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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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Davie McCallum 1971-
When Davie McCallum, aged 31, went missing on 28 th March 2003 his son David (junior) was aged five and about to start school. Now he’ll be twenty-...
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chocolate fingers are always
Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2023
chocolate fingers are always a worry. Robotic fingers and real feelings moreso.
Read full commentPosted in Parcel for you...Part 10
we don't ever believe, until
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
we don't ever believe, until it's too late.
Read full commentPosted in If We Don't Talk About It, It Won't Haunt Me
Great idea. Keeping that big
Posted on Wed, 13 Dec 2023
Great idea. Keeping that big idea kettled. I'd love to try it. But I can't think of anything big enough.
Read full commentPosted in Brodie's Big Idea
bah, humbug. But since it's
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
bah, humbug. But since it's Christmas I'll let a happy ending go.
Read full commentPosted in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
we like to step outside our
Posted on Tue, 12 Dec 2023
we like to step outside our comfort zones, Jenny, but not too far!
Read full commentPosted in Treasures Of The Subconscious
we ne'er step into the same
Posted on Thu, 07 Dec 2023
we ne'er step into the same stream twice, especially not if it's polluted.
Read full commentPosted in I went back to Birmingham
aha, small miracles.
Posted on Sun, 10 Dec 2023
aha, small miracles.
Read full commentPosted in "Starlight And Miracles" (A Christmas tale)
I always love reading people
Posted on Tue, 05 Dec 2023
I always love reading people's diaries. You don't even have to be dead. You're snowed under with cats and dogs. Wonderful. But not for me.
Read full commentPosted in This Sort of Thing - November 2023 – Second Half
yes, we live in hope.
Posted on Wed, 29 Nov 2023
yes, we live in hope.
Read full commentPosted in Black and White Survival.
winter bite is here, but you
Posted on Fri, 01 Dec 2023
winter bite is here, but you make it seem such a delght!
Read full commentPosted in Colours of Christmas
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