Birthday Socks Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Look at that driver driving

# Wanna ride that train of blue

# Look way up high to the windy

# Take a peek for that view

# All those people busy working

# I wanna see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave round the market

# Until you hear that hullabaloo

# Everybody's busy selling I wanna buy me something new

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Look at those buses gleaming

# It looks clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

# Let me ting that bell, too-da-loo!

# I'm gonna ride on round to the school

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

# I'd love to learn a thing or two

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea... #

-Eight o'clock.

-# ..Riverseafingal, Riverseafingal

-# That's for me

-Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

# Have to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you!

# Me too! #

Hello, honey pie! Come in and see who's at home today.

# Granny's Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny's Murray's house is home to... #

Who's here today?

Well, we've got Robbie and we've got Hope.

But don't just sit there, cherry buns! Let's have some fun.

What have we got on Granny Murray's shelves today?

Ooh, photographs and postcards.

That's fantastic!

How can we tell that the photographs are old?

-They're black and white.

-Well done. Do you know who this is?

This is a picture of my great-aunt Mitzi.

Well, we've got Hope and we've got Robbie.

But someone's missing from Granny Murray's today.

Oh, not any more! Who's coming home to Granny Murray?

Oh, it's Rebecca with Mickey John.

Hello there!

-Mickey John, hello.

-Hello, my darling.

In we come, Rebecca. That's a good girl.

We've been looking at old postcards and photographs. Ooh!

I came across a picture of my great-aunt Mitzi.

Here, why don't you all dress Claude up as great-aunt Mitzi?

That's the way!

-Kind sir, could you escort me to the drawing room?

-Delighted to, my lady.

-Oh, ha-ha!

-BOTH LAUGH

Oh!

My great-aunt Mitzi was a wonderful woman.

She was quite old when I knew her, not the young woman in that picture.

-She must've had a soft spot for you.

-Oh, she did!

She used to knit me a pair of socks for my birthday every single year.

-Really?!

-Yes.

I could tell how old I was by counting all the socks

-that my aunt had knitted for me.

-That is amazing.

Ever since I was a young boy, my granny has knitted me a pair of socks

every year for my birthday! In fact, I'm wearing a pair now.

-Look, there, see!

-Oh! Well, they look a bit worn.

It must be getting near time for your birthday.

-Oh!

-Do you know, when I think of the years gone by,

-I think of socks.

-Me too.

I'm taking the children to a museum today and we're going to imagine

what it was like to have lived 100 years ago.

Now that does sound like fun!

Ha-ha. Ooh, will you look at Claude!

Very pretty, Claude.

Well done, everyone. He looks just like my great-aunt Mitzi.

-Here you are.

-Oh, I can't take that, it belongs to Granny Murray.

No, you take that photograph and use it for your lessons.

-Thanks. I'd better be going. Bye-bye, beautiful girl.

-Bye.

-See you later.

-Come on then.

Now remember...

when I think of the years one by, I think of socks.

-Thank you. I'll see you later.

-We'll think of you.

-Me too!

Now, you keep a wee eye on Mickey John,

make sure he goes the right way to work.

I don't have much time. How can I speed across the river to work?

FOG HORN BLARES That's right. Thanks!

# I'm in-in-in-in-in-in in a hurry

# I need-need-need-need-need-need to speed to work

# I'll take-a-take-a ticket on a speedboat

# I be-be-be-be-be-be there quite quick

# Hurry, hurry, hurry down the river

# Splashing, splashing, splashing through the waves

# Whining, whining, whining drives the speed up

# Chugga-chugga-chugga slows us down

# Rocking, rocking, rocking to the dock

# Now splashing, splashing, splashing to our stop

# I'm in-in-in-in-in-in in a hurry

# I need-need-need-need-need-need to speed to work

# I'm in-in-in-in-in-in in a hurry. #

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

And hurry, hurry, hurry, put my tie on!

All snazzy and ready to go.

Hiya.

Morning, Bobby. I see you've brought me some old clothes

for my lesson today. Thank you. Let's have a looksie!

