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Tag Archives: childhood
End of an Era
The final episode of one of my favourite TV shows, Last of the Summer Wine is broadcast tomorrow, Sunday. It has been a part of my life for more than thirty years. I don’t get to watch it any more, … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood, Derbyshire, England, Last of the Summer Wine, summer, sunshine
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Water – A Childhood Memory
I was over at Poets United, looking at the Thursday Think Tank Prompt, and a memory from my childhood popped into my head. It’s not in poetic form, so I’m just going to post it here on my blog and … Continue reading
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Tagged Bolsover, Byron Brick Works, Carr Vale, childhood, memories, summer, The Clayhole, water, Writing
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A Boy and a bike
I vividly remember the time I fell off my bicycle. It was an autumn day. The sky was a cloudy grey, and it was cold enough to wear a jacket. I was playing on the street with my friends. We … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle, brick shit-house, childhood, fall, idiot, ready salted crisps, Writing
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A Boyish Grin….
Summer sun high in the sky; a skylark singing way up high, a gentle breeze whispering through the grass then, all at once I’m knocked on my ass with you looming over me, menacingly, blocking out the sun. My eyes … Continue reading
When I Was A Child…
…the sun shone brighter and longer and warmer, the sky was a deeper blue, the grass was always green, the birds sang all day long, water was purer in the rivers and streams, people were nicer to each other, strangers, … Continue reading
Spike
I danced a jerky juvenile tarantella while you threw rocks at my pre-pubescent body, whipped me with sticks torn from the nearest tree. “Dance, cry-baby, dance!” you shouted; I bawled like a baby then. I’m a man now; I no … Continue reading