lane... only we are way back in time in Africa - lol :) still did this in the 60's,70's,80's,90's :)