Marg, you’ve reached the big Four-0,
And so this birthday rhyme
Will celebrate your life so far
And takes you back in time…
To __ December; a new family member,
1970 was the year,
A little Christmas Fairy, for Tommy and Mary
Brought early Christmas cheer!
Days hard to beat on ______ Street
With Maria, John, Ian and Julie
A happy child, sensible and mild
Never acting unduly!
Fab at Forty, but never been naughty
In fact a goody two-shoes, I’m told
A Prefect at school, living by the rules
Always good as gold!
A sweet disposition; an aspiring musician
Marg took up playing the guitar
In the school choir, Marg never did tire
Of singing “There’s No One Quite Like Grandma”!
All passes, no fails, at St Frances De Sales
Led to a place at Broughton Hall
Where term after term, our little bookworm
Was determined to give it her all!
Marg’s guilty pleasure is her ‘made-to-measure’
A shopaholic from an early age,
Working all she could at Littlewoods
To blow all of her Saturday wage!
Our Scouse version of Kyles, experimenting with styles
Growing up, trying the latest trends
Her hair was less WOW and more 80’s T’Pau,
Unrecognisable to her friends!
Panic stricken, once caught eating chicken
Hot out of the oven one day
As Marg did allege that she was a Veg
..Some would say that’s definitely FOUL play!
Marg took great pains pulling pints at Cains
Back in ’93 when hired,
By Wiggy and Griff and good friend Nik
Although her skills left a lot to be desired!
Next at the Croc, Marg hid her shock
I’m surprised we didn’t appal,
In our messy state, meeting our new mate,
The party girls of Childwall!
Well, we didn’t offend, as our new found friend
Joined us on a jaunt to Falaraki
To party and revel, although Lynsey’s Breville
Still made Marg question if we were tacky!
Marbella was funny, running out of money
When we couldn’t spend the euro any faster,
To economise, we cooked up a surprise,
…Tomato soup to top our pasta!
Dressed as sexy Robin, the fellas hearts were throbbin’
In Marbella, on Christina’s hen do
And at the Dubai Cup, the jockey’s were all fired up
At Marg, the Man Magnet, it’s true!
With the girls, globetrotting the world,
Plenty of laughter and tears,
We’ve made memories galore and I’m sure there’ll be more,
As we roll on down the years!
So, if there’s one thing you take, from this birthday keepsake
Then Margaret please let it be this:
You’re a friend so true, and we all love you
Here’s to you, our Little Miss Chris!
So a BIG ‘Congratulations’,
Let the celebrations start
Please raise your glass, to a lady who’s world class
And forever young at heart!!
