The Sixth Age

The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;

His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide

For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound

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Alfred Farndale and Mary Farndale, about 1985 At the ‘Club’ in Skelton in 1954, Alfred, John and Jim Farndale Joseph Farndale, Bradford’s Chief Constable, 1937

Grace Farndale, about 1988 Martin Farndale at Tancred Grange, about 1925 John Farndale, 1967 John Farndale, the author Charles Farndale of Kilton

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