Autobiography
Excerpts from my life.
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Me and dad
There were two ways to walk to the town; usually it was by the road. But some days, when time stretched ahead without limit, when the mood was on for...
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Remembering M
Someone I knew well went to Oxford as a mature student and I associate getting to know M with him, although we actually met in a betting office where...
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A school dinner
How can I say this....I loved my school dinners. (Lunches I would say now I suppose, but back then dinner was in the middle of the day.) My primary...
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Saturdays
Looking back I see how we changed gradually from extremely polite well behaved children into feral nuisances. Money was always tight and as soon as I...
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Daft as a brush
The torpor of Sunday afternoon was sometimes broken by an unexpected vist. My parents were suspicious: "Who's that outside our house in a Jag?"...
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It was mental growing up
Talking to oneself was well known to be the first sign of madness. Mrs Baker was pale and distracted all the time. Her two little girls wore dirty...
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A chance encounter
We said a difficult hello. In years to come we would be able to be warm with one another and not so long ago we had crackled with heat. Now we were...
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The Mad Artist
Another Sunday in the village. We went for a walk to the Green, lingered at the bus stop to read the rumours and share a smoke. The one place open...
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Mysterious ways
From dead sleep to instant alert in the blackest part of the night. The presence filled the room. Palpable presence that was almost a noise and if it...
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Will o' the Wisp
Except for Tink nobody was that fond of him and it was evident he had issues - and not just with his adenoids. But in those days we were so tolerant of people's oddities we were blind to their covert behaviours.....
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Skin
High up in a large grey space, a long time ago. Across the bare floor I see the other part of me and she pulls me to her. Tiptoes slide soundlessly...
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Beginning
A young married couple struggle to get by on one wage. They are renting a one roomed wooden dwelling called The Retreat. A baby lies in the corner,...
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Holidays
I felt very lucky as a child to have three holidays a year. We always went to the south coast -Bournemouth, Poole, Swanage, Sandbanks, Highcliff. Two...
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Banana custard and scrumped plums
Fruit would appear in the house at different times and for various purposes. We had no fruit bowl. There would never be, say, a bunch of bananas, but...
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