Grannie Perkins' Thinking Cap

Grannie Perkins lives in Sunshine Place.

In her cupboard was a beautifully carved wooden box with lovely birds flying over the lid and the sides were alive with little woodland animals.

Squirrels peeped out from the trees and a rabbit looked out from its burrow. There were badgers, and hedgehogs, and little mice, and all manner of tiny creatures carved all round the sides.

By pressing the rabbit's tail, the lid flies open.

Sat on a red satin cushion was her thinking cap.

It was made of white lace and had a black velvet bow on the front.

Old black hat

~ It had a red ribbon round it

~ A bunch of cherries on the front

~ A piece of veil tied in a bow at the back

Grannie Perkins' Fair

~ Darts in the wood shed

~ Old tyre swing

~ Knotted climbing rope

~ Bobbing for apples floating on top of a bucket of water

~ Hooking toy animals out of the bath

~ Trampoline

~ Prizes: Toffee apples

Grannie Perkins' Christmas with Mr Stanton 

Roast chicken for two

Brown and crispy roast potatoes

Boiled vegetables

Christmas pudding

Mince pies

Wine

Present for Mr Stanton: Ounce of tobacco wrapped in red paper.

Presents from her family in Australia: a box of candied fruits, scented soap, coloured photographs of her grandchildren and a warm woolly cardigan in a pretty shade of lilac.

Present from Mr Stanton: a lovely woollen scarf in a pretty shade of blue.

* Information derived from Grannie Perkins' Thinking Cap, written by J. Rita Grainge and June Woodman. Illustrated by R. V. Mee *