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Month: January 2017

The Coast at Whitley Bay

January 11, 2017May 16, 2017 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

When aa was a lad a holiday was a daytrip to the sea
With a bag full o’ sandwiches, some pop and a flask of tea
There’d be me, me mother and father, me sisters and Aunty may
Heading for wa holidays at the coast at Whitley Bay

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From Seaton Sluice to Sydney

January 11, 2017 ~ jmchild ~ 1 Comment

I was born in Newcastle on the Tyne
I’ve lived in Northumbria all the time
But now I must leave
Friends and family don’t you grieve
In Australia I’ll be doing fine

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