They are going on a steam train
Special treat today
When I was young a child like them
It was our normal way
Steam trains ploughed through Tyldesley
On the Wigan line
Or off to Manchester Exchange
On our holiday time
Steam trains roared through Wigan
Fast to London town
When I went with David
To hunt those ‘namers’ down
Ordered from the station
When express trains came through
We went along the canal bank
To get a better view
And a steam train up to Scotland
The year I went away
Entering religion
In Kinnoull to stay
See the native dwellings
Chris Gaffney said to me
Looking out at haystacks
In this northern territory
And steam trains I remember most
Come the summertime
In the dark to Holyhead
On a ship to climb
Then steam train in the morning
Dun Laoghaire Westland Row
Manulla Junction Ballina
Now not far to go
A steam train too with Margaret
Happy holiday
Boat of Garten Aviemore
Photo of that day
Now my grandsons take a ride
On the Bo’ness line
The joy of simple pleasures
Every every time
Brian Fahy
23 December 2021
Erris Poetry 