My
memory holds
the days
of being
Irene’s daughter
the cosy
winter coming home from school days
when I
lit the fire while
mum
cooked crispy breast of lamb
to eat
with my fingers
the
after the orthodontist treat days
when we
came home
with
half-coated
chocolate
biscuits from Lewises
the
brave radiotherapy sickness days
when I
did the ironing
and mum,
strong spirited as always
supervised
my creases
the
wedding preparation days
choosing
my dress
and hers
on a glorious
rain-
drenched Saturday
and best
of all
the exciting
new mother days
when mum
passed on
her
wisdom and delighted
in
cuddling each new born child
Susan Jane Sims
Lewises refers to a department store in Bristol's Broadmead that existed during the sixties and seventies. They had a lovely food hall. They also had a store in Manchester I believe. There was no connection with John Lewis. For anyone with a historic interest in these things the site was subsequently occupied by John Lewis, then Bentalls then I think House of Fraser, and now Primark.
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