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cheers Bill you getting a whole collection of these memories -could be a book here!! cheers P On 14/06/2017 10:31, Bill Wootton wrote: > Taking it in turns > to run a kick's length ahead, > brother Dan and I > short-passed and marked > the brand new ripe red leather Sherrin > all the way up Robinhood Road. > > Neither of us had dared to believe > the prize we'd won for filling out a coupon > to say why we liked White Wings flour > in ten words or less > would be an actual footy. > Plastic, we assumed. > > But Jack O'Sullivan the grocer > had calmly reached beneath the till > and presented us with > real leather and laces. > We each signed > and shot out the door. > > Turning right on the home stretch > down Wallis Avenue, > Dan positioned himself to be > the receiver outside our house > so he could be the first > to rush in and show Mum. > > bw