'Spit 'n Polish' (I.P.)

Great take on the IP, actually I was a little surprised that there hadn't been one along these lines before now, but then thinking on it, no one writes this sort of thing better than you Tina. Fine writing. Valx

Thanks for that Val;-) Good old 'Cherry Blossom'!

Tina x

How clever of you, Tina, to find a different and original angle. Now that you mention it, the Cherry Blossom polish should have been an obvious source of inspiration.

Luigi xxx

Brilliant idea for the IP. As usual you have excelled
yourself Tina.

Thanks for the great read.

Jenny.

New Silver-Spun-Sand
Me too,how clever cherry boot
polish,I remember vividly.
Loved all of this, and congrats;
on cherry. Liked the accent of character to
Dad used to spit n polish his shoes,shine them
on his trousers,at the back of his leg for a shine,
if hadn't got time.
Brilliant.IP
julie X

I don't know Cherry Blossom polish but you really hit the IP here and it was a moving poem. Well done
;)Pia

Thanks, Luigi;-) It's always the thing right under our noses, that we overlook; in my case, usually my specs!

Tina xxx

You're brilliant too;-) Thanks for the lovely comment and I can just imagine your dad. Mine used to do that too, bless him.

Tina x

'Cherry Blossom' was always THE boot-polish, in those dear little tins with that 'hard to open clasp' I never could undo;-)I think it was first manufactured around the time of the First World War, so it's even older than me;-)

Thanks for reading and glad you enjoyed.

Tina

Jenny - thanks so much for reading and your kind words;-)

Tina

Beautifully written as always and I love the ending- very neat. x (p.s I was also unfamiliar with the polish but thanks for explaining!)

A corker this Tina - brilliant characterisation in so few words. More squishy cherries for your world record breaking pie! Really well done. :-)

Top notch, as always Tina; lovely to read your work again, I must get around to all the stuff that I have missed. Don't even know what the I.P. was but this stands on it's own feet anyway...

Chris ;)

SundaysChild thanks so much;-)

As far as the polish is concerned, I grew to hate the smell, seeing as my mum insisted I cleaned my naff, lace-up shoes every week before I went to Brownies.

Tina

Your comment's a 'corker' too, fatboy. Thanks;-)

As for that cherry-pie, I shall have to have a go at making it one of these days. Mind you, pastry is not my strong point, as my other half would bear witness to.

Tina;-)

It's really great to 'talk' to you again, Chris.

Speaking about the 'stuff you missed', I missed you too and would often wonder what you were up to.

Glad you enjoyed and, as always, really appreciate your telling me;-)

Tina xx

A nicely told story. Yes I sympathise about the impossible-to-open tins. My experience was always that either the lid or (worse) the polish would go flying across the room with the effort. I like the way he tries to block it out - perhaps have a go sometime at writing it from his point of view (military service must have been at least partly to blame).

Rob

Rob - thanks for looking at this one in so much depth and glad you liked it.

As far as your idea is concerned, it is a really good one - ie. re his military service and the effects of, etc...(Something I am only too aware of, with an ex-soldier in the family.) Shall have to get busy writing!!

Tina

You have a talent for bringing authentic voice to each piece and allowing the characters to reveal themselves, the narrative complementing and setting context. Good stuff :-) atb Lena xx

Lena - I more than appreciate your, as ever, intuitive comments. Thank you;-)

Tina xx

Ah Tine its sad, I didnt think of that polish, havent seen it in ages since broke something trying to open it, sorry about the brownie shoes! :) K xx

As Monty Burns would say (possibly after Smithers had Cherry Blossomed his shoes): "Excellent."

:--) xxx

Exactly, my dear David;-)

Tina xxx