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Phyllis McFadden 1931-1986
I was twenty-three when my Auntie Phyllis died. She was fifty-five. I’m older now than she was when she died. Back then, in 1986, I thought anyone...
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Watsons and McNeil, drowning 25th August 1972.
The boys that drowned in the nolly, Dalmuir canal, on 25 th August 1972, were much the same age as me. Children of the Cuban Missle Crisis. We went...
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John Mitchell 1965—21st September 2020. RIP.
I live in Dalmuir, but my brother who lives in Falkirk phoned me to tell me that John Mitchell was dead. Then the house phone went and my partner’s...
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Stevie Mitchell 1966-2009
The talk was Stevie Mitchell found a body down the canal when he was running, underneath the Erskine Bridge. Not all jumpers make the water. I know...
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Hamish Murdoch 1964-2007
‘Hi-yah Hamish,’ the kids at the back lane used to shout at me as I wandered down off the canal path to buy a paper from the shop on Dumbarton Road...
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I didn't expect that. As an
Posted on Wed, 13 Sep 2023
I didn't expect that. As an expert on armaggedon, I didn't expect armaggedon. God knows.
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Old dears. That sounds like
Posted on Thu, 24 Aug 2023
Old dears. That sounds like Nellie. You and the cat did well too. Not so old dears.
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salad days, indeed. Those
Posted on Tue, 22 Aug 2023
salad days, indeed. Those shiny bits of paper seem worth the world .but are fool's gold.
Read full commentPosted in Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part Two of Two)
daisy chains, didn't we all?
Posted on Mon, 21 Aug 2023
daisy chains, didn't we all? even us boys.
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Ah, didn't tell us what kind
Posted on Sun, 20 Aug 2023
Ah, didn't tell us what kind of grades they got. I guess we've got to wait for that. Leave on a high (or low). Physics is always a bastard. Not that I ever did physics.
Read full commentPosted in Steve Mason and the Last Day of School (Part One of Two)
aha, bit of fluff indeed. I
Posted on Sat, 19 Aug 2023
aha, bit of fluff indeed. I did a similiar story set on an oil rig. Can't remember what it was called. You set the tone well, with the older guys wondering if it was even legal. Maybe he's not that weird. A growing market.
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how do we recognise ourself?
Posted on Thu, 17 Aug 2023
how do we recognise ourself? birds at least can fly away from themselves.
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wonderful. I'm sure there are
Posted on Wed, 16 Aug 2023
wonderful. I'm sure there are better visitors than you, but few so poetic.
in dark green gillet instead or armour, [should this be 'of'?
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honoured indeed, Ed.
Posted on Tue, 15 Aug 2023
honoured indeed, Ed.
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still smelling the roses,
Posted on Sun, 13 Aug 2023
still smelling the roses, Jean. That's a good sign.
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