A fag behind the bike shed,
Wasn't that great fun.
So long as no one split on you,
And went and told your Mum.
They said it'tud stop me growing.
Maybe they were right.
I must admit I'm challenged,
When it comes to height.
I wish my Mum had found me,
Behind that bike shed when,
I puffed on my first Woodbine,
When I was only ten.
How different things may have been Don. Great poem. Xxxx
Ten was very young even for then . We didn’t listen to our mums unfortunately ,too busy watching those films where the heroes and their girlfriends were constantly lighting up !
Left school and started full time employment at 14, if I had started a couple of weeks earlier I would only have been 13. Was allowed to smoke in the house at 14 and classed as a man. Teenagers hadn't been invented then.
Our parents’ generation was encouraged to smoke during the war. There were advertisements saying “Doctors recommend *******.” And a picture of a Doctor puffing away. Remember that episode in ‘Call the Midwife’ when Dr Turner was annoyed that there wasn’t an ashtray in the cubicle?
Luckily it looks as if our youngsters have got the message.
K x
It rings true our Don-Rhymer!!
Keep them coming!
I think I had a number 6 on my way back from the youth club disco I must have been 12/13/14 my mind is slipping!
Made a hole in the net curtain once. Soon heard my Mum!!
Take care Don x
I remember No 6 lol 😂
OMG!! I hope I haven't triggered anyone's cravings! 
Hahaha those were the days eh 😂
Gr8 again Don but rings true also !...mine was a cig burn through my coat right near the button on the front ...I was very young prob 12 or 13 ...tried to tell my mum I had forgot to give my dog at the time Benji any toast as I was leaving to go out so I told mum I lit the grill with a match and it just so happened to drop on my coat causing the burn ha ha such a rubbish lie ...she just turned to me too tired after a night shift and said " Yeah whatever ..... not interested your grounded " oh and the famous fearful words " WAIT TIL YOUR DAD GETS IN" ...pity I didn't listen to my parents more eh ...oh well you live and learn ....Hope your well and enjoying the weather out and about 😊love Mel x
"Wait until your Dad gets in" was bad. 
"Wait until your FATHER gets in" was really, really bad!
True ...you have a point ...that's really bad when the word Father is threatened to you xx
Thanks Don, made me smile as usual. My "poor" Mum never Smoked, she had 8 children to bring up, so when she discovered I had a "Loosey" and I swore it wasn't a Cigarette, I got 2 smacks for doing "it" and bare Faced lying....Oh Dear, Hind Sight and all that. XXXXX
😂 yep! You have the magic touch don, very funny 🤣
Ahhh that’s where it all started. If only ......
My brother tried smoking a piece of rolled up wax paper shaped as a cigarette, burned all round his mouth and never ever tried the real thing. Love your poem.
Brilliant Don ! As a girl I can't say I loitered behind the bike shed with a cigarette at that early age but I certainly made up for it later - unfortunately. Sheila xx
.Same here Don. H
Yup! same ere, n they were right, im just 4feet 11inch. wasn,t tough enough to be the only one in my Art group that didn,t Smoke. but, ooooh i wish i had been. 
ITS A DOG’S LIFE ! 
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