The Blitz, The Ritz, the 123

Making Memories, Gallery Oldham

Waltz Steps, Jennifer 2013 Making Memories

123

it went 1, 2, 3

did you go dancing to the radio?

the Home guard Club at Failsworth

all kinds

modern sequence barn dancing

the slosh

do doo doo

123 its a lovely feeling

the sloshing about with a gentleman

me boyfriend then

(never danced all me life

I have 2 left feet)

the quickstep 

line dancing

(no, I've never danced

the square tango)

we've been dancing all day

Winny and Albert

the waltz, the jitterbug

the 1 2 3

I tell you in Scarborough they couldn't dance

I say God bless ya Oldham

afternoon dancing

(Dancing? Far too busy!)

Dancing – how many nights did we go out?

4 nights a week

played the organ

(more of a wallflower me)

always gone in for dancing with Albert

dancing at weddings

The Ritz, the Blitz

The Plaza, there and there and there

The Theatre Royal, they mocked it up

in lights Winny and Albert

two people making a fantastic kiss

with the

BBC right on the doorstep absolutely

123 for a waltz

in the war years

love songs for soldiers away

I tell you where dancing took place: the Isle of Man

Reginald Dixon playing the organ 123

a long dress for the waltz

short for the jitterbug

I tell you where they did dance: Heaton Park, my gosh

Blackpool in the Tower at weekend

I wish them days would come back

the sailor's hornpipe

Oldham afternoons at the City Hall

was that the 1234?

Count the numbers and set off

John, Winny, Dorothy, Edward, Hilda, Flo

19 Sept 2013

Limecroft Care Home, Oldham

Tango, Barbara, 2014 Making Memories

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Swing

Making Memories, Gallery Oldham

Swing

my grandfather: four wives

it was OK in those days, in our past it was allowed

he was head of the town.

Kids, we all had favourite grandmas

I’d sleep in

grandmother’s bed.

Grew up, didn't have to work hard

got married, had to leave India

but she passed away before I left.

She had a wooden swing with mirrors

- lovely work -

I had it painted, sentimental.

Three people can sit on it

hooks so you can hang it down.

On the floor we've got it

and cushions.

When I sit there

I remember: my grandma, my favourite.

Here I thought everything would be

electronic and

and my swing would swing automatic

electric wind!

But when I arrived –

a two-up-two-down with nothing.

Krishna
Indian Association, Oldham

10 Oct 2013


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