The King's Shilling
The King’s Shilling I wasn’t quite two, when draped as Cupid, I went down with old-school pneumonia, In the rain-swept fancy dress...
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Soldiers of Gloucestershire & Transportation
Soldiers of Gloucestershire & Transportation It may not have meant a black cap, At those Quarter Sessions, Epiphany, Easter, Trinity and...
The Gloucestershire Yoemanry Cavalry
The Gloucestershire Yoemanry Cavalry Prologue Men of means with the wherewithal To pay for horse, uniform and accoutrements; Not...
The Tracks of my Tears
My daughter saw Khadija Saye’s prints At the British Library exhibition, And when I told her that I broke down in tears, At the...
The Clarion Club
The Clarion Club Oh! Who rides by day and night, roundabout, Tinkling their bicycle bell? Hark how they near us with cheering shout,...
You have Nothing to lose but your Chains
Cyclists of the World Unite You have Nothing to lose but your Chains ... The 1890s saw the development Of the bicycle as we now know it,...
Why am I striking?
Why am I striking? Because we are being exploited. Because our care is being exploited. Those daily moments of care: that chat after...
Rodborough Walking Football
Rodborough Walking Football: The Sun Shines on the Righteous When I was a kid, I lived for football. Kicking a ball against a wall,...
Happy Wednesdays
Happy Wednesdays It must have been 1965, We were having a lunchtime kick-about. ‘It’s Good News Week’ by Hedgehoppers’ Anonymous Was...
The Twelve Days of Christmas
The Twelve Days of Christmas On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A Rees-Mogg up a gum tree. On the second day of...
On Reading Born in Blackness
On reading Born in Blackness when sitting on the sofa in Stroud Some insights developed from reading Born in Blackness, Africa, Africans...
The Ghost Pub Pilgrimage
The church bells were ringing as I set forth On the first day of my pilgrimage Through parts of the parish of Rodborough: A Cotswold...
Football Boots
You called on Christmas Eve afternoon, Carrying an unwrapped parcel, A gift brought from memory lane: David Dangerfield’s dad’s football...
Enough is Enough
Enough is Enough ‘Enough is Enough!’ Don’t think about semantics, axioms Tautologies and self-evident truths, When you read the phrase,...
RMT Picket Line
RMT Picket Line Gloucester 18.8.22 We initially numbered thirteen or so outside the station, Not so much a last supper at lunchtime, As a...
The Next Station is Solidarity
The Next Station is Solidarity I got up early and got the bus, To join the ASLEF Picket Line, At Gloucester, 30 July 2022: It can be...
A Ghost Pub Pilgrimage
A Ghost Pub Pilgrimage through Stroud and the Five Valleys Raising funds for the Trussell Trust in September Walk and/or bicycle your...
Close Season Nostalgia
1960-61 Close Season It was all so just so Just William perfect: Egg sandwiches, crisps and lemonade Tucked into your duffel bag,...
A Stroud Broadsheet for Tolpuddle
A Stroud Broadsheet In the year of our Lord, 1649, England became a republic, And that word: ‘Commonwealth’ (‘In the beginning was the...
We Demand Better
TUC Demonstration 2022 ‘We Demand Better’ The ‘Cost of Living Crisis’ is a misnomer – It’s a Crisis of Capitalism, Or rather, a constant...
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