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A Fear Of Porridge

By Makis on Fri, 07 Aug 2026

*/ A tale of life at the bottom of the food chain in a busy hotel kitchen.

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Practice Night

By Makis on Thu, 30 Jul 2026

A story of how hope springs eternal in the band room.

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Before 1952, most of the popular music on BBC radio was from the American hit parade. This is a story of how it influenced every day life in war torn Sheffield. I didn't post it under The Way We Heard title, as it doesn't technically qualify.

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Chrysalis

By Makis on Thu, 23 Jul 2026

A poem celebrating metamorphosis, one of nature's greatest wonders.

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84 of my comments have received 92 Great Feedback votes

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Intriguing stuff Ewan. A

Posted on Tue, 18 Aug 2026

Intriguing stuff Ewan. A circus, a PCSO, a missing gran and a black taxi. Off the rail and threatening to go places!

Posted in Money for the Circus 14

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Thank you Robert, it's very

Posted on Mon, 17 Aug 2026

Thank you Robert, it's very gratifying when someone enjoys something you've written.

Posted in Eclipsed

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I won't tell a soul.

Posted on Fri, 14 Aug 2026

I won't tell a soul.

Posted in That'll Be the Day

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Posted on Thu, 13 Aug 2026

Wistful, melancholic and probably cathartic. A story well told, marandina. Will this lead into the Weston-Super-Mare chronicles?

Posted in Letters to the Universe

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That sounds like the basis

Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2026

That sounds like the basis for a good story celtic. Making a house disappear could range from hiring David Copperfield to hiring Alfred Nobel!

Posted in Early Birds and Earworms

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A lovely insight into life in

Posted on Tue, 11 Aug 2026

A lovely insight into life in Wales Rhiannon. I was sent to chapel in Yorkshire in the fifties and the highlight for me was volunteering to pump the bellows behind the organ for the hymns. If you didn't keep up, everything slowed down and the...

Posted in When ‘on time’ is late!

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It's a subject that provides

Posted on Thu, 09 Jul 2026

It's a subject that provides limitless material for writers, and indeed already has. There's also the wartime scenario of tens of thousands of US troops stationed across the south of England killing time waiting for DDay and the relationships...

Posted in Coming Home

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This is a very thoughtful

Posted on Sun, 05 Jul 2026

This is a very thoughtful piece of prose writing describing the break down of a relationship and is very clearly heartfelt. The rhythm of the piece though, is often quite eratic and would benefit greatly from tightening in that regard. Well done...

Posted in The Shell That They Called Home

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I think taking things one dog

Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2026

I think taking things one dog at a time is best.

Posted in When a dog knows too much

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What a lovely heartfelt poem

Posted on Fri, 03 Jul 2026

What a lovely heartfelt poem Jane. I've owned dogs all my life and I know exactly where you're coming from. Memorable!