Fa – the Green Dragon

A Place for the Odd Musings of an Expat Bristolian


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Jobs of Days Gone By #17 – The Bus Conductor

THW BUS CONDUCTOR

Pay as you enter

Take a seat. enjoy the ride

No more Tickets Please.


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Jobs of Days Gone By 17 – the Ironmonger

THE IRON MONGER

nails, screws, nuts and bolts

Supplier of household needs

Ace is now the place

 


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Jobs of Days Gone By 9 – The Navvy

Digger of trenches

Pick and shovel used no more

Replaced by back-hoe


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Is Parliament still standing?

V for Vendetta
Norsefire folk did not endure.
V’s last ride; The Tube

Footnote: The fifth of November has always been a special day for me and since I live in the US nowadays I make it an annual ritual to watch V for Vendetta.


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Memory Dredging – 60’s Bristol

Teddy Boys, think back
Beetle Crushers on their feet.
They ruled evening streets.


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Way Back Then

A short story in Haiku style
My first memory.
Jan C. Smuts Home for Children
In Burnham-on-Sea.

Breakfast with some kids.
Walking to the beach lighthouse.
Breathing damp sea air.

Big people took me
to live with as family.
I had siblings now.

We had dogs and cats
And we had a garden too.
I was happy there.

Then I had an urge
The wide world called me to leave
Look where it brought me.

I found new friendships
Bloggers using words galore.
Thank you one and all.


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A Bristol daughter – J.K. Rowling

J.K. Rowling, born
in Yate wrote Harry Potter
stories of magic.


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Bristol – Afoot No. 5

At Corn and Wine Streets,
See and hear the Quarter Jacks.
Clockwork’s bell ringers.