Christmas day at arr 'ouse.

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     Packed t' rafters it wor.

          ' appy Christmas to thi all.

Christmas time allus reminds me o' fowks long since gone.

Mi Mah 'specially, dernt nah worra wud 'a done wi'owt er. Salt o't 'erth shi wor.Allus doin' summat shi wor, 'cleanin'dahning arr dads socks, cookin' cleanin', mitherin' oeer t'bairns, nivver stopped she dahn't, god bless 'er , oh how I miss 'err.

Thah wor good timers back then, Christmas day at 'arr 'ouse. Wi all 'ad t' be theeahr, packed t'rafters it wah, allus full o' good cheeahr.

Pullin' crackers, an laffin' at all daft jokes that wor in 'em. Crackin' nuts, wi nutcracker, that wor only used at Christmas. Oranges stuffed dahn socks, hung up on 't mantlepiece, propa smashin. 

Smell o' 't turkey and roast tatties waftin' owt o' t kitchen, made thi feel maffted wi all t' 'eat comin' owt o' t oven,  i can smell it nah.

When wi'd cleared up, mi and mi ma’h , would av’ a tipple o' sherry, whilst all t' men, went dahn t' pub fer a jar o' two.

Thah wor allus summat t' do back then, 'ad nowt t'do wi' moonay, wi'all 'ad nowt back then, all o' us went wi'aht, but wi' di'nt moap abaht, nor like thi do thissdays " wot thi nivver 'ad , thi nivver missed " mam used to say, she wah reite an'all.

Wi wor quite 'appy either lakin' abaht wi' t' monopoly or watchin', Ken Dodd,  Morcambe & Wise, Tommy Trinder,or if wi wor lucky, wi wud watch Bob Monkehouse 

on ' t London Palladium christmas special.

All gone far t' soon, them days, so mind that thi leeks after me mam up there 'God, an'all 'em special 'ard workin' fowks thats gone, wish em all Merry Christmas, and thanks fer all thi done.