The First Indian I Ever Met

A Memory of Essington.

MY MOTHER WAS BORN ON HAYWOODS CORNER THELMA BEARDSMORE SHE MOVED TO GANDY RD WHERE I WENT TO SCHOOL AT PERRY HALL BEFORE LEAVING PERRY HALL MY MOM AND DAD MOVED BACK TO ESSINGTON FOUR DOORS FROM THE CHAPEL ON THE ESSINGTON RD   THE FIRST INDIAN I EVER MET WAS MY TEACHER AT PERRY HALL MRS SYAL THIS LADY IS A    WONDERFULL PERSON    WHO I TOOK TO LIKE MY SECOND MOTHER   ON MOVING BACK TO ESSINGTON IT TURNS OUT MY ASIAN MOTHER LIVED IN THE VERY HOUSE WHERE MY MOTHER WAS BORN THIS WAS VERY ODD BECAUSE WHERE I WAS SAT IN MRS SYALS HOUSE EATING A BIRTHDAY CAKE SHE HAD MADE FOR ME THIS WAS THE VERY HOUSE MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED SO LONG AGO UNKNOWING TO ME THE LITTLE INDIAN GIRL  SAT NEXT TO ME WAS MEERA SYAL  I WAS DRIVING FOR A BUILDERS MERCHANTS 15 YEARS AGO AND HAD A LOAD TO GO TO WALSALL I PULLED UP OUT SIDE THE ADDRESS AND GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK THIS ASIAN LADY CAME OUT OF THE BUNGELOW AND CALLED MY NAME I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY EYES IT WAS MRS SYAL  I WAS SO HAPPY THAT SHE HAD REMEMBERED MY NAME MRS SYAL MADE ME BREAKFAST AND BROUGHT IT OUT SIDE ON A TRAY WHICH DID NOT PLEASE THE BUILDERS AS I HAD NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE THEY ASKED ME HOW I GOT SPECIAL TREATMENT I REPLIED IT IS A LONG STORY     ANYWAY I AM 41 NOW I HAVE 4 CHILDREN WITH MY EX PARTNER  I AM NOW MARRIED TO A THAI LADY AND LIVE IN PENKRIDGE  BUT SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THAILAND   IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO ME MY NUMBER IS 07855523361     THANKS FOR YOUR TIME