#SaveLondonMusic - Important venues in the London Borough of Barnet

Yesterday we launched our #SaveLondonMusic campaign. We are urging everyone to support our campaign. We are asking you to support musicians, live music and venues that enable London to be the world Capital of music. Many people simply think of live music as seeing a mega band at a huge stadium, an experience that will cost the best part of £100, if not more. Whilst these can be fantastic experiences, the best gigs are usually to be had in small intimate local venues and they usually cost very little.

The London Borough of Barnet has some great venues. Whilst the West End and Camdeen are recognised as centres for live music, we have a great music scene on our doorstep. So why not check some of these establishments out. Many of the smaller venues and pubs are free entry, so it will just cost you the price of a pint!

The Three Wishes - Edgware - http://thethreewishes-edgware.com/ - This is a great pub with a full on commitment to music. Tonights band are The Looters who are a full on Rythm and Blues outfit, which will do the business for anyone who likes The Feelgoods and their Genre of music.

The Chandos Arms - Colindale  - http://www.thechandosarms.com/#!livemusic/cz1w - Since taking over last August, Landord Emily Ovenden has transformed the pub. There are regular Jazz and Folk nights along with comedy and some one off specials, featuring top line acts  such as Lee Thompson from Madness.

The Arts Depot - North Finchley - https://www.artsdepot.co.uk/whats-on - Barnets premiere venue, with a great program of music, drama, comedy and other arts. Tonight we have  The Cadillac Kings

The Misty Moon in Barnet is also a great music pub. It doesn't have a website (as best as I can see). It has  regular band nights and a legendary open mic night on a Sunday. There is a decent review on Lemonrock http://www.lemonrock.com/mistymoonbarnet

The Mill Hill Golf club is also doing its bit, hosting the Wednesday night Mill Hill Jazz Club - http://www.millhilljazzclub.co.uk/ - who host the amazing Anita Wardell this Wednesday.

The Adam and Eve in Mill Hill are also hosting regular live music http://www.adamandevemillhill.co.uk/events/ and does excellent food and beer. 

And whilst we are in Mill Hill, lets not forget North West Londons largest music rehearsal and recording studios https://www.millhillmusiccomplex.co.uk/

Of course there are many more pubs etc hosting music. We can't get around all of them, so please add any you know in the comments. It is important to support these establishments and any others which are helping us build Barnet into one of the centres of the London Music Scene.

Save London Music Campaign - Official Launch Today

Today (Friday 27th February) we launch our Save London Music Campaign.

This is a serious campaign and we are looking for some serious backing from everyone who is interested in preserving the musical cultural heritage of London. 

We've had expressions of support from Bally Studios, Station Studios, the London Rehearsal Studios site, Alasdair Hill - Lib Dem Candidate for Hendon, Gr8MusicVenues, Live4Ever Ezine. The BBC have been in touch about the campaign and we 've had expressions of support from dozens of individual musicians. That is not bad considering we've only officially launched the campaign today. The trailer on our facebook page had 59 likes and 22 shares which is a great response, compared to our usual posts.

Here's what we want you to do to help

Twitter

 We have launched the Hashtag #SaveLondonMusic and we are asking all interested parties and organisatons to tweet every Friday and Saturday using the #SaveLondonMusic tag and highlight any gigs, events, threatened closures, campaigns to reopen venues etc. We also ask all musicians etc to retweet any tweets with this #Tag. Please do everything you can to support the launch on twitter.

Facebook

Post details of the campaign on your facebook site. Urge your followers etc to get involved. Link to this blog post, if you can't think of anything else to say.

Email

Write to your local MP and ask them to get involved in supporting the campaign. Ask them to visit your studios, venue or other music organisation. There is an election in May, so contact opposition parties as well and ask for their support. Use Twitter and Facebook to publicise positive and negative responses.

Email local press and other media, to notify them that you are supporting the campaign. 

Get in Touch

If you want more details contact Roger Tichborne at Mill Hill Music Complex via enquiries@millhillmusic.co.uk

Why are we campaigning

I will be organising an event in March to get interested parties together to discuss how we can take this on to the next level.

So why are we doing this and why is it important?

It has become clear to us that the London Music Scene is undergoing a period of severe danger. Everyone associated with Music in London is aware of venue and studio closures. Through my work with Mill Hill Music Complex, which is North West Londons largest independent studio complex, I meet hundreds of musicians every week and we hear more and more stories. Many of our new customers are driving from the four corners of London, because their local studios have shut. They also tell of losing regular gigs down to pub and club closurrs.

