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Tag Archives: sister
Unwelcome chair, cat, and guest (Rousse)
What was my mother’s old recliner-riser chair doing back in our sitting room? Why was my sister’s cat rolling round on the floor? And – more to the point – how had my sister managed to get into the house … Continue reading
Medicine as a mature student at the University of Cambridge (Rousse)
Aged 25, and after several exam attempts, I was finally admitted to the University of Cambridge as a medical student. My mother and sister S came with me to Cambridge on my first day to help me settle in. They … Continue reading
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Tagged book, bookshop, Cambridge, commercialisation, dining, dinner, gender, hall, medicine, segregation, shop, sister, student, toilet, university
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Sci-fi at the Four Seasons hotel and an abandoned bike (Rousse)
The short cycle ride to Waverley station was torturous. From Broughton Street I was diverted onto a narrow, and almost unnavigable, forest track. I dumped the bike, then continued on foot to the Four Seasons hotel. Here thousands of sci-fi … Continue reading
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Tagged bike, brother-in-law, Broughton, cycle, fan, first, Four Seasons, hotel, regret, sci-fi, sister, station, track, Waverley
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Fake retiree organist outed by the press (Rousse)
All the shops on Edinburgh’s Broughton Street opened late to cater for Festival visitors. I felt particularly sorry for the staff at Crombies, still dressed in their white butchery outfits at 9pm. Nevertheless, my father-in-law and I took advantage of … Continue reading
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Tagged accusation, Broughton Street, butcher, Crombies, Edinburgh, fake, father-in-law, festival, lamb, news, organist, retiree, sister, snakeskin, television, wallet, whistleblower
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Extravagances of a cash-strapped couple (Rousse)
I suggested to my cash-strapped sister that she offer afternoon teas as a money-making venture. Even if she only catered for paying guests at weekends, the extra income would help address her tricky financial predicament. She turned her nose up … Continue reading
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Tagged afternoon tea, bowls, boyfriend, cash-strapped, extravagance, finance, gazebo, husband, income, money, niece, party, sister, TPR
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Action-packed Pitlochry (Rousse)
BR was busy organising meetings to address his latest work predicament, my sister J was about to arrive in town at the invitation of her daughter A, and my deceased father was almost completely submerged in the water of Loch … Continue reading
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Tagged action, daughter, father, fish, Loch Faskally, Pitlochry, salmon, sister, work
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A valuable original blue Chopper bike (Rousse)
My brother-in-law M owned an original blue Chopper bike. He was shocked when I told him that it was worth around £2,000. My sister J – looking slim in yellow chiffon – was very pleased to hear this news.
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Tagged bicycle, bike, blue, brother-in-law, chiffon, Chopper, sister, value, yellow
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Garfields survive house clearance deadline (Rousse)
Now that my youngest sister had cleared our parents’ house (albeit a year later than the ‘final’ deadline), my middle sister and I felt able to accept the new owner’s invitation to visit it once more and look at his … Continue reading
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Tagged clear, clearance, curtain, deadline, dining room, Garfield, house, parent, parental, parents, renovation, sister, soft toy, teddy
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A lost baby, a father risen from the dead, drug addicts, and an unlicensed driver (Rousse)
‘Wake up! Wake up!’ I screamed at my mother in the bed next to mine. ‘Naomi’s baby has vanished!’ I made such a noise that I literally woke my father from the dead. When I noticed his corpse stir at … Continue reading
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