Pam Ayres 'Up in the attic' poem (Ch 4) (R) 14th June 2018

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  • čas přidán 30. 06. 2018
  • Pam Ayres recites her poem about the dreaded attic, with fun and humour as usual.
    (R) This is the repeated version of Countdown shown the day before or week before if this was shown on a Monday.

Komentáře • 80

  • @orsonkart9886
    @orsonkart9886 Před 2 lety +6

    I think that she must have gone into my attic by mistake, sounds very similar. Good idea to let the grandchildren sort it out. Brilliant as usual.

  • @cathymann3992
    @cathymann3992 Před 3 lety +27

    Adore Pam her poems are so witty, heartfelt and all can relate to. Clever lady

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose Před rokem

      Oh my gol, those are not poems. Please stop calling that doggerel "poetry". Jaysus

    • @TonyEnglandUK
      @TonyEnglandUK Před rokem

      @@john.premose Oh stop being that self-righteous Internet guy and go finish licking your windows.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose Před rokem

      @@TonyEnglandUK utter philistine

  • @pingpong5000
    @pingpong5000 Před 4 lety +38

    Even as a young un I loved to hear her read her great poems, and you know what I still do, Pam is the People's Poet Laureate.

  • @karphin1
    @karphin1 Před rokem +7

    Glad I found Pam, she is a gem! So clever with words. 😊

  • @realcapitalist1462
    @realcapitalist1462 Před 2 měsíci +1

    I saw her very first TV appearance, she's never changed! Apart from the genius words what I find most endearing is the way she can't help but laugh almost before she utters some magnificent line!

  • @debndogs2208
    @debndogs2208 Před rokem +5

    Just wonderful ❤

  • @RoseAussie
    @RoseAussie Před 2 lety +10

    Oh Pam, that was so true and beautiful. You never miss a beat. Sad, melancholy, but always with a sense of humour thrown in.🌹

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose Před rokem

      All that random rubbish? You call that beautiful? Smh

  • @poem_kym9406
    @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety +26

    It’s the simple things in every day life..... so clever 🖋👏🏻
    ❤️ Pam Ayres

  • @Knappa22
    @Knappa22 Před 4 lety +12

    So simple yet poignant and profound. This little verse had me laughing and crying. So powerful.

  • @shirleyhare6177
    @shirleyhare6177 Před 5 lety +33

    This Lady is a national treasure. Humour know no bounds, love you Pam Australia xxx

    • @poem_kym9406
      @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety +1

      Shirley Hare 👑 She sure is 👑 & the 😂 is so clever & witty

    • @shirleyhare6177
      @shirleyhare6177 Před 3 lety

      @Maximilian Marcel no we don’t!

  • @gissyb1
    @gissyb1 Před 2 lety +8

    Is she Dame Pam Ayres yet? .. England should be proud of her.

  • @markleon411
    @markleon411 Před 2 lety +5

    I miss the visits by Pam to Australia in the '80s. I wanted to claim her as our own.

  • @maxbacon4828
    @maxbacon4828 Před 4 lety +6

    Dearest Pam ,your voice,your kind smile xxx .

  • @mariewalsh7788
    @mariewalsh7788 Před 2 lety +3

    Lovely Eileen, and thanks for sharing. I've always liked Pam Ayres.
    I had the phone in my hand about to call you. I'm waiting for my dinner, Joh & Ml here since Saturday. Didn't see your photo until too late to ring last night, we were watching the golf - well done to Rory & Shane. & of course to the winner.
    A big cheer for Kyle, he's so young, and on such a great winning roll. DV he'll be safe & continue to do well in the sport. Chat soon. M

  • @kathyhansen2315
    @kathyhansen2315 Před 4 lety +11

    So awesome to hear her.She makes me smile..

    • @carolcater9169
      @carolcater9169 Před 4 lety +2

      No one can write or recite like Pam Ayres, I've been listening to you since I was young and you never fail to bring a belly laugh at the end of the tale. Genius 😊

  • @maudegonne3740
    @maudegonne3740 Před 3 lety +6

    Notice how she chokes back her emotions when she mentions the pram.

