Tolpuddle Sunday ...

I said no to an offer of Jeremy Korma in Henry Beard's - 

I listened to a man in a tail coat lampooning The Daily Mail - 

I'd searched in vain for a red wedge tee shirt which wasn't XXL -  

Grizzled  comrades sipped their first cider - 

Sturdy girls asked us if we had wrist bands - 

Tent dwellers were queuing for the showers - 

Last night there'd been dancing in the Martyrs Marquee -

We held our banner close - 

Later we'd march through the village - 

Brave trombones would promise a glorious morning -  

We'd hear words we longed for - 

We'd be part of something fine and true - 

12.30

Sunday 16 July 2017

Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival

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