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Monthly Archives: February 2020
The ginger squatters of Benfica (Belle)
I walked out of Goldsmiths College to take a walk. I bumped into a group of local red-haired squatters. They were riding red horses that were being led by red dogs. I stopped to chat with the group. They told … Continue reading
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Tagged banner, Benfica, dog, football, ginger, Goldsmiths College, horse, London, red hair, squatter
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A Coronavirus love story (Rousse)
Most of the mature students gathered around the table contributed enthusiastically to the discussion of the Coronavirus. The general consensus was that all efforts should be made to protect children from the disease. The man in the corner was a … Continue reading
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Tagged car, coronavirus, disease, High Street, love, partner, Richard, story, vintage
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Coach plunges into Scottish loch, many feared drowned (Rousse)
As the coach left the outskirts of Glasgow, I tested the reclining bed that I had discovered next to the window. It was very versatile, with several options for its positioning. The traffic had thinned out by the time we … Continue reading
Greta Garbo Oxford shame (Rousse)
PS and I had a vital message for the mistress of the Oxford college. Unfortunately, we did not manage to pass it on before the auditorium started to fill with students. The topic of the lecture was a 1930s film … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, attic, Birmingham, college, film, Greta Garbo, Northfield, Oxford
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Puerile behaviour in Pitlochry (Rousse)
I knew that I had blown it when DM refused to hand over her car keys. I wanted to retrieve my flat shoes from the boot and exchange them for my high heels. Then I would be able to manage … Continue reading
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Tagged behvaviour, book group, car, childish, cobbles, favour, holiday, Pitlochry, seat, shoes
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Meeting Pip Pirrip in real life (Belle)
I was at the recording of a magazine-style television programme. One of the guests, a member of an influential 1960s rock band, was talking about his earlier career as a child actor, in particular, playing Pip for the TV. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Dickens, child actor, commercial break, Great Expectations, Pip Pirrip, rock star, TV presenter, TV programme
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David Tennant and the global success of mini-Yorkshire puddings (Belle)
I left the flat I shared with David Tennant to travel to the funeral. I had a police escort. Later I started to distribute miniature Yorkshire puddings out of a bread crate, leaving them outside the front doors of youth … Continue reading
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Tagged David Tennant, funeral, police, Spain, tourists, Yorkshire, Yorkshire pudding, youth hostel
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Battle of Britain reenactment – body and beetles (Belle)
My grandmother and my mother were attempting to get a body to the Battle of Britain reenactment and wanted me to drive them there in my stupid three-wheeler. However I was having trouble maneuvering it out of the parking space … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Britain, beetle, body, heroes, Hollywood, ladybird, movies, parking, pilots, reenactment, sofa
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Roller-skate spectacle for new shop-keepers (Rousse)
As we took our seats in the shabby auditorium, I struggled to remember why we had bought tickets to this show. Perhaps we’d been unsuccessful in seeing the act during the Edinburgh Fringe last year, but instead managed to catch … Continue reading
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Tagged auditorium, gift, house, nick-nack, performer, roller-skate, shop, shopkeeper, spectacle, tattoo, TPR, village
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Time-travelling wife powerless to prevent husband’s grisly motorway death (Rousse)
TPR died a hero in an attempt to save an 8 year-old Brownie. The poor girl was held in the clutches of a mad woman who was set on proving a point about ancestors in Billingham, Teesside. TPR was crushed … Continue reading
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Tagged A1(M), ancestors, bedsit, Billingham, Brownie, Caroline, condolence, husband, Teesside. time travel, TPR, tribute, wife
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