Post by wilbarra on Mar 20, 2016 11:23:50 GMT
AUNT PEG WAS ,TO PUT IT POLITELY RATHER LARGE.
MY DAD DESCRIBED HER AS TWO CIRCLES ,A SMALL ONE FOR HER HEAD ON TOP OF A
LARGE ONE FOR HER BODY.
SHE WAS A BIT BETTER OFF THAN THE REST OF US AT THE TIME, OWNING A CAR AND
EVEN HAVING HER OWN PHONE.
SHE ALSO HAD AN ALLOTMENT NEXT TO HER BIG FRIEND,BLINK.
BLINK WAS SO CALLED BECAUSE HE HAD A NERVOUS DISORDER OBTAINED DURING THE
FIRST WORLD WAR IN WHICH HE COULD NOT STOP HIMSELF BLINKING WHEN HE WAS
SPEAKING TO YOU.
HE WAS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR HIS POACHING ABILITIES.
DESPITE AUNT PEGS SIZE SHE WAS VERY NIMBLE AND WORKED HER PLOT WITH EASE AND
HER AND BLINK SPENT MANY HAPPY HOURS TOGETHER WORKING AWAY AT THEIR PLOTS.
MANY TIMES WAY AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE HAD GONE HOME.
MOST OF THE STUFF THEY PRODUCED THEY GAVE AWAY TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
VILLAGE, WHICH WOULD AT TIMES,INCLUDED EGGS ,AS BOTH OF THEM KEPT CHICKEN AT
THE BOTTOM OF THEIR PLOTS.
ONE NIGHT IN THE SUMMER 1947,MR TERRY (OUR VILLAGE BOBBY) WAS RIDING HIS
BIKE DOWN THE TRACK THAT SEPERATED THE ALLOTMENTS FROM THE LARGE ESTATE THAT
WAS OWNED BY A LOCAL MAGISTRATE,WHEN HE HEARD A RUSTLING FROM THE HEDGE OF
THE ESTATE.
THEN OUT FROM THE HEDGE STEPPED BLINK COMPLETE WITH TWO RABBITS ROUND
HIS NECK AND A COUPLE OF LIVE CHICKEN IN EITHER HAND.
HE WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY AUNT PEG WHO JUST TUMBLED OUT OF THE HEDGE ALSO
CLUTCHING TWO DEAD RABBITS IN HER HANDS.
BUT WORSE WAS YET TO COME.
FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND CAME RUDI AN EX PRISONER OF WAR WHO WAS STILL WAITING TO
BE SENT HOME.
IN HIS HANDS WAS A BASKET OF CHICKEN EGGS.
MR TERRY HAD CAUGHT THEM ALL RED HANDED.
BUT HE JUST RODE ON BY AS IF HE HAD NEVER SEEN THEM.
MANY YEARS LATER,WHEN HE WAS RETIRED,
HE TOLD ME WHY.
BLINK WAS WELL LOVED IN THE VILLAGE BECAUSE OF HIS WORLD WAR COMPLAINT AND FOR THE
WAY HE HAD HELPED THE WOMAN WHOS MEN FOLK HAD BEEN AWAY FIGHTING IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR.
YOUR AUNT PEG WAS ALMOST UNTOUCHABLE BECAUSE OF THE VOLUNTRY WORK SHE DID FOR
THE WOUNDED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
AS FOR RUDI HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFELY TUCKED AWAY IN THE BARN WHERE HE SLEPT AT
NIGHT.
FAR EASIER AND SAFER TO IGNORE THE WHOLE MATTER AND GO ON MY WAY.
MY DAD DESCRIBED HER AS TWO CIRCLES ,A SMALL ONE FOR HER HEAD ON TOP OF A
LARGE ONE FOR HER BODY.
SHE WAS A BIT BETTER OFF THAN THE REST OF US AT THE TIME, OWNING A CAR AND
EVEN HAVING HER OWN PHONE.
SHE ALSO HAD AN ALLOTMENT NEXT TO HER BIG FRIEND,BLINK.
BLINK WAS SO CALLED BECAUSE HE HAD A NERVOUS DISORDER OBTAINED DURING THE
FIRST WORLD WAR IN WHICH HE COULD NOT STOP HIMSELF BLINKING WHEN HE WAS
SPEAKING TO YOU.
HE WAS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR HIS POACHING ABILITIES.
DESPITE AUNT PEGS SIZE SHE WAS VERY NIMBLE AND WORKED HER PLOT WITH EASE AND
HER AND BLINK SPENT MANY HAPPY HOURS TOGETHER WORKING AWAY AT THEIR PLOTS.
MANY TIMES WAY AFTER EVERYBODY ELSE HAD GONE HOME.
MOST OF THE STUFF THEY PRODUCED THEY GAVE AWAY TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE
VILLAGE, WHICH WOULD AT TIMES,INCLUDED EGGS ,AS BOTH OF THEM KEPT CHICKEN AT
THE BOTTOM OF THEIR PLOTS.
ONE NIGHT IN THE SUMMER 1947,MR TERRY (OUR VILLAGE BOBBY) WAS RIDING HIS
BIKE DOWN THE TRACK THAT SEPERATED THE ALLOTMENTS FROM THE LARGE ESTATE THAT
WAS OWNED BY A LOCAL MAGISTRATE,WHEN HE HEARD A RUSTLING FROM THE HEDGE OF
THE ESTATE.
THEN OUT FROM THE HEDGE STEPPED BLINK COMPLETE WITH TWO RABBITS ROUND
HIS NECK AND A COUPLE OF LIVE CHICKEN IN EITHER HAND.
HE WAS CLOSELY FOLLOWED BY AUNT PEG WHO JUST TUMBLED OUT OF THE HEDGE ALSO
CLUTCHING TWO DEAD RABBITS IN HER HANDS.
BUT WORSE WAS YET TO COME.
FOLLOWING CLOSE BEHIND CAME RUDI AN EX PRISONER OF WAR WHO WAS STILL WAITING TO
BE SENT HOME.
IN HIS HANDS WAS A BASKET OF CHICKEN EGGS.
MR TERRY HAD CAUGHT THEM ALL RED HANDED.
BUT HE JUST RODE ON BY AS IF HE HAD NEVER SEEN THEM.
MANY YEARS LATER,WHEN HE WAS RETIRED,
HE TOLD ME WHY.
BLINK WAS WELL LOVED IN THE VILLAGE BECAUSE OF HIS WORLD WAR COMPLAINT AND FOR THE
WAY HE HAD HELPED THE WOMAN WHOS MEN FOLK HAD BEEN AWAY FIGHTING IN THE SECOND
WORLD WAR.
YOUR AUNT PEG WAS ALMOST UNTOUCHABLE BECAUSE OF THE VOLUNTRY WORK SHE DID FOR
THE WOUNDED IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
AS FOR RUDI HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SAFELY TUCKED AWAY IN THE BARN WHERE HE SLEPT AT
NIGHT.
FAR EASIER AND SAFER TO IGNORE THE WHOLE MATTER AND GO ON MY WAY.
