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Stephen O’Donnell 1959—1995 [1]
I was living in the studio flat on Castle Street, when I heard the knock on the door. My eldest sister, Josephine, or Jo as we called her, was...
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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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ah, could happen. most people
Posted on Sun, 11 Sep 2022
ah, could happen. most people are forgettable.
Read full commentPosted in the forgotten stranger
maybe we're all feathered
Posted on Tue, 30 Aug 2022
maybe we're all feathered ghosts , jenny. well done on poem of the week.
Read full commentPosted in View Beyond
I'll give it a miss, trying
Posted on Tue, 06 Sep 2022
I'll give it a miss, trying cancer for now. But never say never, or some other cliche.
Read full commentPosted in Chemo 8
carng is sharing, Some people
Posted on Sun, 28 Aug 2022
carng is sharing, Some people don't care Some people don't share. Time is the measure of the man or woman. She gave you time. The narrator learned to care for herself.
Read full commentPosted in Thank you
The Passport Office has
Posted on Sat, 27 Aug 2022
The Passport Office has become more of a msytery in recnet times.
Read full commentPosted in Magical Mystery Tour Part 5 : Mission Accomplished (Into the Liverpool Docklands!) by Alfred N.Muggins Section 1
I'm not keen on Gordon either
Posted on Fri, 26 Aug 2022
I'm not keen on Gordon either. I like the way the backing staff are paid though
Read full commentPosted in Thirteen Letters. Chapter Nine.
beatiful young, glorious
Posted on Thu, 25 Aug 2022
beatiful young, glorious memory.
Read full commentPosted in Gifted are our memories. by MarciaMarcia
balance in life, as in nature
Posted on Wed, 24 Aug 2022
balance in life, as in nature, is the perfect foil.
Read full commentPosted in What I Love
they'll still be spinning
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
they'll still be spinning webs when we're gone.
Read full commentPosted in WWW
life is a lottery indeed.
Posted on Tue, 23 Aug 2022
life is a lottery indeed.
Read full commentPosted in The shells of life
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