Things that remind me of my Da
- Prawn cocktail or more specifically Marie Rose sauce: he had perfected his own version which was served on Christmas day and whenever else he felt like it and it was the business.
- Long walks.
- Clunt: his favourite derisory term.
- “He’s a wrong one”: his second favourite derisory statement.
- “It’s in the sand”.
- Being busy and the ability and compulsion to get together a possé to do any job.
- Septic tanks: More specifically, the annual Christmas furoré over who blocked the septic tank
- Blackcurrants.
- Mowing the garden
- Local and not so local history, I remember being let stay up late and watching a series about Henry the VIII and his wives when I was aged 10 or so with him. Now any mention of the tutors reminds me of this.
- Stubborness and single mindedness, which I’ve probably inherited and definitely see in myself from time to time.
- Humour and craic, which I hope I’ve inherited.
Gawd I miss him.
8 comments October 20th, 2007
