His dominant colour theme should be greys

Still here, still flat, still grey

When I was a kid, I used to have all these mad ideas. Ever hear of kaleidoscope city?  The shops were yellow and the houses were red and the churches were orange and the markets were blue and all the pavements were purple. Everybody kept telling me that cities don’t look like that … turns out everybody was right … cities are grey.

Well, my dad had a bit of an artistic flair. Black and blue were his favourite colours and he used me for a canvas.

Had this idea I’d travel the world and see everything there is to see. Yellow shops, red houses, orange churches, blue markets, purple pavements… Never turns out like you think though…Fell into the pavement minding business, but they were always grey… pretty soon you even forget what colour is.

He gets up…finds the air freshener, touches it, closes his eyes
Strawberry red.
He opens his eyes, shakes his head.
Forget it.

Certain accessories – originally grey – have been replaced by brightly coloured alternatives.

Bit of a pavement artist…finally realised if you want purple pavements you got to paint them yourselves

I used to know this city like the back of my hand
She shines the torch at the back of her hand

I won’t deny Sheffield was a filthy old place … but on top of all that you put on bright colours and all the kids and the little babies were dressed in really nice blues and reds and yellows and greens and pinks.

But after the war, I remember the night they turned Sheffield back on again…It was like Blackpool illuminations to me …all the shops were lit up …and I though “oh this place is magic.”

So many trees, so green and so many different shades

So many different colours, so many shades. Scarlet, silver, magenta, lilac, emerald. Everywhere I look.

Everywhere I look there is grey. Grey buildings, grey people, grey skies.

It is a bad photo … A bad black and white photograph. Perhaps once [it was in colour]. But all the colours have faded.

His eyes are green…like wine bottles, or green lettuce or green like the sea …his hair …brown like …chestnuts … but at the sides lighter like…caramel…Big strong white teeth…His skin is like a peach…He goes red when he is happy… I am still in love.