Locally we are seeing the devastating effects of this. We sponsor the bi-annual Mill Hill Music Festival. This will take place this June this year. Organising this years festival, we observed that in Mil Hill alone, we’ve lost six major venues where we held events over the last six years.

The Mill Pub,

The Angel & Crown Pub,

Holcombe House,

St Josephs College,

The Mill Hill Sports Club

The Bell at Mill Hill

Four have been lost for luxury flat development, one has been knocked down to accommodate a new school and one has been converted into an Italian restaurant chain. This is all in one tiny corner of London. If you then look across London as a whole, you see the pattern repeated time and time again. Nothing is being spared in the rush to build flats and cash in on property portfolios. The most recent of a long line of iconic venues to close has been The 12 Bar club in Denmark Street. Just around the corner, the Astoria was lost as part of Crossrail.

Even more worrying is the loss of recording and rehearsal studio space in London. Typically rehearsal and recording studios are in industrial/workshop areas which are being gobbled up and redeveloped. In North West London, we’ve seen a whole host of well respected studios close, not because there was no demand, but because their buildings were more valuable as “development assets” recently we ‘ve lost Downs Sound in http://downssounds.co.uk/  and Station Studios, both in Southgate. This has caused a huge gap in provision in North West London. This is repeated all across London.

You may wonder, what does this all matter? Well the value of creative industries to the UK is immense. This government report details the huge contribution to the UK economy, £8 Million an hour.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/creative-industries-worth-8million-an-hour-to-uk-economy

Any sane local, regional and national administration would be taking firm action to preserve this sector and to allow it to thrive. What we have seen is the exact opposite. This article by Jimmy Mulvihill of Bally Studios details just how difficult it is to open a new space http://freshonthenet.co.uk/2015/01/deathlondon2/

When Mill Hill Music Complex redeveloped our studios, thousands were spent on acoustic surveys to pacify planners, despite the studios being ¼ a mile away from nearest residential housing and being next to the M1 and Midland Mainline that generate and average background ambient noise of  74db. It didn’t occur to the planners that a studio requires soundproofing to do its job. If there was none, no band could rehearse due to bleed.

What can be done? 

There are a few things that could make a huge difference.

1)      Give tax breaks for companies investing in soundproofing for live music, rehearsal and recording.

2)      Designate established music related sites (venues, studios, etc) as protected sites with stringent planning rules around change of use planning applications.

3)      Require local authorities to ensure that provision of spaces for music are integral parts of all large scale planning applictions.

4)      Offer music related venues & establishments statutory protection from noise related complaints from neighbouring new build developments.

5)      Require local authorities to ensure that music venues are not left empty to rot by developers seeking to get around planning laws.

Please support this campaign 

Roger Tichborne Save London Music Campaign coordinator. 

One Barnet - It's all starting to smell

Former Barnet Council employees Bill Murphy ,Richard Grice, and  Craig Cooper have now joined Capita!

All three involved in the procurement process on the two contracts that Capita won. Watch Mr Cooper in 2012 replying to Mr Reasonable about the contract. 

Tricky Dicky Cornelius - The dodgy answers of Dr Evil, Leader of Barnet Council

The Leader of Barnet Council has a bit of a reputation for rather odd answers (as the video above demonstrates).He's been at it again at the last full council meeting. I was just reviewing his answers in the latest minutes. Tell me what you think - http://barnet.moderngov.co.uk/documents/s20425/Minutes%20of%20the%20meeting%20held%20on%2016%20December%202014.pdf 

Here are a selecion, displaying the talents of "Dr Evil"

38. Councillor Barry Rawlings

Can the Leader explain his groups decision to support Cllr. Thompstone's amendment that mean's in the options for Libraries, rather than 540 square feet being a minimum it is now a minimum 'on average' i.e. could be smaller?

 Answer by the Leader
The words ‘on average’ were not an addition made by the amendment, but were already part of the report. However, 540 square feet is small and it is difficult to imagine one smaller.

Well if you think that is an odd answer, try this one:-

141. Councillor Arjun Mittra In answer to a previous written question of mine, it was indicated action was taken on only 10% or so of planning enforcement requests made. Does the leader feel residents should be confident that complaints will be dealt with when they report breaches in planning rules?

Answer by the Leader
Yes.

