valerie 25th February 2011

HAPPY EVENINGS PLAYING THE OLD RECORDS HOW YOU LOVED RECORDS I THINK HOW YOU WOULD LOVE THE 50 YEAR OLD RECORD PLAYER I HAVE BOUGHT LIKE THE ONE I HAD WHEN I WAS SIXTEEN I FEEL YOU HERE AS I KNIT WITH THE RENNIE WOOL FROM THE OLD MILL IN SCOTLAND YOUR MILL IN BRADFORD LONG GONE HOW YOU HATED WORKING THERE I THINK OF MY FAVOURITE HYMN JERUSALEM AND WHEN WE SANG IT YOU ALWAYS WINKED AT ME AT THE LINE AND WAS JERUSALEM BUILDED HERE AMONG THOSE DARK SATANIC MILLS BUT YOU STILL LIKED THE WOOL FROM THEM FOR YOUR PULLOVERS SO I KNIT AND LISTEN TO THE MUSIC WE BOTH LOVED SUCH HAPPY DAYS MY DARLING