The Vicar's Pele, Corbridge ...

Once a week, in the late 1960s, I would watch The Borderers in my parents' lounge - pale colours would wash over the screen of the new Ferguson - I would fear for the brave border family - the canny Warden would brood in his smoky chamber -

I thought of this series, and of my boyhood, when I saw the Vicar's Pele in Corbridge - 

There it was, a strong tower, with narrow windows - 

Penny's maiden name was Armstrong - reivers had plundered this frontier land - 

I glanced up at the stone walls of the tower - 

Horses had plunged and snorted where now I saw sleek Volvos - 

10.00

July 7 2014

Corbridge