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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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we alays chase our dreams
Posted on Tue, 10 Oct 2023
we alays chase our dreams Jenny. New tomorrows is what we crave.
Read full commentPosted in Curious Magic
sleep, don't weep.
Posted on Thu, 05 Oct 2023
sleep, don't weep.
Read full commentPosted in First To Wake
Assad is no Muggins.
Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023
Assad is no Muggins.
Read full commentPosted in Holidays in Timbuctou, by Alfred N.Muggins (rogue reporter!)
Frank was greeted by his
Posted on Wed, 04 Oct 2023
Frank was greeted by his smiling wife who was sitting up, smiling [sometimes you can get too much smiling]
$20 is a good deal.
I like your notes at the end. But in fiction, unnecessary. If I listed my influneces, I'd run out of...
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Three of Three)
thanks iinsert. you're right.
Posted on Tue, 03 Oct 2023
thanks iinsert. you're right. no eyelashed. no eyebrows. bit of a mess. but I guess you're use to that. thanks for pick of the day, drew. jenny, as always, thanks for your continued support. you make me sound as if I know what I'm doing. marinda...
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Alfred goes back in time. I
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
Alfred goes back in time. I guess divorce is out.
Read full commentPosted in The Courtier From The 21st Century Who Would Be King : The King Behind The Throne : King Henry VIII (Alfred the Great II) : Ch.5 by Alfred Muggins (himself) Part 2 : Wives
wife better? deal with the
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
wife better? deal with the devil? But we know it doesn't work. What next?
Read full commentPosted in Devil's Advocate (Part Two of Three)
a favourite tree isn't going
Posted on Mon, 02 Oct 2023
a favourite tree isn't going to run away any time soon., Jenny. Great to honour it
Read full commentPosted in Beneath My Favourite Tree
I rember Choppers. I'd have
Posted on Fri, 29 Sep 2023
I rember Choppers. I'd have been about 11. And the even shiter optiion. Chipper.
Read full commentPosted in The Fall of the Mountain King
you make much of not much
Posted on Tue, 26 Sep 2023
you make much of not much more than movement. always enough to draw the eye.
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