Autobiography

Before Good Friday In Belfast

Before Good Friday In Belfast By Paul McCann’ I was just a lad when things turned bad in Belfast like a lamb at the gate in 1968 . There were too...
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The Dance Halls We Once Knew

The Dance Halls We Once Knew By Paul McCann It started with the hop and ended as discos’ Kids on the streets of my town were kept on their toes We...

Brutal Honesty

The staff union president and also my supposedly personal mentor, sat down in my office “I am going to be brutally honest with you”, “Some of your...

Such is Life and Life is Such

When once I sought the Holy Grail, I'm now more likely to piss in a pail. Moved before to rapture by the endless dale, I put up two fingers to the...
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Above Pencombe, a cold day

23/3/24 Ramble around Hegdon Hill in the cold, views over gentle country east to the Malverns, west to the far Black Mountains, sunlight rays...
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Yarns and Yawns

A good start with Bonkers TV today. A certifiable bloke popped up asking the questions. Every point made was accompanied with windmill gestures (not...
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Boy meets girl

Boy meets girl. First week at uni. Boy and girl indifferent to each other. Boy introduces girl to another boy. Boy meets another girl. Girl drinks...

The Streets With No Shame

The Streets With No Shame By Paul McCann Without a word of a lie , sure nobody would deny what I believe in my heart., is that our love won’t depart...
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More Elaines

Elaine and I barely spoke to each other but memories of this gruff, no-nonsense woman have stayed with me for fifty years.
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More n'24 <freestyle>

Here we go in 2024… Tried to scribble one down got a little confused read’n around, read it out loud just to hear the sound… A bit a fear Got a man-...
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