Poem written by Steve for his brother Gary
So Bro I thought I’d take you for a wander
Down memory lane to take a ponder
Our favourite things from a happy place
To put a smile upon your face
Saturday mornings we munched our toast
Whilst watching Battle of the Planets and Rentaghost
Blue Thunder, Fall Guy, Airwolf and Rocky
We never did find out what the hell was Chocky
Johnny Ball, Johnny Bravo and Johnny 5
Scoffing Ricicles, playing asteroids, watching Going Live
Swap Shop, Tiswas , no.73 and Crackerjack
Cheggars and Wacaday, we wanted them back
Bro you often cried in such a paddy
Especially when I learnt new moves from Big Daddy
We loved arcades but it could end in sadness
When we ran out of money for marble madness
I remember us at grandparents loving the hype
Wearing grandpas flat cap and trying to smoke his old pipe
Grandad made us laugh by calling Mum, Nan and Aunty “ducks”
When asked why he called them that he said “they talked too much”
We had TV wars, many a fight, mine in colour, yours in black and white
The only time we would stop our fights
Would be to eat pacers whilst watching the box of delights
6 weeks holidays, out the door after toast
On our Rayleigh burners armed with jumpers for goal posts
When Mum said be back by dark, she wasn’t being mean
She just wanted to ensure we didn’t miss Knight Rider and the A Team
20p for ice cream, 10p to make a call
Looking forward to Bulldog on Monday back at school
Our 80’s Christmas mornings and presents were the best
Dad with his video camera amongst all the mess
Evil Knievel, Spirograph, Mr Frosty and Big Trak
Tears when I got in trouble for nicking your Hacky Sacks
Running to Mum shouting “I’m gonna tell”
Because one of us wrote “Boobs” on a speak and spell
Playing with Scalextric like we were at Le Manns
Pretending to look as cool as the Fonz