The ten gallon hat ...

I used to walk with my mum to Waitrose to help her with the trolley - 

She was better with names then - 

A man wearing a blue ten gallon hat would always wave at us from the window of his sheltered flat - 

We'd wave back - 

I see him every time I'm going shopping my mum would say - 

Today, his window was empty - there was no sign of his hat or chair -

We would be looking at care homes this afternoon - 

I wondered if we'd come across him, lassoing mustangs in an airless TV lounge - 

11.00

Tuesday 29 September 2015

West Street 

Havant