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MEMORIES OF A NOSE
Paul, please find attached a copy of a poem composed by a friend of
mine that used to live in Bermondsey Street, back in the 1950's. His
name is Tony Dobson, and I know he wouldn't mind me sending it to you
for review. I thought you could have some fun with it by having people
guess the names of the factories from where the odors came? Try it
yourself, just to see if you can come up with a few old Bermondsey
smells.
Best regards: Pat Long
Tony Dobson
Best regards: Pat Long
Memories of a Nose
Roasting COFFEE exotic TEAS
carried on the river breeze
down cobbled stree and arches dim
imported WINES export GIN
PEPPERS, SPICE and LEATHER HIDE
on the South THE BERMONDSEY side
Where WILOW WOOD and SOUPS all mixed
were impregnated in the house's bricks
MALT from BARLEY HOPS from Kent
pungent VINEGAR from the chimneys vent
JAMS and CHOCOLATE fresh BISCUITS baked
aromas of far eastern DATES
PEPPERMINT, ANISEED, COCONUT sweets
drifting down the narrow streets
CUSTARD and JELLY did combine
with CORK and ROPE and SISAL TWINE
Copper vats of fresh brewed BEER
complete with GLUE upon the air
PERFUME for ladies wrist
CANADIAN CORN the millers grist
The grinding stones within the mills
The moaning grain upon the wheels
Ingredients born on wind and surf
from every corner of the EARTH
All brought together here by sea
To the factory
THAT ONCE WAS BERMONDSEY
Roasting COFFEE exotic TEAS
carried on the river breeze
down cobbled stree and arches dim
imported WINES export GIN
PEPPERS, SPICE and LEATHER HIDE
on the South THE BERMONDSEY side
Where WILOW WOOD and SOUPS all mixed
were impregnated in the house's bricks
MALT from BARLEY HOPS from Kent
pungent VINEGAR from the chimneys vent
JAMS and CHOCOLATE fresh BISCUITS baked
aromas of far eastern DATES
PEPPERMINT, ANISEED, COCONUT sweets
drifting down the narrow streets
CUSTARD and JELLY did combine
with CORK and ROPE and SISAL TWINE
Copper vats of fresh brewed BEER
complete with GLUE upon the air
PERFUME for ladies wrist
CANADIAN CORN the millers grist
The grinding stones within the mills
The moaning grain upon the wheels
Ingredients born on wind and surf
from every corner of the EARTH
All brought together here by sea
To the factory
THAT ONCE WAS BERMONDSEY
Tony Dobson
Mum - Tony Moorcroft
I thought I would send you something I wrote when my Mum died.
The garden tree bit is a reference to the house where she was brought up in Ernest street / Cannon-Murnane road.
Hope you like it
Tony Moorcroft
The garden tree bit is a reference to the house where she was brought up in Ernest street / Cannon-Murnane road.
Hope you like it
Tony Moorcroft
To Mum
All the things that I could remember,
You could always remember much more.
Some things you told me were hard to believe,
Like the day you told me you saw the Thames freeze.
You used to tell me the old garden tree,
Is still standing there in Spa park.
But all I can see when I look that way now,
Are your memories of Bermondsey fading in the dark.
Sometimes I wonder if I would have liked,
To have lived the life of your times,
You saw the bombs, the smogs and the strikes.
But then I stop and think……
Was it really much different to mine.
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