Sep 01 2014
The Time Machine…
Would anyone have an oul Time Machine lying around that they don’t want? I can collect it and all. Now that I have me digital camera I want to go back to the 50’s and 60’s so that I can photograph all me old pals from school and even some of the girls from our road. I want to get a photograph of Mister Beechnor so that I can remember what he looks like and maybe one of Mister Cafolla. I’m dying to go down to the playground on Fassaugh and take loads of photos of the kids on the slides and see-saw and even some of the girls playground. Maybe I could get some of the inside of the old Turf Depot and all the lads that used to hang around there. What I’d really like are some shots of all the Oul Ones standing outside the shops yapping away to their hearts content and the babies in their prams. So if you happen to have such a machine please let me know, if you have a two seater that would be brilliant because I could take the brother with me as well…
Can you just imagine it all the same? You could go back and do all those things you always meant to do or spend more time with the Ma’ and Da’ talking about their early days. And do you know what I’d bring as well? Me ould tape recorder. I’d even bring it to Mass and record Father Farrell and all his stories and just for the craic I’d even record the Mass in Latin. Now the Da’ would love that, he never liked the Mass in English. Do you know what now, maybe I’d even get a couple of photographs of the Rag and Bone man that used to go around Cabra, ‘Rags, bottle s and Jam Jars…‘ Oh and do you know what I’d love to do? Take me camera into the Cabra Grand of a Sunday Night and take photographs of all the couples sitting up at the back and they all snoggin’…
And do you know what it is I’d even shove a few Cream Buns from Boland’s into my pocket and maybe some Broken Biscuits in the other. I’d better bring a shopping bag with me for the bottle of American Cream Soda. Anyone like to join me?…