The instrument that amazes the world
A Gilbert, the instrument that amazes the world, was the must have for the younger generation circa 1928. After all, what on earth do you buy a close family member […]
Category Archives: A small tale
Soviet Tajikistan 1991
It was hot, 40 degrees of dry, relentless heat. The hall was slightly cooler than outside but even with all the windows open or broken, holes in the ceiling and […]
Popplewell Farm
Popplewell Farm was one big adventure for John. Furrows and farrows, pigsties and chicken runs, haystacks and hay barns, horses and blacksmiths, milk carts and milk churns, tractors and trucks. […]
Crackpot
Ena was busy in the kitchen. Tuesday was baking day as well as wash-day and with Joyce having quinsies again, she had never stopped. To top it all, it was […]
How not to batter a cat – 8 important lessons.
The studio was in darkness with only the faint glow of a waning moon casting unfamiliar shadows. After ten minutes or so my eyes adjusted and I began to make […]
Mind the gap
Gap years didn’t happen when I was of that age. ‘O’ Levels, ‘A’ Levels, University and then full-time employment or fail ‘O’ levels, apprenticeship and full-time employment were the only […]
Random encounters
Sunday morning visits to the market are few and far between but when they do happen they provide a rich palette of memories and the possibility of an unexpected purchase […]
Important business
Ena, Mabel and May sat in the corner of the snug at the White Swan, enjoying a girls’ night out and savouring the look of gloom on the faces of […]
Tales from the biscuit tin
Two years old sat on the beach in my new pale blue cardigan, lovingly hand-knitted by my Mum in preparation for our annual holiday to Bridlington in 1958. Bucket and […]
The crossing
Tuesday 3.45pm – Barry and Mary pull into the ferry port car park with little speed. Barry stops the car and promptly searches in the boot for Mary’s comfy shoes. Mary […]
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