Or how about this one?

36. Councillor Devra Kay

We have all experienced Capita's appalling standard of services that they are contracted to provide to Barnet, including call centre, IT, payroll and highways . If we received service like this in our personal lives we would blow the company out of the water. In the light of Capita's failures, what is the Council doing and intending to do about Capita?

Answer by the Leader
Overall, Capita is delivering a good service.

Supplementary Question
When I was in a recent meeting with Capita it was dropped into the conversation that the Call Centre is soon to be automated and that only 30% of staff would be retained and that this was in the original contract. So knowing this, the council encouraged council employees to move to Coventry in order to keep their jobs and some did so. Does the Leader believe that he has behaved ethically? And does he have more consideration for Capita which is indicated by his written answer than for the people of Barnet, the employees of the council and their future s and the futures of their families?

Supplementary Answer
Yes and no. 

It seems like Richard Cornelius is relishing the "Dr Evil" role. I wonder what those employees of Barnet Council, who moved to Coventry, only to find they are facing redundancy are feeling right now.

Why Racists are not football fans

Pele with Bobby Moore in 1970

Last week we saw a rather sad little incident in Paris, where a bunch of morons, who clamed to support Chelsea FC, took great pride in acting like a bunch of complete idiots, bullying a Frenchman in his own city, for simply being black and then chanting about how wonderful they thought being racist morons was. The general gist of the press coverage was "Racist thugs shame football".

I am sorry, I don't buy into this. Why? Because such morons have no interest in football, no love of the game and no understanding of what good football is. I love football. I spent this morning driving to a park in Kenton to watch a bunch of 14 year olds kick a ball around. My sons team has a black coach, black, white and Asian players and a supportive group of parents representing the four corners of the earth, all of who end up sharing the joy of the game every Sunday. Yesterday, a group of boys, parents and coaches associated with the club went to watch Barnet play Grimsby. Why? Because we love football.

I first became aware of football when I was five or six years old. At the time, all British league players were white and England held the World Cup. I was three when England won the world cup, so I have no memories of it. I do remember eagerly anticipating the 1970 World Cup. England were world Champion and had Gordon Banks the Worlds greatest keeper. It was a given that we'd win it again in Mexico. Then we played Brazil in the group stages. It was inconceivable that this would result in anything other than an England victory. We gathered around our new colour telly to watch "the game of the round". Brazil won 1-0. It would have been 2-0 had England not had Gordon Banks. All of a sudden, my eyes were opened. England were great, but Brazil were sublime. Their greatest player was Pele. Now I defy anyone, anywhere on the planet, who saw that game not to simply feel honoured to have seen it unfold. Even my Dad who was an Aussie cricket nut, with no great love of football was engrossed. In the St Vincents playground kickabout after the game, all of a sudden everyone wanted to be Pele and everyone wanted to be Brazil. When the Brazilians beat Italy 4-1 in the final, we knew the world had changed forever.

It never occured to me that Pele was a different colour to me. Brazil had a multiracial team and they were magnificent. That world cup seared a love of football into my soul. Much as I love the tribalisitic joy of supporting Manchester City FC and watching them win, I also love great players, whatever their colour, class or creed. At present Manchester City have Yaya Toure, who I believe to be the third greatest player in the world currently, behind Messi and Ronaldo. One has to suppose that a racist would not wnt such a great man in their team. Anyone who would make that choice is and idiot and not a lover of football. What about Chelsea? Didier Drogba won the Chapions League for the club. Do the racist fools who pledge allegiance to Chelsea not recognise the monumental presence of the man and his contribution. Chelsea FC have an excellent record on the pitch in regards to giving Black players opportunities. They also had an excellent black manager in Ruud Gullit, winning the FA Cup with them in 1997, their first trophy for 27 years.

So the racist thugs who support Chelsea would strip out two of the most influential figures in the clubs history and presumably hand back the trophies? Is that a love of football? Every time you insult a man for his race, you equally insult every person of that race. So in their treatment of the Parisian black man on the Metro, they have equally disrespected Gullit, Drogba and every other black Chelsea player past, present and future. Not only that, they've insulted their parents and their children. So I ask what sort of a person insults someone in such a way, who has done so much for the club they support.

If these thugs got their way and established Chelsea as a racist club, there would be a mass exodus of players. Black players would righty shun the club. The club would no longer be competing for the Chapions league, Premiership or anything else. What real football fan would want to see that?

