A *1950s Childhood in Moss side.( big boys dont cry, they just give you the finger) By David Hulson So your eye is better now Gary , I said with a slight smirk on my face, Yeh! Its okay, But me mum threw me conkers in the fire ,and gave me a slap on me head ,so Im not allowed them any more ,she said I could have taken my eye out with it . Thats a shame , it looked a belter I said, Yeh it was! so where are you off to now he said , Just going to call on Eric and see if hes playing out ,thats when I took my allies out of my pocket . Youve got ya marbles on ya he said . Yup I nodded ,and my dobbers are in this pocket I said ,slapping my bum. Crossing the road to Erics house and knocking on the door, Gary turned to me and said Ill go home and get mine , I think there in the sideboard in the back room. With that he was gone. The door opened and aunty Inga stood there. Hello David she said ,do you want Eric. Please ,aunty Inga can he play out. Ill see she said ,turning and looking up the stairs she shouted ERIC ! ......DAVIDS HERE . BE RIGHT DOWN came the reply , then moments later, thump thump thump, as Eric ran down the stairs and leaping the last two steps as if he was Zorro. Patting my pocket Ive got mine , I said . Same here he said patting his , see you later mum said Eric slamming the door. Where we playing Said Eric , How about the wall outside the offie ( off-licence ) I said pointing to the wall. Drawing a circle on the floor with a piece of chalk next to the wall, Eric said you start. Kneeling down with a marble ready to be flicked from my thumb, Gary turns up with a bag of marbles. can I join in he says ,shaking his bag of marbles in the air . Okay , Im first then Eric, then you , minutes past and the collection of marbles in the circle was growing, now to get them out my nice Tigers eye glass Dobber, there always double the size of the regular marble, a flick of my thumb And I got three allies out of the circle but left my Tigers eye Dobber in the circle, Eckithump I said as my prize Tiger eye was up for grabs, I collected my winnings three allies,and waited for Eric to shoot his Blue stone Dobber ,click and two more allies flew from the circle, and his Dobber rolled slowed and stopped but stayed just inside the circle, he collected his winnings. Your go Gary , Eric said looking wistfully at his Blue stone Dobber. You know when your watching snooker on the TV ,and the opponent walks around the table and scrutinises the layout of all the balls and angles before he takes his shot, well thats what Gary did Back to the story.... Stand back said Gary , as he rubbed his hidden Dobber on his short sleeved pullover , two big Dobbers and two allies were grouped together within the White chalk circle. There was a flash of light as Garys Dobber Left his thumb and streaked across the pavement there was no gentle clink this time as glass on glass collided , just a loud crack! As all the marbles flew apart and rolled over the pavement. Eric and I looked down in disbelief ...............its a bloody big steel ball bearing,he said . Theres nowt in the rules about not using ball bearings , said a smirking Gary. But that cheating said Eric . You want to make something out of it Eric ,said Gary puffing out his chest and rising to his full height . Now Erics like me , he is not a fool,and knowing Gary could marmalise us in two seconds flat, we backed off . Gary picked up his ill gotten gains ,and laughed, woooo hooo a Tigers eye and a Blue stone Dobber, nice! Then he Turned and walked away ,stuffing our prized Dobbers into his bag. Well said Eric in a pithy moment,Im not inviting him to my birthday party next week. I dont think hes bothered about that I said, as we watched him walk away back to his house with his winnings ,our prize Dobbers. Well hes still not having any of my cake said Eric ,giving Gary the finger behind his back.
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 18:05:17 +0000
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