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I have 496 stories published in 16 collections on the site.
My stories have been read 1844142 times and 384 of my stories have been cherry picked.
102 of my 5,407 comments have been voted Great Feedback with a total of 109 votes

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Found the site in November 2011. Love the friendly and easy format. Write stories and the occasional poem. Have published four books, all available from Amazon. The East End Butcher Boy, Eastendbutchers Short Story Collection, The Men In The Shadows and Who Is Jack Winter.  Always amazed at the diversity of the site and the quality of the writing. Try to write as much as I can and like to try different styles. Hope you like my stories. 

Find me on www.jolono.wordpress.com

And my first book on Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_21?url=search-alias%3Daps&fie...

About me...http://spitalfieldslife.com/2015/03/22/joe-lawrence-traditional-butcher-...

And ...https://authorsinterviews.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/here-is-my-interview-...

 

 

http://eastendbutcher.com

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10 Life Lessons. Number 4.

By jolono on Sun, 18 May 2025

Dad kept Pigeons. At the bottom of our tiny garden was a Pigeon Loft. Dad raced them, as did my Grandad and my Uncle George. Pigeon racing was...
Autobiography
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Certificate PG
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10 Life Lessons. Number 3.

By jolono on Sat, 17 May 2025

We’ve always had dogs. The first dog I remember was a mongrel called Butch. We went as a family to get him from a neighbour's house. Their dog had...
Autobiography
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Certificate PG
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Cherry

10 Life Lessons. Number 2.

By jolono on Fri, 16 May 2025

I loved school. I was bright and inquisitive, and things became easy for me. Don’t get me wrong, our school was known for churning out dunces and...
Autobiography
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Certificate PG
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Cherry

10 Life Lessons. Number 1.

By jolono on Thu, 15 May 2025

I’ve been on this earth for 66 years, and I can honestly say that I remember 62 of them. The first four are a blur, I think I can remember before I...
Autobiography
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Certificate PG
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Cherry

Ladies Night At The Palace

By jolono on Sun, 13 Apr 2025

It was a busy night at The Palace. The DJ turned up the bass, and the hen parties screamed their appreciation, hundreds of heads nodding in time with...
Other Fiction
Story
Certificate 15
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102 of my comments have received 109 Great Feedback votes

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Wow, there's a lot going on

Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2025

Wow, there's a lot going on here. Electric Radiator, Dogs deep bark, and then my favoutite. Mossy tiles and piano keys, what a great description and for me, a visualistion. I have mossy tile on my roof! And when it rains it does seem like a tune...

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Ive been to too many funerals

Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2025

Ive been to too many funerals lately, heh, but thats just a sign of getting older. Great lines in this. My favoutite was.

Recognising faces that have morphed
like a red-headed 18 year-old

now in his 50s with sleek grey hair...

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Posted in Joyful Reunion at a (double) funeral!

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Ahh the old school reunions.

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025

Ahh the old school reunions. They can often go two ways, either enjoyable or a total nightmare. Yours seemed to go fine and possibly put to bed some old demons. I only went to one. Left after twenty minutes...

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Really enjoyed January's

Posted on Sun, 09 Feb 2025

Really enjoyed January's snippets, especially the 29th. I felt sorry for the cat. Not sure castration has ever brought joy to any ones life! Keep them coming...

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Posted in Shenanigans with Catkins

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He's a bit of a legend is

Posted on Wed, 05 Feb 2025

He's a bit of a legend is Joseph Locke in Ireland. Great voice, great character. Nice story, as Sooz said, just needs a quick edit, but nice work. Enjoyed this on a very dull day in London.

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Posted in The Singer Who Stole Their Hearts

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Weird, wonderful, funny,

Posted on Sun, 05 Apr 2020

Weird, wonderful, funny, bizarre and creative. As I'm reading it I'm seeing it as a comedy sketch in my mind. Brilliant stuff.

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Posted in And? The polar bear and the rowing boat

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I could read this and

Posted on Sun, 29 Mar 2020

I could read this and instantly know it's you! That's a good thing. Imaginative, thoughtful and visual. All the things I like. Nice one mate!

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Posted in Tiger

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Fuck me...this is good. Very

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2019

Fuck me...this is good. Very good. I've been to every place you mention in Paris and for all the same reasons. But not with the same outcome. Brilliant piece of writing. More please...

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Posted in La Femme d'argent

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Great story Jane. Never

Posted on Tue, 29 Jan 2019

Great story Jane. Never really got Dire Straits! Did you know that Mark Knopfler wrote Private Dancer and then gave it to Tina Turner to record? Poor old Brooksy...

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A lot to like about this Ewan

Posted on Thu, 03 Jan 2019

A lot to like about this Ewan. Red corduroyed legs scissor past, in pursuit of nylon smoothed limbs...is a favourite. But I also never thought I'd see the name Huawei in a poem! Great stuff mate.

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Posted in Outside In

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