  • @petethegardener1968
    @petethegardener1968 Před 4 lety +10

    Wow what a deep profound coment on life and unstopple death
    She uses pathos n humour intertwined just like life
    An un requonised Genius of English Literature

  • @dianeyoung2914
    @dianeyoung2914 Před rokem +4

    I don't watch countdown but I would guess that it was far more interesting when Pam was on it!

  • @dongaynor
    @dongaynor Před 6 lety +42

    Such a talented lady and all without a hint of profanity so rampant today.

  • @paulbloom8847
    @paulbloom8847 Před 2 lety +5

    A rare talent

  • @richardkingadi5511
    @richardkingadi5511 Před 6 lety +42

    Amazing lady, long may she continue!

    • @poem_kym9406
      @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety +2

      richardkingadi 👏🏻 here. here. 👏🏻

  • @shantishanti1949
    @shantishanti1949 Před rokem +1

    She was so very very good at this- thank you for sharing. ♥♥

  • @womblechops943
    @womblechops943 Před 6 lety +25

    Just brilliant. :-)

  • @janicesmyth1713
    @janicesmyth1713 Před rokem +1

    Love your sense of fun Pam.

  • @nancywysemen7196
    @nancywysemen7196 Před 4 lety +3

    sweet. thanks for the steadiness of the moon. always new this moment.

  • @sheilagarrido8204
    @sheilagarrido8204 Před 6 měsíci

    Marvelous 🎉as always 😊

  • @vincentmcgrath4179
    @vincentmcgrath4179 Před 3 lety +6

    I hate ‘poetry’ but love what Pam Ayers does

  • @juliebarker7025
    @juliebarker7025 Před 5 lety +24

    This brought tears to my eyes 😢

    • @poem_kym9406
      @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety

      Ann London Ann you are right it is sad, - in a funny kind of way!

    • @joannekenson1488
      @joannekenson1488 Před 5 lety +3

      It brought back memories of my Father in Law passing. We'd cleared his flat and found 2 crates. Amongst the items were the usual holiday snaps, childish drawings done by his grandchildren and a yellowing one done by his own son as a small child. Feeling touched by the things he had treasured, realising just how much he'd loved his family. Then amongst it all, we found 2 postcards his elder sisters had sent to their Mother when he was a young boy. They'd been having a great time, etc etc and ended saying no need to ask how he"d been behaving. His mischievous & destructive behaviour as a child was notorious in our family stories, we'd even made him laugh by talking about it on his last days. As those cards were passed around the family, even mentioned at his funeral, there were tears laughter, something he would have loved. Pam's poem was great and maybe we should leave something for when we're 6 feet down. X

  • @revbenf6870
    @revbenf6870 Před rokem +6

    God she is such a treasure. Surely a sadly missed honouree from the NY Honours list, surely she deserves much more than an MBE?

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose Před rokem

      Are you kidding? A horrible poetaster like this?

    • @revbenf6870
      @revbenf6870 Před rokem +1

      @@john.premose you've got a really wierd definition of "horrible". Happily don't live in your world.

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose Před rokem +1

      @@revbenf6870 no I don't. I am someone who actually knows what poetry is. That's the world I live in which you want no part of.

  • @johnmurray8428
    @johnmurray8428 Před 5 lety +16

    Wonderful, this maybe about Pam Ayer's British attic but it is also about our Canadian basement. Full of memories and long forgotten treasures that we need sort out; well someday we will!
    We both laughed and had tears rolling down our checks. Thank you, just said it all.

    • @poem_kym9406
      @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety +1

      John Murray 🤔 we would be lost without those attic / basement rooms..... ?!

  • @sharos1234
    @sharos1234 Před 6 lety +9

    Wonderful Lady x

  • @vivienneoneill5400
    @vivienneoneill5400 Před 5 měsíci

    Love that idea, leve it for the kids.😂❤❤❤

  • @johnwallace7841
    @johnwallace7841 Před 2 lety +2

    Carnt see through tears

  • @markhodgson2348
    @markhodgson2348 Před 5 lety +7

    Its beautiful

    • @poem_kym9406
      @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety +2

      Mark Hodgson & yet 🖊 penned from everyday life!!