The picture at the top of this picture was taken after the England v Brazil match in 1970. This is a picture of mutual respect. This is a picture of how men should treat each other. As an England fan, I take great pride in the fact that Bobby Moore and Pele could play on the same pitch, play a great game of football and at the end, show each other such mutual respect. As a football fan I want to see the best players, dazzling us with their sublime skills. That is what being a football fan is all about. If you don't want to watch Yaya, Pele and Drogba play the game, you clearly are not a football fan. End of.

So when we talk about racist morons, lets call them racist morons. They have nothing to offer football and no association with the game. These morons have only caused damage and shame to Chelsea FC and its supporters. They have damaged the image of the club and those who follow it. One has to suspect that the idiots haven't thought through their actions. I hope that they are identified and banned for life from every football ground in the country. The game of Association Football has so much to offer. Sadly thugs such as these put decent people off the game. They stop people taking their children and this damages the long term health of the game.

There is only one place for racism in football. That is in the dustbin of  history, something that we look back on as a sad episode involving a few idiots. Nothing else.

The Tweets of the week in the London Borough of Barnet - 22/2/2014

There has been all manner of tweets in Barnet that I'd like to feature. However rules are rules, so we only feature one per subject and we like to mix up politics, sports, social, community, historical and funny tweets. We hope you like this weeks choice.

1. There were hundreds of tweets about Sweets Way. It is the big story in Barnet this week and dozens retweeting this appalling video. We've chosen Sue Lukes Tweet as it sums up what any reasonable person would feel

Sue Lukes ‏@SueLukes Feb 20

SWEETS WAY EVICTIONS 16-17/2/2015: http://youtu.be/hyeD-x-uDCA  heartbreaking kids stories of eviction from Barnet estate.Anger +| resistance too

2.  Barnet Tory Councillor Gabriel Rozenberg however thinks everything is marvellous in the Borough.  Nothing wrong with talking up the good things, wonder if he's actually read Mrs Angry's blog to see why she's got the hump. This tweet started a quite tasty spat between the two.

Gabriel Rozenberg ‏@rozgab Feb 15

.@BrokenBarnet err totes serious. You think Barnet’s ‘broken’. I think Barnet’s terrific. If it’s so awful why is it set to be #1 in London?

3. Maybe you want to keep up with the Lib Dems view of what is going on in Hendon, if you do then Alasdair Hill is the man! Good to see him making the effort. He's only just launched the site, so a bit early to tell, but I think he should be a bit more hyperlocal in his coverage. People love to learn about their community.

AlasdaVirHill ‏@alasdairghill 8h8 hours ago

NEW: Sign up to my weekly newsletter to get the latest #hendon news from @libdems #barnet Visit >> http://www.hill4hendon.co.uk

4.  Our  favourite Labour Councillor, Dr Devra Kay has something to say as well. She's a keen blogger to boot.

Cllr Dr Devra Kay @LaBloggeuse  ·  Feb 19

Barnet tenants have 1 take-it-or-leave-it choice of move from home don't want 2 leave & if rejected they're homeless http://ibloggeuse.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/something-rotten-in-estate-

5. And last in our round up of the "politcal tweeters", our local Green Candidate is upset that Barnet Council is investing in unethical industries.

A. M. Poppy ‏@GreenPartyPoppy 23h23 hours ago

Barnet is still investing our tax £ in arms makers Protest this! 2 March 6pm Hendon Town Hall when committee meets https://www.facebook.com/events/993930230636502/ …

6. And that's quite enough of the political stuff. There is far more to our neck of the woods! Danielle Benson is chuffed to discover one of Mill Hills gems. We agree with you Danielle!

Danielle Benson ‏@dbPRLondon Feb 18

Great discovery of the Mill Hill Jazz Club at Mill Hill Golf Club #Barnet http://www.millhilljazzclub.co.uk

7. Altogether Better BO are pleased to see the community coming together in Burnt Oak

Altogether Better BO ‏@betterburntoak Feb 18

Nice to see the local community come and engage with Altogether Better Burnt Oak with some tea and biscuits .

