[Uncle George—‘Shindy Cooper’—was the Gissing village shoemaker]

He was such a happy man and would sit hammering away, his mouth full of nails, and never miss a hit, or else, when his mouth was empty, singing “Dispoaor [word unclear = 'Disposer'?] Supreme”—and then look up to see those faces peering over the door. “Hello Hello, Lordy, Lordy, look whose here, oll Collie’s gals, come on in!” (My father was known as ‘Collie Brighton’).