Three short thoughts by David Williams

1.What’s in a name?

When Chorlton got mardy

and dropped the ‘cum Hardy’

it upset the mapman

and lost a bit of Chorltonvillean histoire,

but it fitted on the bus-

less fuss!

2.Who are we?

Not North Not South

Not East Not West

We are all colours

all languages

all religions

We are Manchester

(With added Chorlton on the side

like a mouth burst of chilli)

3.Mersey beat

Three miles meandering with a mazy motion

The mighty Mersey moves along

the Southern Chorlton border

Across the Mersey southern shore

Beside the braided Motorway

A pond, a lake, an inland sea

With ducks and drakes and sailing ships

And Jolly Sailors skiffling by

And when it rains in Chorlton Town

The lake is getting filled again

Puts Chorlton at its ees!