 

8. I rather like this tweet from The Cardinal Tales. Made me smile.

The Cardinal Tales ‏@cardinal_tales 4h4 hours ago

OTD in 1958 a record Kingfield crowd of 7,020 saw #Woking beat Finchley 3-2 in the F.A Amateur Cup 4th Rd 

 

 9. Perhaps the funniest spoof tweet of the week. 

Sky Sports News ‏@_SlySportsNews Feb 15

Reliable sources confirming that Rihanna spent the Valentines night at Wengers Totteridge house in London #AFC

10. Some good news hopefully regarding sports facilities for local residents in the Borough

Barnet Council @BarnetCouncil  ·  Feb 17

Committee unanimously backs proposals for rebuilding of Copthall and Church Farm Leisure Centres.

.... Normally we only feature ten tweets, but hey ho, rules are made to be broken. 

11. And finally. A Mill Hill Music Complex are starting a campaign everyone who loves music in Barnet Should care about

MillHillMusicComplex @MillHillMusicCo  ·  22h 22 hours ago

Save London Music – Campaign Launch Friday 27th February https://www.millhillmusiccomplex.co.uk/save-london-music-campaign-launch-friday-27th-february/ … #SaveLondonMusic

Save London Music - Campaign Launch Friday 27th February

Let me give you a little background to the campaign launch. 

It has become clear to us that the London Music Scene is undergoing a period of severe danger. Everyone associated with Music in London is aware of venue and studio closures. Through my work with Mill Hill Music Complex, which is North West Londons largest independent studio complex, I meet hundreds of musicians every week and we hear more and more stories. Many of our new customers are driving from the four corners of London, because their local studios have shut. They also tell of losing regular gigs down to pub and club closurrs.

Locally we are seeing the devastating effects of this. We sponsor the bi-annual Mill Hill Music Festival. This will take place this June this year. Organising this years festival, we observed that in Mil Hill alone, we’ve lost six major venues where we held events over the last six years.

The Mill Pub,

The Angel & Crown Pub,

Holcome House,

St Josephs College,

The Mill Hill Sports Club

The Bell at Mill Hill

Four have been lost for luxury flat development, one has been knocked down to accommodate a new school and one has been converted into an Italian restaurant chain. This is all in one tiny corner of London. If you then look across London as a whole, you see the pattern repeated time and time again. Nothing is being spared in the rush to build flats and cash in on property portfolios. The most recent of a long line of iconic venues to close has been The 12 Bar club in Denmark Street. Just around the corner, the Astoria was lost as part of Crossrail.

Even more worrying is the loss of recording and rehearsal studio space in London. Typically rehearsal and recording studios are in industrial/workshop areas which are being gobbled up and redeveloped. In North West London, we’ve seen a whole host of well respected studios close, not because there was no demand, but because their buildings were more valuable as “development assets” recently we ‘ve lost Downs Sound in http://downssounds.co.uk/  and Station Studios, both in Southgate. This has caused a huge gap in provision in North West London. This is repeated all across London.

You may wonder, what does this all matter? Well the value of creative industries to the UK is immense. This government report details the huge contribution to the UK economy, £8 Million an hour.

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/creative-industries-worth-8million-an-hour-to-uk-economy

Any sane local, regional and national administration would be taking firm action to preserve this sector and to allow it to thrive. What we have seen is the exact opposite. This article by Jimmy Mulvihill of Bally Studios details just how difficult it is to open a new space http://freshonthenet.co.uk/2015/01/deathlondon2/

When Mill Hill Music Complex redeveloped our studios, thousands were spent on acoustic surveys to pacify planners, despite the studios being ¼ a mile away from nearest residential housing and being next to the M1 and Midland Mainline that generate and average background ambient noise of  74db. It didn’t occur to the planners that a studio requires soundproofing to do its job. If there was none, no band could rehearse due to bleed.

So what can be done? Well  there are a few things that could make a huge difference.

1)      Give tax breaks for companies investing in soundproofing for live music, rehearsal and recording.

2)      Designate established music related sites (venues, studios, etc) as protected sites with stringent planning rules around change of use planning applications.

3)      Require local authorities to ensure that provision of spaces for music are integral parts of all large scale planning applictions.

4)      Offer music related venues & establishments statutory protection from noise related complaints from neighbouring new build developments.

5)      Require local authorities to ensure that music venues are not left empty to rot by developers seeking to get around planning laws.

So what can we do?

Twitter.

We are in the process of launching the campaign and are currently contacting various organisations such as Bandspace, London Rehearsal Studios, London Venues, London Bands to agree a common platform and  a coordinated campaign. We have launched the Hashtag #SaveLondonMusic and we are asking all interested parties and organisatons to tweet every Friday and Saturday using the #SaveLondonMusic tag and highlight any gigs, events, threatened closures, campaigns to reopen venues etc. We also ask all musicians etc to retweet any tweets with this #Tag. Please do everything you can to support the launch on twitter.