Look at this dress. It belonged to my mum. It's 30 years old!

-What must your mum have looked like!

-Never mind that, look at these.

-They're from my dad's old wardrobe.

-Flaretastic!

They wore their trousers wide in those days!

-Your class will be here soon so I'd better get off.

-OK, thanks.

-Bye.

-See you.

-BELL RINGS

Nine o'clock. I wonder if Rebecca's on her way to the museum yet.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Look at the old cases. Do you see?

Look at the old milk churn as well. They're very, very old.

Come and see what's in here.

Oh, look!

An old waiting room. Oh, look at the hard seats they had to sit down.

Look at the old fireplace. This is a lovely wee room.

Now, let's go and see what else we can find.

'What are you doing in school, Daddy?'

Let's have a look at these. These are good, aren't they?

Excellent, a nice blue jumper there, and purple gloves!

Everything's moving along quickly this morning.

The children are coming up with some ideas for a new school uniform.

They're working hard, and so am I!

# I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning

# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning

# School day, work away!

# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching

# I'm teaching, learning, teaching, learning, teaching

# School day, work away!

# Teaching to count and teaching to read

# Learning about birds, plants and seeds

# Playing games and sports outdoors I'm keeping the score

# School day, work away!

# ..Learning when I'm teaching

# We're learning, learning, learning when he's teaching

# School day, work away!

# The secretary's smiling as she does her organising

# The jani fixes, the cookie and the cleaner keeps a'shining

# I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning

# All in a line in a dinner queue while the cookie cooks

# And serves a stew

# Answering the questions where, why and how does it fly?"

# School day, work away!

# I'm learning, learning, learning when I'm teaching

# He's learning, learning, learning when he's teaching

# School day, work away!

# All the children peep and eye me as they sit and try their writing

# I take a look, I mark their books The good ones get a smiley

# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning. #

That's all your work collected. BELL RINGS

Oh, that's lunch time. Off you go.

-Hi, Tina.

-Check out all this booty!

Loads of costumes from the store and all for you!

-This will really help out with my lesson.

-It certainly will.

Ooh, ooh, look at this.

Ooh, ooh, and how about this?

Raymond loves this.

I'm not quite sure what period of history you're coming from.

-Let me think.

-Don't be silly. These are all parts of different outfits.

-But you knew that, right?

-Yeah, yeah, of course.

I'll be back this afternoon

and Raymond will be here in a minute to help you out.

-See you later then.

-Cheerie!

I do have lot to sort out. Maybe the picture Rebecca gave me

this morning will inspire me.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Ooh, look!

Look at this train go by. Look at the big steam engine.

Wave everyone, wave! Hello!

I bet your daddy would love that.

'I'm thinking of you, Daddy.'

-All ready to go?

-Ah, Raymond. I think I've got everything sorted out.

-Come on then, give it your best shot.

-Here goes...

I'm going to tell you about the different clothes people wore

over the last 100 years. For example, 40 years ago,

a young man might've worn a pair of winkle pickers.

That's another name for shoes like this. They're pointy!

-And 30 years ago, a woman might've worn a dress like this.

-Ooh!

Well, 100 years ago, people wore these.

-Now these are called spats...

-Wait a minute. When was this again?

-About 100 years ago.

-Was that before or after the pointy shoes?

-Before.

I hope you don't mind me saying so, but this is a bit muddled.

I haven't a clue what clothes are from when.

I suppose it is a bit muddled.

I've been working hard all day long to make my lesson fun and simple.

But why is it all mixed up? Where did the time go?

At eight o'clock, I took Rebecca to visit Granny Murray.

Granny Murray told me all about her great-aunt Mitzi.

She used to knit Granny Murray socks for her birthday every year.

I was wearing my birthday socks this morning and I showed them to her.

When I got at school, Bobby stopped by with clothes her parents wore.

They were rather strange.

At nine o'clock, the school day started,

and the children imagined how their uniform might look in the future.

At 12 o'clock, Tina came to class with lots of old-fashioned clothes.

