I am delighted that my poem ‘Pathé News at the Ace of Spades’ is this week’s featured poem at The Friday Poem, here, and by the kind words of the editors, Hilary Menos and Andy Brodie, about it, not least because I’ve admired every poem they’ve published since they started the site back in the summer.
It took me the best part of five years for my poem to find its final shape and wording, so I’m very pleased that I persevered with it.
When it opened in the early ’30s, the Ace of Spades was England’s first roadhouse–nightclub, where the Kingston by-pass section of the A3 heads south, towards the countryside and on to Portsmouth. The roundabout at Hook is still known as the Ace of Spades.
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Matthew Paul 
Vintage Paul in every sense! What a great way to start the day when I’m on holiday, staying late in bed with – as the Friday Poem suggests – coffee! It is one of my favourite sites.
Ah, thanks, Lizzie.