I knew I lived in a lovely place
For I could see the fields
All around our new estate
Miles and miles and miles
The town sat high upon the hill
Hindsford down below
The railway line from Manchester
Our crescent in the snow
My mother father family
Garden back and front
Our collie dog to cuddle us
School and church and font
Manchester big city
Where our cousins dwell
Always nice to visit them
And coming home as well
Local life a blessing
Library shops and all
And the park to play in
Mind now don’t you fall
Friendly folk who worked in mill
And men all down the mine
Everybody knew you
What is mine is thine
I couldn’t ask for better
Than the childhood that I found
When growing up in Tyldesley
On that dear home ground
Brian Fahy
24 May 2022
Erris Poetry 