Category: Family
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Nain
I am lucky to remember all four of our grandparents, although Nain – Maggie as she was known – is the one I remember least well, as she died when I was seven.
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Two photographs from 1934
If you have stood on a mountainside and seen birds flying way below perhaps you experienced a feeling of dominion, tempered by vertigo, the exhilaration and surprise of something seen from an unfamiliar perspective.
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Gan-gan
When as teenagers we heard of this affair, my brother and I liked to think of Davy as some sort of brute, and of Jack as the handsome knight rescuing her from his clutches.
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Six Spades
Aelwyn felt the familiar tingle of anticipation as he turned over his cards, and held them close to examine them. Not bad, there might be something on here…
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The Ticket Drawer
Should she have died with no tickets in the drawer, no holidays to look forward to, no plans?
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At Pantclyd Farm
Thomas lay on his side, his head turned away. Richard contemplated him, His mouth was dry as he took in the strong back and the muscular brown arms.
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Bit Nicer
“The girl in that bed over there says some people die when they have an operation. Is that true?”
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For Dad
…maybe, underneath it all, I wanted our children to have just as happy a childhood as Rob and I did.
Ramblings 