Where is Reg?
Has anyone seen Reg?
Is he at the allotment tending his veg?
Is he in the garden trimming the hedge?
He's not in the pub, has he taken the pledge?
Has anyone seen Reg?
He's not been seen at the river edge
Or on the jukebox playing Percy Sledge
He's not paid back the borrowed wedge
I've just heard Reg has moved away
Done a flit with debts to pay
Scarpered to avoid affray
Must be in his DNA
Reg was such a cheeky chap
Larger than life with a tweed flat cap
Ringing motors was his mishap
Who will fill the Reg shaped gap
The pub won't be the same!
Copyright 2019 Roger Tichborne
Have you ever known someone who suddenly disappeared, leaving no trace, only a few rumours of debts and an empty bar stool at the local. I have a confession to make, this poem was based on a chap called Colin, who was a character around Mill Hill in the 1960's. He disappeared one day. A few days later the Police turned up, he'd been involved in a "dodgy motor ringing scheme". The word was that he'd ended up in Canada. To the best of my knowledge he never came back. Sadly there are virtually no words that rhyme with Colin, so I almost gave up. Then I thought about my old mate Paul Hircombe RIP, who had a Jack Russell terrier called Reg. He was always disappearing, into bushes, under hedges etc. So Colin became Reg! I wonder if people still 'scarper' when they are suspected of ringing motors?
Round up of music, arts and other local cultural events
Jazz in Mill Hill tonight
The Christian Miller Quartet - 6 Nov - Christian has played guitar with the broadest possible spectrum of British jazz musicians, ranging from traditional jazz star Adrian Cox to fusion virtuoso Mike Mondesir as well Nigel Price, Heidi Vogel, Alex Garnett and Ian Shaw. Plz RT.— Mill Hill Jazz Club (@millhilljazz) November 2, 2019
Live music in Finchley this Sunday with the Trembling Wilburys
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Show night at East Barnet School
⭐️FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY!⭐️— East Barnet School (@EastBarnetSch) November 5, 2019
🎵 What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come hear the music play
Life is a cabaret, old chum
Come to the cabaret! 🎵
The EBS West End Cabaret Night is on Friday 15th November 2019 at 7:30pm. Get your tickets NOW!https://t.co/yAN3aut58T pic.twitter.com/A04FSHRg9V
Something for the Kids this weekend
Monty has a problem - he's made so many monsters, what is he going to do with them?!@MonstersaurusUK is an energetic show full of thrills, spills, magic and mayhem for the whole family! 🧪 See it this weekend: https://t.co/5pj1P0AdTX pic.twitter.com/EPbvIPk4fH— artsdepot (@artsdepot) November 5, 2019
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the Bull Theatre
Sat 17th December 2016 - Sat 31st December 2016----------------------5 Days Left! Make the most of this FANGtastic offer for our SPOOKtacular #Christmas #Pantomime Book Now! https://t.co/HZBs4yWTcy #SnowWhite pic.twitter.com/DuJtKbP9HG— TheBullTheatre (@TheBullTheatre) October 27, 2016
Please join us on Friday 13th December at 8pm at The Midland Hotel, Hendon, for the Barnet Eye Community awards and annual Xmas party. We are also looking for nominations for our community awards, click here for details. Free admission
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