Images from VAD Nurse's Book, item 9

• November 8, 2016 21:03:22 Gordon McKenna (UK)
  The Little Back Parlour
  
  There were crazy patchwork cushions on 
  the shining Windsor chairs, 
  And a clock that ticked sedately in a 
  corner by the stairs; 
  While on the hob a kettle, all the year 
  round, used to sing, 
  In that little, old back parlour where a cat 
  you could'nt swing 
                           ----------------------------------
  Brass candlesticks and snuffers bright as 
  gold with elbow grease, 
  With a shepherd and shepherdess stood 
  upon the mantlepiece; 
  And on the window-sill, behind a curtain 
  White as snow, 
  In summer, red geraniums stood neatly in 
  a row.
                           ----------------------------------
  And,  though oceans roll between us, very 
  often in a dream, 
  I can see those patchwork cushions and candlesticks that gleam, 
  Hear the clock tick in the corner and the 
  kettle sing for tea, 
  In that little, old back parlour that is 
  "Home Sweet Home" to me 
  
  From a Book 
  By Pte Herbert W Hill
  19-10-18
  
  [Abbreviation: Pte = Private]
  
• November 7, 2016 21:17:14 Gordon McKenna (UK)
  The Little Back Parlour
  
  There were crazy patchwork cushions on 
  the shining Windsor chairs, 
  And a clock that ticked sedately in a 
  corner by the stairs; 
  While on the hob a kettle, all the year 
  round, used to sing, 
  In that little, old back parlour where a cat 
  you could'nt swing 
                           ----------------------------------
  Brass candlesticks and snuffers bright as 
  gold with elbow grease, 
  With a shepherd and shepherdess stood 
  upon the mantlepiece; 
  And on the window-sill, behind a curtain 
  White as snow, 
  In summer, red geraniums stood neatly in 
  a row.
                           ----------------------------------
  And,  though oceans roll between us, very 
  often in a dream, 
  I can see those patchwork cushions and candlesticks that gleam, 
  Hear the clock tick in the corner and the 
  kettle sing for tea, 
  In that little, old back parlour that is 
  "Home Sweet Home" to me 
  
  From a Book 
  By Pte Herbert W Hill
  19-10-18
  

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