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| By gwyddyn | ||||
| 22 July 2007 | ||||
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I spent my early years (18 of them funnily enough) living in an area of Widnes - near Liverpool if you must know - called West Bank. Phew! that explains the title and the repetetive refrain, the rest is ... you decide  West Bank: birth, the first breath, a mother's breast - a father's pride. West Bank: row after row of two-up two-downs, damp blackened walls, outside loo - tin bath by the fire. West Bank: school, grazed knees and head lice, P.E. in the yard, semolina - Mrs Townsend's slipper. West Bank: the river, the stench of mud, drowned kids in summer - a grieving mother. West Bank: fishing boats, shrimps sold from back-yard gates, a shilling a bag - butties for dinner. West Bank: open doors, neighbours in and out, cup of tea and a gossip - a close community. West Bank: death calls, a fall in the night, a father lost - a family devastated. West Bank: drinking beers in the park, close friends, careless days - the hottest summer on record. West Bank: voices raised, blood on the ground, an ambulance's siren - a girl weeps in the dark. West Bank: the onset of epilepsy, a hand in spasm, seizures in the street - the social stigma. West Bank: first love, teenage lust, innocence lost in unthinking passion - a mother to be. West Bank: a birth, a son, a mother's joy, a father's pride - a new generation.
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