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Really cheered me up as
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
Really cheered me up as always, Turlough. I too remember learning to write with scratchy school pens and ink in leaky inkwells that sat in a hole in the top right hand corner of your desk. (Inconvenient if you were left handed, but then if you...
My father's stories too ! From when he did his National Service in the RAF just after the end of the war. I've written them all down because I don't want them to get lost. A whole load of working class teenage boys who had never been away from...
This is a lovely concept Jenny, beautifully imagined and presented.
When I was a teenager I had an idea that I would write myself a letter on my birthday every year. Of course I never did, but how interesting it would have been to read...
I know just what you mean Rhiannon, and you've expressed it so well.
When the days start getting really shorter and darker it's November, but we've got Christmas to look forward to. Then after that it's the solstice to look forward to (...
Having been brought up a Catholic and gone to convent school, we were taught that suicide was a sin, and if you killed yourself you couldn't go to heaven. Which makes Patricia's suicide even worse, were that possible. A 14 year old girl must be...
No job, low wage, AND a huge debt of tens of thousands of pounds when they leave !
When I went to university in 1973, only 5% of school leavers went to university, so a degree was really worth having. We got a decent grant and I worked...
We definitely need more school leavers (girls as well as boys) to become plumbers, electricians, car mechanics, lorry drivers etc. Job security, plenty of work, and good wages, if you're competent. Much better than going to University IMHO. ...
Really cheered me up as
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
Really cheered me up as always, Turlough. I too remember learning to write with scratchy school pens and ink in leaky inkwells that sat in a hole in the top right hand corner of your desk. (Inconvenient if you were left handed, but then if you...
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My father's stories too !
Posted on Sun, 01 Feb 2026
My father's stories too ! From when he did his National Service in the RAF just after the end of the war. I've written them all down because I don't want them to get lost. A whole load of working class teenage boys who had never been away from...
Read full commentPosted in I’ve Got a Gal in Tiramisu
God this is scary.
Posted on Wed, 28 Jan 2026
God this is scary.
If there's anything more frightening than the monsters/ghosts you can see, it's those you can't see.
Brilliant, atmospheric writing.
Read full commentPosted in The Rules
This is a lovely concept
Posted on Fri, 23 Jan 2026
This is a lovely concept Jenny, beautifully imagined and presented.
When I was a teenager I had an idea that I would write myself a letter on my birthday every year. Of course I never did, but how interesting it would have been to read...
Read full commentPosted in Fleeting Moments Of My Younger Self In A Letter
I know just what you mean
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2026
I know just what you mean Rhiannon, and you've expressed it so well.
When the days start getting really shorter and darker it's November, but we've got Christmas to look forward to. Then after that it's the solstice to look forward to (...
Read full commentPosted in Dark and dreary …
Very funny and totally
Posted on Thu, 22 Jan 2026
Very funny and totally credible. Poor Katerina !
Read full commentPosted in 4. Away with Words (ii)
I think it's reasonably easy
Posted on Sat, 17 Jan 2026
I think it's reasonably easy to tell the difference, David. ISIS stone women. ICE shoot them.
Read full commentPosted in Christmas 2025 by Alfred N.Muggins
Having been brought up a
Posted on Sun, 18 Jan 2026
Having been brought up a Catholic and gone to convent school, we were taught that suicide was a sin, and if you killed yourself you couldn't go to heaven. Which makes Patricia's suicide even worse, were that possible. A 14 year old girl must be...
Read full commentPosted in Letter to Ann Lovett (1968 - 1984)
No job, low wage AND a huge
Posted on Sun, 11 Jan 2026
No job, low wage, AND a huge debt of tens of thousands of pounds when they leave !
When I went to university in 1973, only 5% of school leavers went to university, so a degree was really worth having. We got a decent grant and I worked...
Read full commentPosted in The Sun, Moon, & Stars.
Real jobs
Posted on Sun, 11 Jan 2026
We definitely need more school leavers (girls as well as boys) to become plumbers, electricians, car mechanics, lorry drivers etc. Job security, plenty of work, and good wages, if you're competent. Much better than going to University IMHO. ...
Read full commentPosted in The Sun, Moon, & Stars.
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