The Pavillion End The sightscreen slightly to his right Old Tom enjoys a perfect sight Of swing and bounce and turn and flight At the pavilion end He never sits beneath the tree: True cricketers should always be Behind the ‘arm where they can see At the pavilion end The bowling might as well be wide To those who watch it from the side Thank goodness they have never tried At the pavilion end Next-in batsmen come to say "What’s the bowling like today?" The teapot’s never far away At the pavilion end Time was when he would turn his arm With guile, variety and charm But now he sits beyond all harm At the pavilion end Some day when things are not the same A wooden bench shall bear his name – "Tom Brown, who always watched the game At the pavilion end". By Arthur Salway

From "The Journey of Life" - Winston Churchill Let us be contented with what has happened and be thankful for all that we have been spared. Let us accept the natural order of things in which we move. Let us reconcile ourselves to the mysterious rhythm of our destinies, such as they must be in this world of space and time. Let us treasure our joys but not bewail our sorrows. The glory of light cannot exist without its shadows. Life is a whole, and good and ill must be accepted together. The journey has been enjoyable and well worth making

Crossing the Bar BY ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar.