This poem was written by my son Rhys Tamborski, age 18. He wrote it on 21st September 2018, and has given me permission to share it here. He recently started university at Edge Hill, which was the first non-denominational teacher training college for women. The final lines make reference to a statue that was unveiled this year to commemorate 100 years since women were given the right to vote in the UK. There are pictures which he took to go with this. I will ask him at a later date if I can include them.
I had my fish and chips in the park
Made sure to eat them before it got dark
Here it's lovely, peaceful and serene
The trees before me are really rather green.
The chips were alright, the fish not too bad
'Twas only a fiver for what I've just had.
Now it's warm and it's wet
And time for the sun to set.
The garden's lit up and how could we forget
She who stands guard: the good old Suffragette.