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Parish Councillor
Parish Councillor (after Betjeman)
I am a Parish Councillor; no job’s too small for me
From facilitating Bonfire Night to lighting up the tree
In every avenue and byway of our village small and neat
You’ll find me surveying the highway and examining the street.
Who’s that? people say as I stride along the lanes
Frowning, nodding, peering down to investigate the drains
...Thursday 25th January 2024 4:03 pm
New Library at Pontefract
New Library at Pontefract
(on seeing a film featuring John Betjeman)
Long, long ago, when I was twelve,
John Betjeman was here
to make romance for Pontefract,
to make it very clear
that this was not some ‘northern town’
of legend, cold and drear,
but hill-top place, Italianate -
the self-same atmosphere
that brought the olive growers in
to mark...
Tuesday 2nd October 2012 2:45 pm
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