Needlepoint Gossip They wanted to call it the Stitch and Bitch session But the parish council wouldn’t let them So instead they called it Sew and Tell And they meet at the village hall extension To embroider bags and purses for the Women’s Institute to sell. In the hall next door, the toddlers run riot Cross stitches are produced between giggles at Joyce Grenfell cries From the Tiny Tots’ leader, who wrangles potties and fights and mangled words They always pause to listen, needles afloat Mingling “aahhh” with splutters at the overheards. In the attic room, a local charity meet To offer tea and tissues To those in need of propping up and leading The Sew and Tells talk quietly about these They all know someone, and where their own lives might be heading. Sarah Miller Walters Download one of my books today!
Celebrating the Village and Parish Halls of Middle England