Merry Christmas High Wallers,
Christmas as a bairn was a great time. Up at the crack o' dawn to get tore in aboot the presents. Subbuteo, Oor Wullie annuals, Aurora Monster kits, Johnny West. One year I mind I got a metal "Robin Hood" crossbow with a fair powerful elastic band that fired wooden arrows wi suckers on the end. Once the suckers were off and the arrows given a healthy sharpening on the pavement it was good to go.
By aboot 4pm the auld boy would be snoring in his chair. yer Ma would be fussing aboot, doing dishes and offering you mair food. We of course had ate oor body weights in Selection Boxes, knelt on Charlie George (permanenlty reducing Arsenal to 10 men) and lost the rat from the Forgotten Prisoner of Castel Mare.
The telly in the evening was always a good way to round off a happy day. Mike Yarwood was pish but the "Two Ronnies" were aye a class act.
This year it is all Ipods and high tec stuff for my bairns, who think it is funny to make wee films of me snorin' in my chair so that they can put them on their Facebook for aw their mates to laugh at.
Nae Two Ronnies but at least we've got The Royle Family.
I'm off for a Yuletide log !!!
Have a guid yin.
P.S
Without a word of a lie, I was looking after the wife's shop last weekend and a woman came in and bought 4 candles. I admit I was tempted.
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Those were the days indeed. On Christmas mornin doon tae the one Granny in the efternoon doon tae the other Granny. Ah wiz talkin tae Arkos aboot yon smell o brussels and roast tatties thit wiz aye there oan a Christmas efternoon, takes me right back tae the high wall festive season so it does. Ah mind gettin a Matell bazooka fur one Christmas and it even fired real plasic rockets so it did.Near fucked ma Grannys glass door too. I dinnae suppose that the sell them anymore maest likely feerd thit the taliban rebore them fur the front! But it wiz the boys the High Wall Christmas. We aye hud a black bin bag full o the selection boxes eftir the day, it lasted us tae the middle o January! Ur folks nivver hud much money but wi aye got great prezzies and hud maer fun thin a dug wi two dicks.
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