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lancashirelove
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quotePosted at 15:50 on 3rd May 2009

 Albert and the lion

THERES A FAMOUS SEASIDE PLACE CALLED BLACKPOOL,

Blackpool Beach on 10 July 2005
Picture by Jeremy Guest


THATS NOTED FOR FRESH AIR AND FUN

 

Excitement on the Pleasure Beach at Blackpool.
Picture by Victor Isaacs



AND MR AND MRS RAMSBOTTOM, WENT THERE WITH YOUNG ALBERT, THEIR SON.




A GRAND LITTLE LAD WAS THEIR ALBERT, ALL DRESSED IN HIS BEST; QUITE SWELL




E'D A STICK WITH AN 'ORSES 'EAD 'ANDLE

 

Picture by Mark Temple



THE FINEST THAT WOOLWORTHS COULD SELL


Blackpool Tower, Lancashire
Picture by Allan Fulcher


THEY DIDNT THINK MUCH TO THE OCEAN, THE WAVES, THEY WAS FIDDLIN AND SMALL


Sunset
Picture by Steve Ingers


THERE WAS NO WRECKS...NOBODY DROWNDED, FACT, NOTHING TO LAUGH AT, AT ALL


London Zoo
Picture by Mark Green


SO SEEKING FOR FURTHER AMUSMENT, THEY PAID AND WENT IN THE ZOO. WHERE THEYD LIONS AND TIGERS AND CAMELS, AND OLD ALE AND SANDWICHES TOO


Seaside lunch!
Picture by rodney dowe


THERE WAS ONE GREAT BIG LION CALLED WALLACE, HIS NOSE WERE ALL COVERED WITH SCARS, HE LAY IN A SOMNOLENT POSTURE, WITH THE SIDE OF HIS FACE TO THE BARS.


London Zoo
Picture by Mark Green


NOW ALBERT HAD HEARD ABOUT LIONS, HOW THEY WERE FEROCIUOS AND WILD, AND TO SEE WALLACE LYING SO PEACFUL, WELL...IT DIDNT SEEM RIGHT TO THE CHILD

London Zoo
Picture by Mark Green



SO STRAIGHT AWAY THE BRAVE LITTLE FELLOW, NOT SHOWING A MORSEL OF FEAR, TOOK 'IS STICK WITH THE 'ORSES 'EAD 'ANDLE, AND PUSHED IT IN WALLACES EAR.       

   YOU COULD SEE THAT THE LION DIDNT LIKE IT, FOR GIVING A KIND OF A ROLL, HE PULLED ALBERT INSIDE OF THE CAGE WITH 'IM,     AND SWALLOWED THE LITTLE LAD....WHOLE!

THEN PA, WHO HAD SEEN THE OCCURRENCE, AND DIDNT KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT, SAID,  'MOTHER!  YON LIONS 'ET ALBERT, AND MOTHER SAID 'EEH, I AM VEXED!

Picture by Barbara Whiteman



SO MR AND MRS RAMSBOTTOM, QUITE RIGHTLY WHEN ALLS SAID AND DONE, COMPLAINED TO THE ANIMAL KEEPER, THAT THE LION HAD EATEN THEIR SON.



THE KEEPER WAS QUITE NICE ABOUT IT,     HE SAID 'WHAT A NASTY MISHAP, ARE YOU SURE ITS YOUR LAD HE'S EATEN?, PA SAID, 'AM I SURE? THERES HIS CAP!



SO THE MANAGER HAD TO BE SENT FOR, HE CAME AND HE SAID, 'WHATS TO DO?          PA SAID ' YON LIONS 'EATEN OUR ALBERT, AND HIM IN HIS SUNDAY CLOTHES, TOO'



THEN MOTHER SAID, 'RIGHTS RIGHT, YOUNG FELLOW,           I THINK ITS A SHAME AND A SIN.  FOR A LION TO GO AND EAT ALBERT, AND AFTER WEVE PAID TO COME IN!

A HUGE sundial in London near Trafalgar Square
Picture by Maria Hodges



the manager wanted no trouble, he took out his purse right away, and said' how much to settle the matter?. AND PA SAID 'WHAT DO YOU USUALY PAY?.



BUT MOTHER HAD TURNED A BIT AWKWARD, WHEN SHE THOUGHT WHERE HER ALBERT HAD GONE.      SHE SAID NO, SOMEONES GOT TO BE SUMMUNSED, SO THAT WAS DECIDED UPON

Blackpool? 1967
Picture by mark corby



ROUND THEY WENT TO THE POLICE STATION, IN FRONT OF A MAGISTRATE CHAP



THEY TOLD HIM WHAT HAPPED TO ALBERT,AND PROVED IT BY SHOWING HIS CAP.                THE MAGISTRATE GAVE HIS OPINON, THAT NO-ONE WAS TO BLAME,    HE SAID THAT HE HOPED THE RAMSBOTTOMS, WOULD HAVE FURTHER SONS TO THEIR NAME.





 AT THAT MOTHER GOT PROPER BLAZIN, 'AND THANK YOU, SIR, KINDLY' SAID SHE, WHAT WASTE ALL OUR LIVES RAISING CLILDREN, TO FEED RUDY LIONS?, NOT ME!

 this rhyme Albert and the lion can be heard recited in local dirlect by the late Stanley Holloway on You tube

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Krissy
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quotePosted at 16:35 on 3rd May 2009
This is great Michael!!!  I love the photos!! I really love that era too!!!  Keep 'em coming!
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Ruth Gregory
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quotePosted at 17:11 on 3rd May 2009

Brilliant, Michael!

 

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Rafal Bartkowiak
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quotePosted at 19:13 on 3rd May 2009
Michael,well done.
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quotePosted at 21:59 on 3rd May 2009
Wow this must have taken you ages Michael, well done!
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lancashirelove
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quotePosted at 22:11 on 3rd May 2009

thanks guys.

 

lyn it did take a while lol couldnt find a jim reeves one that fit in.

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Debbie Adams
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quotePosted at 01:38 on 4th May 2009

LOl, another great one Michael cant wait to see the next one;;;-)))))

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Lyn Brant
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quotePosted at 07:39 on 4th May 2009
Well done Michael, this is great.
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Stephanie Jackson
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quotePosted at 07:52 on 4th May 2009
Michael this is great - I appreciate the time it must have taken too!
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Marianne Hoodless
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quotePosted at 09:16 on 4th May 2009
Absolutely fantastic Michael-wow, you are clever!!!
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