Rock Park Just the words made my heart "flutter BANG" not the regular beat of a heart by any means the memories of the place was like opening the flood gates, just as people can remember clearly the opening of the kingsway tunnel or more famously " I remember EXACTLY where I was when Kennedy was shot.
Janey had organised a visit (TYPICAL) she loved organising people but i decided to go mainly to shut her up if nothing else NAG ! NAG! down my ear , should maybe pick up some tablets from FOGGS chemist to shut her up or calm me down.
SO we,re off any one would think the world was ending " come on MUM you know how busy i am got a meeting the new boss at three"
WE get to the car and with the seat belts still in a twizzle we were off BRRRRROOM along the causeway I remember the fury of it being built , how we fought telling the developers surely their was another way of improving traffic flow,without demolishing so many homes and the houses were not the run of the mill terraced houses easily replaced , each one was special and all with stories to tell.
I remember going with OUR Billy to the meetings were all the so called important people were
with the suits neatly ironed but the ties were always crooked , perhaps to go with the contents of their brains!!!!
Funny how your bottle goes when you see someone in a suit or a woman with flowery dresses but I was proud of our BILLY Even with the smell of FISH but it was a friendly smell and somehow like home as the smell of the river seemed to be upon him and were would any of us be without the MERSEY.
"You cant rewrite history and try as you might you cannot rebuild it the smells and the sights can never be fully brought back , and like people it is not til they are gone you fully understand what you once had " I remember blushing like a beetroot when I heard this and he sat down to thunderous applause.
I believe in always hoping Even if it is as much as a flutter of a wing of a butterfly but I knew as I searched for my hankie that the people in their ironed clothes and wonky ties would win but at least I know we went down fighting
Janey had swung the car through the gates "COME ON " she said i don't think anyone could picture how i felt as I ventured nearer and closer to..........
I love the way you keep ending your story chapters on a knife edge. It feels almost like a thriller with lots of cliff hangers!!
ReplyDeleteHi Louise, I really like how you've picked up on other people's stories and linked to them in your own, such as Fogg's Chemist which features in Barbara's. Maybe on Thursday, we could try linking these words to other people's blogs.
ReplyDeleteI think you're really developing a sense of the area where your story is set - the unique nature of the houses in Rock Park and the real disruption that the bypass has had on the area. I also like how you mention the smell of the river and the importance of it to the lives of the people on the Wirral. Looking forward to the next instalment!