Facebook.

Post details of the campaign on your facebook site. Urge your followers etc to get involved.

Email

Write to your local MP and ask them to get involved in supporting the campaign. Ask them to visit your studios, venue or other music organisation. There is an election in May, so contact opposition parties as well and ask for their support. Use Twitter and Facebook to publicise positive and negative responses.

Email local press and other media, to notify them that you are supporting the campaign.

Anyone interested in joining the campaign, we are officially launching it on Twitter next Friday 27^th February.

Please support this cmpaign 

Roger Tichborne Save London Music Campaign coordinator. 

If you want more details contact Roger Tichborne at Mill Hill Music Complex via enquiries@millhillmusic.co.uk

A Tale of Two Barnets - Sweets Way - the evidence and the Spin (A modern day tragedy in words and pictures)

Please watch this video. When you have finished, read what the Leader of Barnet Council said in the local Paper this weekend. Then make up your own mind as to the truth of the situation.

I really can't add anything of value to this debate other than to ask you to consider the evidence of what is happening in Barnet before you cast your vote in May. I believe politics has to be based on trust. I will let you decide whether the Conservatives in Barnet can be trusted, in light of the evidence and the spin. You have a vote. You can change things. You can leave things how they are. If you don't use your vote, then you have failed everybody.

The whole point of writing this blog is to let as many people as possible know what is happening in our community. I've done my bit. Please do yours and share this on Facebook, Twitter and by emailing your friends to have a look. If you can't be bothered to, then one has to conclude you really don't give a toss.





(Original article - http://www.edgware-today.co.uk/coldetail.cfm?id=2543&bid=1122&headline=The%20borough%20is%20getting%20bigger%20and%20better )

Richard Cornelius Barnet Council leader Column Leader of Barnet Council

The borough is getting bigger and better BARNET is about to become the biggest borough in London. We will now compare with Bristol in terms of population. This growth shows we are regarded as a great place to live with nice greenery and excellent schools.  We are beginning to see new homes spring up on brownfield sites. This does mean that some 1960s’ housing is being demolished.  The prize is the new homes that people need. Our children have to have homes to live in. Former council tenants are delighted with their new homes. The sales of new properties tell their own story.  Residents who were temporary tenants are being found new places to live in the area. This process has gone quite smoothly despite the misinformation and scarcity of empty flats.  Nobody has been dragged from their home. Children have not been taken away from their parents. Those who have suggested otherwise need to apologise for the anguish they have caused.  It’s important that people who bought their flats which need to be replaced are given the best possible deal. The council is pressurising the developers on this and at West Hendon.  Those who sell their homes will get a brand new flat to live in. They will not need any extra mortgage or have to pay rent on the part they do not own. There are also incentives to help with moving expenses.  The solid achievement of building homes needs to be recognised and celebrated. The new mixed areas are so much better than the old isolated council estates.

The Friday Joke 20/2/2015

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY BY PAM AYRES

The missus bought a Paperback,
down Shepton Mallet way,
I had a look inside her bag;...
T'was "Fifty Shades of Grey".

Well I just left her to it,
And at ten I went to bed.
An hour later she appeared;
The sight filled me with dread.

In her left hand she held a rope;
And in her right a whip!
She threw them down upon the floor,
And then began to strip.

Well fifty years or so ago;
I might have had a peek;
But Mabel hasn't weathered well;
She's eighty four next week!!

Watching Mabel bump and grind;
Could not have been much grimmer.
And things then went from bad to worse;
She toppled off her Zimmer!

She struggled back upon her feet;
A couple minutes later;
She put her teeth back in and said
"I am a dominator!!"

Now if you knew our Mabel,
You'd see just why I spluttered,
I'd spent two months in traction
For the last complaint I'd uttered.

She stood there nude and naked
Bent forward just a bit
I went to hold her, sensual like
and stood on her left tit!

Mabel screamed, her teeth shot out;
My God what had I done!
She moaned and groaned then shouted out:
"Step on the other one!!"

 

Well readers, I can tell no more;
Of what occurred that day.
Suffice to say my jet black hair,
Turned fifty shades of grey!

Have a great weekend, Mabel certainly will be!