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sionnach commented on the word Penny in Italy
This new story of the irrepressible Penny Andrews tells how an accident at a local gymkhana led to an unexpected holiday in Italy. There Penny, with her usual instinct for adventure, found herself mixed up in an intriguing mystery that involved an elderly English lady, a cosmopolitan art collector and an Italian museum official.
But Penny did not allow complications of this sort to spoil her delight in her first holiday abroad. She found the people, the language and above all the city of Florence absolutely fascinating.
Six weeks was much too short a time for all the things she wanted to do and see, but coming home again was wonderful, too, especially when Penny was introduced to the new friend that awaited her there.
As a teen, I loved other "irrepressible teen" stories. I didn't care if they were about buoys or gulls.
There, I've said it. I also read all my sister's copies of "Bunty" and "Judy". They were all about the interpersonal relationships, dude, and so much more interesting than the Beano or Wham.
November 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word Penny in Italy
Though I have to admit that Grimly Feendish was da bomb!
November 10, 2011
yarb commented on the word Penny in Italy
Sounds exactly like "A Room with a View".
Give me the Bash Street Kids any day. Or Alf Tupper, Tough of the Track.
November 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word Penny in Italy
November 10, 2011
sionnach commented on the word Penny in Italy
Alf Tupper
By Kevin Raymond
http://www.footballpoets.org
There was a man, who some say ran
For pleasure pure & sweet
Whatever type of weather
He was there pounding the streets
At the crack of dawn, he washed & yawned
Then put on his running shoes
He then set off on his training run
As the locals still did snooze
He never ran for money
As an amateur he stayed
He ran for fun to beat the best
To win was all he craved
Never ever cheated
No sarcastic quips
The secret of this mans success?
Good old fish'n chips
In snooty clubs where harriers
Thought they were the best
He raced them to the finish line
Then beat them like the rest
Working class men aren't runners
We used to say at school
But Alf Tupper changed all that
As he said himself "I run em all !"
As halcyon days and Alfs kind ways
Are but a distant dream
Comic hero's were our inspiration
They inspired us to succeed!
Working class men & women
That was who we knew
who ran at Battersea Park running track
No posh athletics clubs thank you
We were Alf, not Claude or Ralph
Who had expensive spikes
A pair of shorts and plimsolls
Was what we wore on training hikes!
So cheers Alf mate!
You made us great
A role model for those
Who wanted to win so much it hurt
"I run em all!" our favourite prose!
November 10, 2011
yarb commented on the word Penny in Italy
Thanks sionnach. Panel and poem both very much in the spirit of Alf.
November 11, 2011