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St,Bede’s Legacy

Posted by John White on 15/5/2025, 8:55 pm

Streets within a village
A village inside a town
The town where Bede resided
Of ancient high renown

In a church served by a river
Where Christianity flowered
Long before the shipyard cranes
Raised there necks and towered

Back to back,cobbled streets
With back lanes,mean and narrow
Crowded poor communities
Housed the beating heart of Jarrow

A town that thrived
On steel and coal
That when no longer needed
Was thrown upon the dole

The yards are long deserted
Great ships launched no more
Mines closed and abandoned
Along that Tyneside shore

The throb and clang of industry
Is now no longer heard
St, Bedes greatest legacy
Was,and is,The Word

Saint Bede died in Jarrow 26/5/735

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Re: St,Bede’s Legacy

Posted by Stan Wears on 15/5/2025, 11:57 pm, in reply to "St,Bede’s Legacy"

John I loved this and would like to incorporate this in one of my dvd's when I get around to making St. Bede's. Please say yes and I will put it in the final credits. However, I'm months behind but will add it and thank you....

Re: St,Bede’s Legacy

Posted by John White on 16/5/2025, 8:42 am, in reply to "Re: St,Bede’s Legacy"

Thank you for your post Stan.I wrote this poem
Eight years ago and it was published in the
Derby telegraph poetry column.You have my
Permission to use it in any form

Re: St,Bede’s Legacy

Posted by Stan Wears on 16/5/2025, 11:23 am, in reply to "Re: St,Bede’s Legacy"

Thank you John.

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