Feb 08 2015
Our Telly…
The Da’s old telly and another one behind ‘Just in case’. Wasn’t he gas all the same. ‘It doesn’t work Da’…’That’s alright, I might be able to get a few spare parts out of it…’ He had the first ever Remote Control in Cabra , it was a three foot piece of wooden dowl that he’d bought around in Goslin’s. He’d sit in front of the telly every Saturday afternoon and fall asleep watching the wrestling. And if you dared change the channel he’d open one eye and tell you to leave the telly alone because he’s watching it. ‘But Da’ you were asleep’. ‘No I wasn’t, I was just resting my eyes’…