Marsh Lane Part 1
“Grab the polaroid camera, there’s a rat in Emma’s cot We’ll lash the photo on a banner and make a stand against this lot.” “I know that Wiel’s disease is probably a risky chance to take; but imagine the shocking headlines that our protest march will make.” The closure of the dock mills has caused the rodents to invade Our terraced house on Compton Walk was the first home Roland made Joe Benton was a councillor then, before he was MP He helped support the residents of Marsh Lane make their plea The houses where in squalor and the maisonettes unsafe But we paid the same as homes nearby, although their bricks where newly laid The corpy argued austere funds, as Thatcher had made her cuts She targeted us on Merseyside as the votes where red for most of us Miss Dyson taught in St Mary’s school, she was stern with hair scraped in a bun Her glasses steamed with stress and ire as she screamed at everyone One d...