When we felt the joy of bird spotting
Making dens
Long hot endless summers
Being those feral kids
When we were running
racing
cycling
swimming
When we were looking at the clouds
lying in fields
distant views
imagined journeys
When we were excited by skylarks
foxes
rats and mice
new calves
dangerous white rabbits
When we ate cheese butties
chips
crisps
chocolate
drank pop
When we knew peace
companionship
wild joy
friends
When we knew the naughtiness of
Bows and arrows
Catapults
Bangers
Jumping Jacks
Cigarettes
Scrumping
Skiving
Trespassing
When we were proud of
Scraped knees
Broken fingers
Banged heads
Sunburn
Scars
Tellings off
Mow Cop
Harriseahead
Whitehill
Birchen Wood
Cob Moor
The Rookery
Dove Bank
Bath Pool
Wain Lea
Jodrell Bank