The outside hadn’t changed since it had been built, apart from the occasional lick of paint to brighten it up. It had had many owners, all with grand ideas about the inside and what type of pub it should be, but it always came back to what most people in town thought: an old-fashioned townContinue reading “Our Night pt6”
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Our Night pt4
Tom and Jamie were already there when we walked into the “Travellers”, or, to give it its proper name, “Three Travellers”, which made us the five travellers. It was a long, narrow bar in two parts. The first was at the entrance near the doors and windows looking out onto the street. The second wasContinue reading “Our Night pt4”
Our Night pt3.
The third part of my first novello. “After all the trouble she caused you,” Mam said. “I know what I’d say. And you, Jack, you should know better. Just watch what you’re saying.” Dad just pulled a face. “Now everyone’s miserable, it’s time to get out of here and get some drinking done,” Billy said.Continue reading “Our Night pt3.”
Our Night pt2.
The next instalment of my novelle Our Night. The full book can be bought online at thebookdragon.co.uk Friday night was the big night for going out in our town back then. Usually for going out with friends: lads with lads, lasses with lasses. Rarely couples; that was what Saturday nights were for. The end ofContinue reading “Our Night pt2.”
After Christmas
After Christmas Lots of my friends tell me that January is the month of the year they least like. It always seems to them to be cold and dark with little to look forward to other than going back to work, especially after having had a Christmas and New Year holiday, full of funContinue reading “After Christmas”
Our night part 1.
Here is the opening to my first novello, entitled Our Night. It is the story of an elderly couple who look back to the night they might. My aim is to post the remainder of the story in instalments over the next weeks. Our Night Here I am, staring out of the kitchen window again.Continue reading “Our night part 1.”
Advent calendars
Advent calendars are given on 1st December, the start of advent. Some last for 24 days, until Christmas Eve, most have an extra gift for the 25th December, Christmas Day. These started in 19th-century German Lutheran homes as a method of counting down the days up to Christmas. It gradually developed into the printed, windowedContinue reading “Advent calendars”
Sons.
I thought I was struggling with my two sons. Both of them in their late teens, entering early adulthood. Seem to know everything and not want to do anything. Unless it’s for them. And, of course, now they are that age they are old enough to do things for themselves and don’t need parental permission.Continue reading “Sons.”
This week.
January.Lots of my friends tell me that January is the month of the year they least like. It always seems to them to be cold and dark with little to look forward to other than going back to work, especially after having had a Christmas and New Year holiday, full of fun and laughter andContinue reading “This week.”
Man on a bike. 