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Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 17 Dec 2013 16:40

from wrapping presents and picking up delivered Christmas cards, I've been thinking of Auden's poem

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmciuKsBOi0

from our far distant past :-)

Have a very merry Christmas everyone:-D
Mau xxx

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In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....

ButtercupFields

ButtercupFields Report 17 Dec 2013 16:49

Mau that was so lovely. A real blast from the past, and what a wonderful voice! I could understand every word. :-D

And a Very Merry Christmas to you, OH and yours, my dear Rudysmer <3 <3

BC XXX

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 17 Dec 2013 17:02

ah thanks and the same to you dear BC <3 ....have you recovered from the magical visit? :-D.....we've been thinking of you all <3

Mau XXX

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In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....

Mersey

Mersey Report 17 Dec 2013 17:07

Ive never heard or seen that before Mau :-)

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#Be Kind

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 17 Dec 2013 17:09

oh it's an old'n Mersey...bit like moi ;-).. :-D

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In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 17 Dec 2013 17:45

Wonderful Mau, so evocative of the days of steam and slower travel and black and white. Thank you. and as BC said, what a lovely voice. <3

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Photo spring Researching Somerset, Dorset, Hampshire, Derbyshire, Staffs, Devon, Glamorganshire. Ingram, Masters, Tamblyn, Knight, Warner, Bate, Allen, Riggs, Dominey, Duffin

Susan10146857

Susan10146857 Report 17 Dec 2013 23:01

That took me back Mau :-D

Mauatthecoast

Mauatthecoast Report 17 Dec 2013 23:32

Me too Susan :-D

He did have a great voice Ann. I thought it might have been John Betjeman but now not so sure. :-)

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In my own little world where everybody knows me... ..... best thing about happy memories is making them....

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 17 Dec 2013 23:51

Apparently, it's John Grierson.
I remember hearing that at school, as an example of how we 10 year olds should recite it!!!
Love the poem
:-D

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Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842