The Red Road

RUBY TUESDAY

THE RED ROAD

If this looks like Fairyland......

I really think it was.

And it was a special Fairyland

For one young girl because

This was the view from my bedroom

When I awoke each day;

Rather like the  setting 

For some romantic play.

The Red Road ran by the Castle,

All overhung with trees,

A sort of secret passageway

To girlish fantasies.

I often walked that Road alone

Thinking foolish thoughts,

While other girls did healthy things

On municipal tennis-courts!

And never once did I think to ask

Why the Road was christened 'Red';

Much more romantic thoughts than that

Were circling in my head!

I saw an advertisement* today

Which caused my dream's destruction;

'New houses on the Red Road

At present under construction'!

They may be desirable residences

Built to top specifications,

And I'm sure Town Planners are noble men

With some excellent motivations.

But I feel sad to think it's gone,

The Red Road I once knew.

Oh well, that's progress, I suppose,

And there's nothing I can do.

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* I Googled the Red Road and building adverts came up!

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IMPOSSIBLE COMBINATION!

'I hear Maude's committed bigamy!' Lindy-Lou declared.
Her friend, Pam, just dropped her jaw, looked at her and stared.
'Not Maude' she said, 'She's so demure, respectable and shy!
Rather than commit bigamy our Maude would surely die!'
'Well' Lindy-Lou said 'When I phoned to see how she was faring
She said she'd married an honest man, upright, straight and caring.
Then she said she'd married a lawyer! Well, it clearly can't be true
That a lawyer can be honest!
She must have married two!'
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PS

We had our Club's Friendship Day yesterday. This is a yearly occasion. After a brief meeting we had a quiz (I felt hard done by as the questions were about plants and cars, neither of which  are my area of expertise!) and then we repeated some action songs taught to us by Sue on the recent trip. Yes, I know it's Second Childhood,  but isn't it great!

Here is Pam demonstrating 'My Bonny' as the cook prepares the barbecue lunch in the background.

Jill wanted a photo of the two Vice Presidents, Hilary and me, to put in the Club Album.

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