1964 interview with the charming pensioner Emanda Billings, who reminisces about her life in Fraddon, Cornwall

My favourite videos of 90s London are the ones where we can hear the sounds and voices that were present at the time. ⏳️

Robin Hood

by Michael Raven

I can see you, Robin Hood,
peeping around that tree,
calling me to join your merry band.
I'm sorry, but I have things to do,
places to go, and people to see.
I'd love to come,
but I've a race to run.

I can see you, Robin Hood,
hiding behind that holly,
girt in green, beckoning me
with promises of freedom.
I can hear your hunting horn
hallowing through the groves,
and curling down the river.

To you I will confess,
my spirit is subdued,
I need to be renewed,
Hold on, my friend,
I'm on my way,
not today, of course,
but tomorrow,
probably .....
perhaps .....

But Robin was gone,
to the wild woods he'd run,
and after him followed
a raggle-taggle bunch
of men far braver than me.
No-one looked back,
and I skulked home
for my tea.

Glasgow, 1970s

Stick your head through times window and witness Tottenham Hotspur’s former White Hart Lane ground in North London during the 1980s. Like most sights of Bygone Britain, it looks a damn sight more relatable than the new stadiums do today.⏳️