Back in time
lyrics by:
Keith Jepson
Written
on Sep 05, 2021
Hey lads how's it going do you remember arrow throwing It was lethal was that thing and only powered with a bit of string. Length of cane pointed tip, Paper flights That was it kids now don't know how to play knock on doors and runaway tie a door knob to the one next door we used to laugh forever more play conkers marbles and the like (I was such a scruffy Tyke) climbing trees,, they don't do it now we used to climb from bough to bough we played cricket when we could with a bat made from old scrap wood a dustbin sufficed for the wicket now that is what we called cricket but now all those days are gone older now we carry on how things have changed over time I hope you liked this little rhyme
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Frank Hornby . commented on Sep 06, 2021 at 12:48pm
I'm constantly going "back in time" with my poetry....I loved playing with bows and arrows....I made my own..it was taller than me!...and deadly.....Yeah all those old games are dying out...kids don't enjoy the outdoors the way we did back in the 50s and 60s....love the Poem Kay....
Keith Jepson
commented on Sep 06, 2021 at 1:15pm
Thank you Frank... the throwing arrows were a piece of cane/stick about 12in loop the string at the top, hold the string at the bottom of the cane and presto a throwing arrow... probably get locked up if we did it now :)
Frank Hornby .
commented on Sep 06, 2021 at 5:56pm
Yeah...I get what you mean now....(no bow)...hahaha..you never realised that you were playing with deadly weapons back then.....I put one of my mums darning needles tied to the end of my arrow......and hit my mates brother in his back from about 100 yards away!...(I aimed at him, but I never thought I'd hit him!)....the way he fell, I thought I'd killed him!.......great fun though hahaha...
Keith Jepson
commented on Oct 03, 2021 at 4:37am
Wow a knitting needle Frank, I never gave that a thought, Now that could have been a real 'Eye opener' :(
