Mayfield
Burbury Brummie
It was a Friday July afternoon sometime in the late 60's (?), when I picked-up my two weeks holiday pay from work only to find that I had a large tax rebate (£16 in all). That meant £3 for the old dear and £12 for me............ I was rich.
The money was burning a hole in my pocket when I got off the 33 bus in town so I went shopping to buy some new 'gear'.
That night I entered the living room of our terraced house in my new outfit - hair parted in the middle like Barry Ryan, flowered shirt with matching kipper tie, broad black and white striped hipsters with thick white buckled belt, red jacket with gold beading (Sargent Pepperish), small gold bell dangling from my neck and John Lennon type sunglasses perched on the end of my nose.
My father looked at me over his evening newspaper (Despatch I think) in amazement and shouted to my mom, "Hey V (Vera), look at the bloody state of our Keith"? Then followed it up quickly by saying "If you think you'r going to the pub with me, looking like that, you've got another thing coming'!!!
My mom's however smiled, eyes filled with pride and said, 'Stuff 'im son, yoo can sit with me, you look bloody luvly'.
Money well spent I thought......................
The money was burning a hole in my pocket when I got off the 33 bus in town so I went shopping to buy some new 'gear'.
That night I entered the living room of our terraced house in my new outfit - hair parted in the middle like Barry Ryan, flowered shirt with matching kipper tie, broad black and white striped hipsters with thick white buckled belt, red jacket with gold beading (Sargent Pepperish), small gold bell dangling from my neck and John Lennon type sunglasses perched on the end of my nose.
My father looked at me over his evening newspaper (Despatch I think) in amazement and shouted to my mom, "Hey V (Vera), look at the bloody state of our Keith"? Then followed it up quickly by saying "If you think you'r going to the pub with me, looking like that, you've got another thing coming'!!!
My mom's however smiled, eyes filled with pride and said, 'Stuff 'im son, yoo can sit with me, you look bloody luvly'.
Money well spent I thought......................