30 OCTOBER 1993, Page 27

Light verse for the Home Service

I liked Jimmy Jewell While Dad preferred Ben Warriss: He dropped me off at school Then drove on to The Office.

His world was full of chaps, Of Good Lords and By gashes, Of Clement Attlee pipes And Nigel Bruce moustaches.

Where Dad could be Ben Warriss While I was Jimmy Jewell, A playground for the pair of us Completely Up the Pole. Mine was full of Chinese Burns, We'll get yous and Half-Nelsons, The playground reckoning that comes To all unwanted persons.

But one we both could share For an hour or two each Sunday Brought laughter to the air, A world of Wakey, Wakey!, Of Band Shows, blimps and Blimeys, Of catch-phrase and applause Attendant on arrivals Through endless rattling doors

John Mole