Gone but not forgotten ........

So farewell Rodger’s the Florist,

We knew you well and you were our first port of call,

For bouquets, single roses, and bunches of Chrysanthemums, 

As well as advice on flowers for weddings and birthdays, 

And now like Conrad’s which was Quarmby’s and moved to be beside you,

You have gone.

Happily you are still at Nellrose on Princess Road,*

And we have Peter’s smashing painting,

To remind us of your time on Wilbraham Road.

Location; Chorlton

Painting; Rodger’s the Florist, 2018, Peter Topping, www.paintingsfrompictures.co.uk

With apologies to E. J. Thribb whose poetic genius I can only replicate imperfectly

*Flowers By Rodgers, https://www.rodgerstheflorists.co.uk/