AN ODE TO TO FOWK IN WHITFIELD In The 30s And Late 40s Whitfield Had Sustainable Land There Were Berry Fields And Quarry Work The Fields Ended Whar 101 Stands The White Hooses Hoosed The Workers Angus Cooncul Owned The Land The Fermers Bairns Went To Drumgeith Skale Thats Whare Lower Whitfield Began Whitfield Wiz Born In The 60s As Dundee Began To Expand She Needed Modern Hoosing To Keep Up Wi Hoosin Demands Skarne Blocks Were The Answer Housing Femilies Fae Tenement Blocks Many Came Fae Oot o Toon As Dundee Had Plenty Work Some Worked In Dundees New Factories Others Has Jobs In Town Life Was Grand In The 70s As Whitfield Served Us Proud Bairns Ran Aroond Skarne Landings Chappin On New Neighbours Doors Is Your Wee Lassie Comin Ooot To Play? We Can Play In The Bin Shute If It Pours ! When We Got The Key For Haddington Crescent We Thought ooh We Were Awfy Posh No Queuing On Drafty Stairs Fir The Loo Nor Haeing To Use Public Baths For A wash ! The Hoose Wiz Bloomin Massive Twa Sets O Steep Stairs To Climb Living Room And Kitchenette On The First Flair The Other Set - You Climbed At Bedtime The 80s Had Fun Characters Emerge John The Yodler- The Champ O A Yodellers? Ye Could Hear Him Yodel While Riding His Bike Then Hed Stop To Collect Wood, Scrap And Boulders Dunbar Crescent Wiz Hame To A Horse Are Ye No Meant To Keep Thum In Stables ? This Pare Baist Had To Wear Socks On His Hooves As To No Annoy The Neeghbours ! There Wiz Auld Micheal Wha Lived In The Multis A Charmer- The Compliments Flowed He Could Charm The Birds Aff The Trees If He Tred While Mooching A Wee Fag To Smoke Up The Road Wulks ! Wulks ! Get Yer Wulks Here! As He Pushed A Pram Roond The Scheme Pins Stuck To His Jacket Lapels No One Can Remember His Name ! Many More Characters Lived Here Sass Bottle Johnny, Peg Leg , And Wursel! Im Sure You All Have Yer Memories O Them Alang With Ron Wha Selt Teens A 10p Single ! Tarzeez Wiz The Meeting Place For Abodee Wha Plunked The Skale Ye Wid Sit A Day Amongst Yer Freends Untill Ye Heard The Four Oclock Bell ! Anither Green Space To Hae A Laugh Wiz The Rope Sweeng At The Tap O The Quarry Generations O Lads Had A Shotty Or Twa Sportin Rope Burn Hands To Show Aff To The Lassies ! Did Ye Ken There Wiz A Concrete Cowboy Wha Lived In The Concrete Jungle ? This Wiz When Cb Radio Was The Rage And This Was His Area - And Handle ! The Skarnes Were Names Efter Lothian Toons Can Anyone Relate To This Tale ? If Ye Canny Remember - El Tell Ye Why ! Ye Were At Tarzeez Plunkin The Skale !! written by Karen Brownlee aug 2013
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 21:36:55 +0000
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