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10 Jun 08 - 01:41 PM (#2362448) Subject: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Gulliver I'm looking for the name of a British woman poet who wrote humorous verse around the 70s/80s. She appeared on television regularly and published a number of collections of her work. |
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10 Jun 08 - 01:46 PM (#2362452) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: John MacKenzie Pam Ayres |
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10 Jun 08 - 01:53 PM (#2362458) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Def Shepard Apparently She Has A Website Too |
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10 Jun 08 - 02:57 PM (#2362513) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Willa Beat me to it! She is still writing and performing. |
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10 Jun 08 - 03:47 PM (#2362549) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Gulliver That's her, thanks a lot folks. The old memory isn't what it used to be... |
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10 Jun 08 - 03:48 PM (#2362551) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: John MacKenzie Can you remember what it used to be ? G |
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10 Jun 08 - 03:50 PM (#2362552) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Little Robyn I found a dead rat in my woodshed I found it at quarter to eight, I tried to give it the kiss of life But I'd left it ten minutes too late! Pam Ayres One of my favourites. Robyn |
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10 Jun 08 - 04:09 PM (#2362565) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Ruth Archer still hugely popular - performances sell out over night. |
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10 Jun 08 - 04:52 PM (#2362601) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: bubblyrat Remember her from before she became famous... at a pub in Clanfield, Oxon., I seem to recall---The Five Bells ?? Anyway, I met her much later whilst working as a Stage Door Keeper in a theatre, and very pleasant she was, too !! |
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10 Jun 08 - 04:59 PM (#2362606) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Def Shepard Altogether now!! I bought myself a Wonderbra For fourteen ninety nine, It looked so good on the model girl's chest, And I hoped it would on mine, I took it from the packaging And when I tried it on, The Wonderbra restored to me All I believed had gone Chorus: Let's all salute the Wonderbra, The Wonderbra, the Wonderbra, Let's all salute the Wonderbra, For fourteen ninety-nine. It gave me such a figure, I can't believe it's mine, I showed it to my husband And it made his eyeballs shine, And when I served the breakfast, The kids cried out, 'Hooray! Here comes our darling mother, with her bosom on a tray!' I didn't really need one, my present bra, it's true, Had only been in constant use Since nineteen eighty-two, But the silhouette I dreamed about, Is mine, is mine at last, And builders on the scaffolding, Drop off as I walk past Chorus: Singing .. let's all salute the Wonderbra, The Wonderbra, the Wonderbra, Let's all salute the Wonderbra For fourteen ninety-nine The Wonderbra - Pam Ayres |
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10 Jun 08 - 05:05 PM (#2362610) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Fran How I wish I'd looked after me teeth! |
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10 Jun 08 - 05:12 PM (#2362615) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: John MacKenzie My favourite G |
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10 Jun 08 - 06:55 PM (#2362734) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Leadfingers Tht link doesnt work for me John |
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10 Jun 08 - 07:23 PM (#2362761) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: GUEST,Lindsay In South Wales Someone just sent me the following - a parody on "I Wish I'd Looked After My Teeth".... Oh, I wish I'd looked after me dear old knockers, Not flashed them to boys behind the school lockers, Or let them get fondled by randy old dockers, Oh, I wish I'd looked after me tits. 'Cos now I'm much older and gravity's winning. It's Nature's revenge for all that sinning, And those dirty memories are rapidly dimming, Oh, I wish I'd looked after me tits 'Cos tits can be such troublesome things When they no longer bounce, but dangle and swing. And although they go well with my Bingo wings, I wish I'd looked after me tits. When they're both long enough to tie up in a bow, When it's not the sweet chariot that swings low, When they're less of a friend and more of a foe, Then I wish I'd looked after me tits. When I was young I got whistles and hoots, From the men on the site to the men in the suits, Now me nipples get stuck in the zips on me boots, Oh, I wish I'd looked after me tits. When I was younger I rode bikes and scooters, Cruising around with my favourite suitors. Now the wheels get entangled with my dangling hooters, I wish I'd looked after me tits. When they follow behind and get trapped in the door, When they're less in the air and more near the floor, When people see less of them rather than more, |
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11 Jun 08 - 04:38 PM (#2363620) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Susanne (skw) Is she the one currently being flogged (not by herself, I'm sure) as the first woman poet laureate when (and if) the current one steps down? Much as it might be desirable to have a first woman in that post - I'm afraid it might rather cramp her style. |
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11 Jun 08 - 04:52 PM (#2363630) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Georgiansilver Always loved her poetry and the faces...well the faces...well......she is such a great actress! |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:11 PM (#2363648) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Herga Kitty No, I don't believe anyone has suggested that Pam Ayres might be Poet Laureate... Wendy Cope and Ruth Padel have both said they wouldn't want to be, I think (because it would cramp their style). Kitty |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:14 PM (#2363650) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Def Shepard I think, being Poet Laureate, would also cramp Pam Ayres's style as well, though I can only begin to imagine some of the poems she might come up with if she were. :-D |
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11 Jun 08 - 05:56 PM (#2363711) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: RTim For years before she was famous, Pam regularly performed at folk club in Witney, and when she was on Desert Islands Discs - her choice of the one recording she could take of all her selection was my old Oxfordshire friends - John & Chris Leslie, singing The New St. George by Richard Thompson that was on their only CD - Ship of Time. Tim Radford |
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12 Jun 08 - 04:33 AM (#2364004) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: GUEST,Dáithí my favourite - should be read in that lovely Oxfordshire (?) burr "Oi am a little bunny rabbit, Sitting in my 'utch. Oi prefer to sit at this end, Oi don't care for that end... ...much." I thank you! Dáithí |
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12 Jun 08 - 04:45 AM (#2364012) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: GUEST,LTS pretending to work And it continues.... I'm glad tomorrow's Thursday, Cos with a bit of luck, As far as I remember, That's the day they pass the buck! LTS |
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12 Jun 08 - 04:55 AM (#2364016) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: GUEST Yes indeed she is from Stanford in the Vale. I recently discovered ancestry in the neighbouring hamlet of Baulking. It's amusing to think that my ancestors might have spoken with that same "Oxfordshire burr"........ |
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12 Jun 08 - 05:23 AM (#2364019) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Tangledwood Lindsay In South Wales - that great parody seems familiar. Is it by any chance by Shirley Friend? |
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12 Jun 08 - 05:26 AM (#2364021) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Little Robyn I am a dry stone waller, All day I dry stone wall. Of all appalling callings Dry stone walling's worst of all! She sure has a way with words! Robyn |
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12 Jun 08 - 05:37 AM (#2364025) Subject: RE: Name of British woman poet, funny, 70s From: Ross She has a sister called Pubic |