I was going through the old clothes when Raymond popped in.

The answer was not very well.

100 years is a long time to think about and I got rather muddled up.

Now remember, when I think of the years gone by,

I think of socks.

Granny Murray was given socks for her birthday every year.

If she added them all up, she could find out her age.

That's given me an idea for showing how the time has gone by.

But can I do it in time for this afternoon?

It's a race against time!

# I gotta do it, I gotta do it

# I gotta beat the clock before the chime

# I gotta sort it, I gotta sort it

# I gotta do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm gonna beat that clock

# I'm gonna finish this job before I finish this song

# Do we think he's gonna do it?

# Do the job that needs to be done

# Will he know how to fix it?

# Will he finish what he has begun?

# We are friends, he'll get there in the end

-# Because he knows what he should do

-I'm gonna do it

# He's gonna do it!

# I'm gonna beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm gonna sort it

-He's gonna sort it

# I'm gonna do the job on time

# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that gong

# I'm going to finish this job before I finish this song. #

I'm going to tell you about the different clothing

people have worn over the last 100 years.

Now, 100 years is a long time. So, to help you think about that,

I've strung up 100 socks.

Every sock is one year.

Now, some of you have brothers and sisters who are four.

So that's, er...

one, two, three...that's here.

And some of you are seven...

which is here.

And I was born 35 years ago...

..which is here.

But I want to take you back all the way down here

before you and I, or even your grans and grandfathers were born.

100 years ago, when a country gentleman may have looked like this.

Good day, sir. Here I am. All ready for a walk in the park...

100 socks ago... I mean 100 years ago!

Toodle pip!

What a jolly man!

Right, let's go forward a few years to here - 70 years ago today.

I wonder what sort of clothes people wore then.

What ho! Anyone for tennis?

If you were playing tennis 70 years ago,

you might have worn something like this.

Tally ho!

Right, let's go forward again to 40 years ago.

Well, what do you think of this gear, then?

From 40 socks ago. Ho-ho! I mean years ago.

Maybe your granddad dressed like this to look smart

and stand out in a crowd. See you later, mate. Gotta run.

Right, let's see one more person from the past,

this time from 30 years ago.

Hello, darlin'!

-Wow! What a lot of, er...dress!

-D'you like it?

I feel a bit like a clown with different colours.

Tara, darlings!

What a lot of interesting clothes we've worn over the last 100 years!

I hope Rebecca's having as much fun as I am.

Oh, Rebecca!

You look lovely in that bonnet.

Just think, 100 years ago, all girls your age would wear one of those.

Och, I wonder what Dad would make of it.

BELL RINGS

-Mickey John!

-All right, Granny Murray.

-Come away through.

Look who's here, Rebecca.

-Hello, beautiful girl!

-Hello, Daddy.

-Have you had a lovely time?

You bet we have!

-Say thank you to Granny Murray.

-Oh, my big girl! Clever girl!

Thanks from me too, Granny Murray. Your saying,

"When I think of the years gone by, I think of socks" saved the day.

Well, it never did!

Come on, let's get you home.

-Looking forward to next time.

-Me too!

Come on, let's chat about our time away.

I suppose you'll want me to tell you all about my time too.

# Well, there was...

# Waving, greeting, hello, meeting

# Waking, dozing, eating, sleeping

# Singing, swinging, walking, hiding

# Jumping up and turning round

# Dressing up and sitting down! #

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as my Aunt Mitzi

because we were looking at what people wore 100 years ago.

We can see what clothes she wore by looking at an old photograph.

I told Mickey John all about my favourite auntie.

She used to knit me socks every year for my birthday.

Mickey John told me his granny used to do the same for him.

But there was a hole in his socks because they were old.

I took the children to a museum

where we tried to imagine what life was like 100 years ago.

And Rebecca put on a bonnet

Mickey John explained to his class about olden times

by looking at lots of socks.

I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Me too! Bye-bye, honey pie!

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal Riverseafingal, that's for me

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say goodbye to you! #