Originally Posted By Jack The Lad
The union is my shepherd; I shall not work,
It maketh me to lie down on the job,
It lead me beside the still factories,
It restoreth my insurance benefit,
Yea though I walk through the shadow of decreased productivity
will feel no recriminations, for the union is with me.
Its restrictive practices , and shop stewards, comfort me ,
It prepareth a works committee for me in the presence of my employers .
It anointeth my hands with pay rises, my bank balance runneth over,
Surely hire-purchase payments and union dues shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dewll in a council house for ever.

Richard I may have to stand up in church at Freds funeral this is one of Freds poems he left me wonder if the vicar will mind if I read it. I better warn the vicar to grip on tight to his bible . He already knows me well last summer there was a punch up in the high street as they where thrown out of the cafe an hispanic and a local both stoned. A lad I know was walking past we stood talking and we put odds on who would win but the police came. The vicar was going past and shot in my place , " arnt you going to go out and stop it vicar" , " no I hate violence ", " dont worry the good Lord will protect you". The big lad who I was talking to gulped and said "John I'm off" .
The vicar then asks me what can he polish his gold church plates with he was going to use Duraglit. I told him no way you will ruin them . I have a special wax you CAN HAVE A LONE OF AND I WANT IT BACK . He looked at me and saw I was not funning it was costly . If you dont return it "I will pinch the money out of your church plates on Sunday " with a smile " he said " I know you will" . I gave him the wax and a young lad returned it that day. The catholic priest comes in also and he asked me for discount he came from Hendon in Sunderland ( says it all ) no he did not get any ,I now call him father TED.



That is priceless John and I'm sure he will be delighted if you read it out, he probably agrees with most if not all of it. A very brave thing to do by the way.

Thanks for sharing this special note.

the vicar we have just retired (65) and he was a closet Rapper, not so closet actually and included his party piece in the service one Sunday, if I dig out a copy I'll pm you for an outside email address where to send it on the proviso it goes nowhere else as I promised him it wouldn't.
He is going to write and perform at my funeral, which says two things he knows he will survive me and that he cares.

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