coda - hebden bridge

by Ann Foxglove

Monday 25th October 2010 10:24 am

Opposite the Shoulder of Mutton

the pedestrian zone and

moss tiled rooves of

Hebden Bridge

I make my strong Americano last.

A man who looks like Dr Kildare

leaves the coffee shop.

Two hours to kill

until my train to Leeds.

Pelargoniums in window boxes falter.

Pigeons roof huddling, couples shopping,

Grannies pramming it.

Early morning Hebden hustle.

Am I the only one alone in Hebden Bridge?

Hot chocolate comfort opposite

the Lamp Room.

Hanging baskets dangle as

I sit, obedient for my noon train.

Husbands wait, wives in the Ladies.

Fearing losing my connection

get the earlier train.

The sun comes out

as I leave Hebden Bridge.

Comments

Elaine Booth

Mon 15th Nov 2010 20:13

And how sorry I was not to be there with you all! Ah, well, next time I hope. Thanks for the poem - it is a little piece of that adventure for us to share with you.

winston plowes

Tue 26th Oct 2010 23:36

not many stations still have a lamp room. nice poem Anne. Win x

Michael Scott

Mon 25th Oct 2010 22:33

Hi Ann,
I think you've summed up the afterglow of the weekend well, one minute surrounded by like-minded (well some of them!) people, the next waiting on your own to leave. You were lucky to see some of Hebden Bridge, I saw the hostel and the Spar and there's no poem in that.

Ann Foxglove

Mon 25th Oct 2010 18:33

Hi Banksyperson - I didn't say I liked it madly (HB), tho it was OK. It was more about the weekend and my feelings I guess. Tho I will remember it fondly, cos of all the WOlies I met there! Why don't you come next time - but I guess you may have been there - incognito! (Maybe dressed as Valerie Singleton!) (Maybe you ARE Valerie Singleton! I always found her faintly annoying! Quite fancied Peter Purves tho. But my FAVE was - do you remember the french version of Robinson Crusoe? Ooooooh! Heaven. I can hear the sig tune now! What a dish! ;-)

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Mon 25th Oct 2010 18:28

Nah, Hebden's one of them places best seen in the rear-view mirror or fondly remembered many many years later :)
You'll be telling us you like Burnley next. XX

Joshua Van-Cook

Mon 25th Oct 2010 14:33

Typical, the sun showing up just as you were leaving. I have the same curse. Like this very much.

Greg Freeman

Mon 25th Oct 2010 12:17

Lovely old-fashioned station at Hebden Bridge, isn't it, Ann? This tinge of sadness reminded me of that feeling after Open University summer schools. Sounds like it was a great weekend

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