  • @pearlhartney9
    @pearlhartney9 Před 2 lety +5

    I love er! She's the best!

  • @angelicaberry224
    @angelicaberry224 Před 6 lety +13

    Lovely lady ❤️🦋🌈

  • @lindsaydrewe8219
    @lindsaydrewe8219 Před 8 měsíci

    Wonderful

  • @lynette.
    @lynette. Před 2 lety +1

    Brilliant.

  • @catharineamato1594
    @catharineamato1594 Před 6 měsíci

    Oh my God that's MY attic!!

  • @SueDunMc-
    @SueDunMc- Před 6 lety +6

    I wish I could find the one she did about heated curlers or rollers. That was the first one of hers that I remember.
    I can almost remember it but not quite.

    • @SueDunMc-
      @SueDunMc- Před 5 lety +4

      David Shardlow Oh thank you so much! Now I must write it down so I don't lose it, thank you again 🙏🏻

  • @robertstone1299
    @robertstone1299 Před 3 lety +2

    Lovely😄

  • @-TKMAX-
    @-TKMAX- Před 2 lety +5

    How are there dislikes for that? Brilliant

    • @john.premose
      @john.premose Před rokem

      Because it's pure rubbish. I didn't give it a dislike but I can understand why someone would.

  • @angelaegan7511
    @angelaegan7511 Před rokem

    No swearing.......how refreshing 😊

  • @happyuk06
    @happyuk06 Před 2 lety +6

    As I'm chucking this in the comments, Pam has beat me to it: this is indeed poignant as well as funny.

  • @Tocsin-Bang
    @Tocsin-Bang Před 5 lety +10

    Should be Poet Laureate.

    • @poem_kym9406
      @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety +2

      Stephen Cook 👏🏻 here. here.

    • @scooters47
      @scooters47 Před 4 lety +3

      I agree
      We ha a party here in Montana last night i played Pam on the big screen all evening the yanks laughed their hearts out.

  • @karldelavigne8134
    @karldelavigne8134 Před 5 lety +50

    Pam Ayres is as fine a poet as John Betjeman or Ogden Nash but her popularity, and a sort of academic snobbery, stops her from being acknowledged as their equal.

    • @poem_kym9406
      @poem_kym9406 Před 5 lety +4

      Karl Delavigne I agree

    • @mrswinkyuk
      @mrswinkyuk Před 4 lety

      ​@@poem_kym9406 You're, not 'your'. Doesn't speak much for your qualification as a critic.

    • @katy3901
      @katy3901 Před 3 lety +6

      @@mrswinkyuk I'd say it's very relevant (and actually reflects quite badly on you) when the topic of discussion is academic snobbery

    • @mrswinkyuk
      @mrswinkyuk Před 3 lety +1

      ​@@katy3901 "academic snobbery" or getting the basics correct? It's always the same when I call people out on this, as if I'm just being pedantic. It matters because the wrong word can imply a completely different meaning. Grow up.

    • @katy3901
      @katy3901 Před 3 lety +5

      @@mrswinkyuk I just don't think you need to be so rude. You can be grammatically correct and still act like a nice person.

  • @scooters47
    @scooters47 Před 4 lety +4

    Should be Dame Pam Ayres poet lauriette

  • @1456Sassy
    @1456Sassy Před 4 lety +1

    That last part..........my mom's a hoarder, that's exactly what she's gonna do.......Leave it for the kids when she's 6 foot down! lmbo!

    • @e.conboy4286
      @e.conboy4286 Před 4 lety +1

      Sassy Frassy: I know all about this. Do you suppose your mom might accept assistance in sorting and ‘donating’ ? Good luck.

  • @debrahitchman416
    @debrahitchman416 Před 4 lety +3

    😂😂👏👏👏

  • @MilesBellas
    @MilesBellas Před 4 lety +2

    Pam, a mannequin and a self conscious old man?