Jun 23 2017
‘The Money Tree…’
‘I always remember as a Young Fella and asking the Ma’ for money for a bag of marbles and she saying “Am I made of money, have I got a Money Tree growing in that back garden or what“? And there I’d be kneeling up on the only good kitchen chair that we had and I gawking out to see if we had such a tree in our garden. I’d be looking at the Ma’ in amazement and saying “I can’t see one…”. Then she’d follow up with “Get out from under me feet or get up to bed”. “But Ma’ me marbles”. Then she’d give me one of those looks, you know, the “Ma’ Special” that said “Run for your life or else”. And off I’d scarper, without me marbles…’