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| Photo © Lois Blackburn, objects from Gallery Oldham, Handling Collection |
Word association games are a great way to get a discussion going, or stimulate ideas for writing. Our discussion this time was themed around pubs and the word used are listed below. We often use pairs of opposites so that the game is more intriguing.
Pub/teetotal
barmaid/mother
a tot/saspirilla
landlord/Salvation Army
pork scratchings/apple pie
Out of the (above) list came the (below) poem:
A swim in The Swan
tavern/show me the way to go home
Oldhamers are proud
of their drinking
the dust from the cotton
makes them thirsty for a swim in
The Swan
and The Horse Edge
drink in excess and
it takes control
but oh the dust
in The Gaumont
and on Union Street
they're very clannish
self-contained and
what Oldhamers don't like is snobs or the rich
but they'll do a good job for you
they work hard at
The Mitre, The Randolf...
Extract from group poem
Oldham
15 May 2013
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| Photo © Lois Blackburn, objects from Gallery Oldham, Handling Collection |
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