Herald - Issue 408

v THE NEXT HERALD IS OUT ON 15TH JULY v 24th June 2021 • The HERALD • Page 69 PART TIME SCHOOL RUN DRIVERS REQUIRED We are currently looking for new drivers to fill rewarding, part time roles in our busy, family run business. We specialise in transporting disabled and vulnerable children and young adults with a range of special needs to school’s across Hampshire. All applicants must be physically fit, 100% reliable and punctual with a pleasant attitude towards others. A New Forest District Council Private Hire License would be an advantage, however, we can help you obtain this. In return we offer good rates of pay and a reliable and well maintained company vehicle. Our working days are Monday-Friday and approximately 17-20 hours per week during term times. These positions may suit retired or semi-retired persons but all applicants are welcome. To enquire in the first instance, please email: tccsoton@gmail.com Poets Corner HERALD RECRUITMENT DIBDEN ALLOTMENTS FUND A vacancy has arisen for a volunteer Trustee, to serve the community and assist in the grant-making activities of the Charity. Being a Trustee of Dibden Allotments Fund provides an excellent opportunity to learn new skills and to make a difference in your local community. A Financial background would be an advantage for the current vacancy. For more information about the Charity and the role of its Trustees, please contact the Clerk 7 Drummond Court, Prospect Place, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6HD Tel: 023 8084 1305 Email :dibdenallotments@btconnect.com CLOSING DATE 15TH JULY 2021 CLUB MANAGER AT ROMSEY COMRADES CLUB We are looking for an experienced person to fill the above vacancy. The position is offered with a good rate of pay and benefits on a 40/45 hour week. Separate accommodation is available if required. If interested please send your details and c.v. to: The Club Secretary, Romsey Comrades Club, South Front, Romsey SO51 8GJ romseycomrades@outlook.com HERALD RECRUITMENT I gently told him to see an optician The reply “There is nothing wrong with my vision”! Years have gone by you don’t know what you can’t see Besides you drove awfully close to that parked tree! I had planted the seed of doubt in his mind So an understanding optician we must find. One who knows the printed page is now small And the distant vista is misty for all! Yes Sir, for your years, the vision is quite good We can improve it I’m sure, well, some glasses should! They will enlarge the irritating small print Make clear the misty distance, even with this tint! You’d think it would now be all tickety-boo But these glasses grew legs, believe me its true! It’s unbelievable the places they went When eventually found be battered and bent I’ve found them in the garden among the many shrubs Just sat upon the ground looking at the grubs! They’ve hidden in the shed for many, many days They’re rarely in the place through which the eyes can gaze! Have you seen my glasses? I’m sure I had them here Maybe that was yesterday, could have been last year! I find them an encumbrance; there’s nothing I can’t see I’ll not let those wandering spectacles be the death of me! She remembers the old days e good times the bad ways And people that passed by Like ships in the night She remembers her childhood Friends scattered far away Boyfriends and lovers e story of life She remembers her rst job Long hours for a few bob A housemaid at fourteen A long way from home She see’s clearly her mother Her father her brothers Going o to the army Just her dad coming home She remembers the ghting e sadness destruction e bombs and the bullets And the loss of her home Her and her mother Going up to the mountains Away form the violence And a long way from home She remembers rejoicing When the ghting was over e lads on the troop ships Old men at nineteen Indelible footprints Le on her memory Each hidden behind Her self-imposed screen She never got married But she had many boyfriends Some very special Most faded away She lived a full life A grand life a true life Now she’s reached a great milestone One hundred today She’s all on her own But she’s seldom alone Her friends here are wonderful In her home far from home e years they have slipped by In a blink of her old eyes Where every tomorrow Kissed a yesterday goodbye Now she patiently waits For her angel to call her To be united once more With those that she loves She looks out of the window Spring is upon her Snowdrops are peeping e start of the year She remembers the old days Friends scattered far away Boyfriends and lovers e story of life WANDERING SPECTACLES! by Dorothy Lockyer STORY OF LIFE by David K Wilson NEVER GIVE UP by Jim Dolbear When you are down and in dispare, And no one seems to care. e dark clouds always follow you, Whatever you try to do. Look in the mirror and you will see, e one you want to be. For beauty comes from within, So smile and you will win. ere is a moment in every day, When you can stop and say. I have done my best that is true, And you will soon get through.