Holt's Field, Liverpool, 1950

My father is holding bonnie blond me at arm's length
on his bony knee; the trees of Sudley burgeon beyond
the shine of his Brilliantined hair; behind me,
the tower of Mossley Hill church looms; I look
at the lens puzzled or crying. I reach out
to my mother, who holds the box camera; the grass
needs a mow. My father's iron grip holds my wrist.

Christopher T. George

Not a great reproduction of the B&W picture, my digital copying skills lacking, but you can see this photograph at http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne...7106004&size=l