Tom McCready

[Sark79]

Sorry to hear this Red, thoughts are with you

[StuartHopkin]

Thoughts are with you and your family.

[Eck]

Our condolonces to you and your family Tom.

[kinboshi]

A sad day Tom.  Thoughts are with you and your family. Remember the good times, and your Dad how he was. 

Feel the need to give my Dad a call now.

[Geo the Sarge]

Sincere condolences Tom.

Geo

[bookiebasher]

My thoughts are with you and your family Tom.

[G1BTW]

So sorry to hear of your loss.

[Wardonkey]

My thoughts are with you and your family.

[booder]

When I Was A Tikna......by Tom McCready

When I was a tikna (child)
A wagon was my home,
And life was dogs and horses
And country lanes to roam,
And hawking elder flowers
Or making willow pegs,
Women wore the long skirts
That didn't show their legs.

When I was a young mush (man)
Then I lived where I might,
And life was girls and coursing
And music or a fight,
Work was grinding scissors
Or breaking up a car,
Old stuffing or the tarmac,
Or painting with the tar.

When I was newly rummied (married)
In a trailer I did dwell,
And I would bill the houses
And my wife would fortunes tell,
I watched my children growing
To be men the Romany way,
And I didn't know that Parliament
Could take it all away.

For was I not a travelling mush?
Was I not a king?
Who owned each sunny morning
Each bird that i heard sing?
I could always pick the strawberries
Or course and kill the hare,
I'd never have to worry
I'd never have to care.

Now that I am purro (older)
And on council sites exist,
How can I tell my children
Of all the things they've missed?
How can I tell my children
Now life is cold and drab,
Why I gave up all of this
To rent a concrete slab.

[jakally]

Hope you and your family are ok Tom. Take care.

[Girgy85]

Sorry to hear of your loss.

RIP Sir.

[Graham C]

Sorry for your loss Tom.

[sofa----king]

sorry to hear of your sad loss mate,
i hope this poem makes you smile,

I WATCHED THE ORANGE LIGHT,
A FLICKER FROM A SPARK.
THE SMOKE WAS SLOWLY RISING,
AS THE EVENING DREW TO DARK,
I SAT THERE WITH A CHEAKY SMILE,
AND A STICK TO POKE THE FLAME,
I LISTENED TO THEM TELL THEIR TALES,
AND THE LAUGHTER SURLY CAME,
THEY TOLD OF MANY GENERATIONS,
MANY THAT HAVE PAST,
THEY TOLD THESE TALES WITH PASSION,
KNOWING  THEY WILL SURLY LAST,
AS I  WALKED OFF TO ME TRAILER,
AND GETTING MESELF IN BED,
I WONDERED WILL MY LIFE AND TRAVELLS,
BE TOLD WHEN I AM DEAD,
THE FIRE IS THE PLACE,
FOR THEM TO KEEP THERE DREAMS ALIVE,
TO TELL THE TALE’S OF MANY A DREAMS,
AND A GENERATION THAT SERVIVED.

                                                                 R.I.P MR McCREADY

[Laxie]

OMG.  I am so sorry Tom.  Will be thinking of you and your family. xx

RIP

[Dewi_cool]

RIP Gorffwys mewn hedd