Since the age of four I had been given alcohol to make me compliant to the men’s invasions. So do be patient please, man who is drowning. ‘Help, help’, said the man, ‘I’m not clowning’.

I could not put my finger on this disquiet in mind and soul but I could not ignore it but unfortunately, it was driving me more and more towards alcohol. I was resenting the children being at a Catholic School.

He that dwelleth in the secret place.” Maybe that was a path I needed to follow yet there was a simmering anger towards the Church I could not explain. I am questioning God in my life, who is he? Do I believe in him? Have I ever believed in him? He “Who doth seek his heavenly Father, for he shall have eternal life. Some Leviathan is consuming my soul and my life as I know it. No way of predicting how I am going to be on any given day. No need to have a drink today but maybe I will need to tomorrow, so I better buy enough in case I do. Our joyful, vibrant, creative youngest was keeping us on our toes but I was having days that are black.

Three children were educated and through high school successfully and studying what they wished at University and we were incredibly proud of them. I was sinking into some deep unexplained abyss. The Office for Standards in Education (UK) reported that the poem is one of the most commonly taught poems in British primary schools.A psychological dark cloud was slowly emerging from the west of Southern Highlands to our idyllic farm life. When set to music it became a favourite on Australia’s children’s show Playschool. It was streets ahead of other nonsense poets such as Lear or Carroll. One of his most famous short poems, On The Ning Nang Nong, was voted the ultimate favourite comic poem in 1998 in a UK wide poll. He is perhaps best known for his part in The Goon Show, an irreverent radio comedy full of nonsense and jollity, but many of us know his nonsense rhyme and poetry we were entertained with as children. Spike grew up as an ‘British army brat’ in Pune and Rangoon, and was educated at various Roman Catholic schools where he learned to play the cornet, cultivating his love for jazz.ĭuring a stint in the services in the 1930s and 40s, Milligan allegedly entertained the troops with his humour and playful nature, and reflected on his times there in his memoirs, Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall, Rommel, Gunner Who?, Monty: My Part in his Victory, among others. His father was serving in the British Indian Army so Florence gave birth to Spike while living in Ahmednagar, India. Spike (Terence Alan Milligan) was born on 16 April 1918 to parents Florence and Captain Leo Milligan.

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