Time Warp: 1897-2017

Time Warp: 1897-2017 Great-grandsire ran his empire frae this shop Tradin the milk hurled in frae his dairy ferms Now it's the Corner Tree Café Fake Edwardian/ Victoriana theme Hurricane lamps with bulbs instead of wicks Hang from the windows, relicts of some where's past Washed up like trendy driftwood A railway clock ticks over boxes from Whitstable Fishmarket cockles and winkles stamped on its sides Great grandsire's brakkfast wis brose Fresh frae the udders o his milkin kye A daud o breid fur denner, hotchpotch soup Neeps an tatties an ingins grown in his ain kailyaird Now café clientele chat in the rooms Scones perch in a birdcage. Vintage wooden boxes Hold chintzy knickknacks. (Elizabeth Draper- silks and threads Of Paradise Row in London's Bethnal Green) Menus are screwed on slabs of smooth planed wood The dairy cairts aince clunkit ower the cobbles Muckle cans clink-clinkin as the shelts' Sheen struck the grun, the cans war reamin fu O cream tae full toun faimlies cuppies, tins an joogs Today the menu's firmly cosmopolitan Café latte, café mocha, expresso Green tea, Cappuccino, Americano, The sandwiches are stuffed with voodoo mango Pesto, hummus, olives, and pastrami Brie, chorizo, dill crème fraiche et al Tea-total, ma fermin kin fa ained this airt Micht hae approved o the liquid represhments here The café serves up smoothies, mango, papaya Peach, sweet potato, wild English elderflower Bollywood dreams chai and E teaket teas Milk o soya, almond, coconut Nae waucht o sharn an strae Nae swyte o wark sypes frae the ghaists Fa aince vrocht in this neuk The claik aroon is global an genteel