I am glad I lived in Tyldesley
Small coalmining town
Away from the big city
Manchester’s sprawling frown
Cities they devour you
Make you feel so small
But little towns promote you
Help you to walk tall
My cousins lived in Manchester
South side of the place
Didsbury, Chorlton, Wythenshawe
Withington I did grace
But Tyldesley became our settled home
New build so close to fields
Small enough to get to know
The mysteries it yields
The little towns of Lancashire
Mines and cotton mills
Factories and cobbled streets
Early morning chills
Fish and chips and balm cakes
Going to the Flicks
Lanky twang and Irishmen
A happy local mix
A city can make you feel so small
Lost in its long streets
But little towns encourage you
Go out you’re sure to meet
People that you know quite well
And local life is good
I am glad I lived in Tyldesley
A pleasant neighbourhood
Brian Fahy
9 May 2022
+ I love the human size of small towns, like Tyldesley where I spent my childhood days, and here now in Stirling, where I have spent the past 23 years.
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