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- Blue car, black car, Big Star
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- Master Mustard makes a mess
- Young lady, don’t walk backwards!
- Pointer, PP, Vest
- Making sense of myth and music
- Segmented umbrellas
- Belle calls Blanche back
- Mrs Zebex in a hurry
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- Mini and Ultra
- Uninspired, stressed and tired
- Motley Maxi
- Of Ojays and others
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- Mustard and Wobbly
- Vinnie
- No sign of the District Nurse
- Cultural, medical, political
- Mystified by Mrs PP
- Blanche Pepper’s tantrum, Thomas Tanbrit’s tears
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Tag Archives: June
Conversation, 1970s
My mother used to watch a lot of American police-dramas on TV. She had often heard the word Caucasian used in connexion with the victim of a murder, and so had concluded that it must mean a dead body. When … Continue reading
A good deal
Thursday 19 June 2014 The middle-aged woman in the charity shop has been speaking of her son and his partner. Then she says: “Her family are funeral directors, so when I go I’m hoping for a good deal.” After a … Continue reading
Pressing the right button
Monday 9 June 2014 As I am about to set off from the Old Man’s house, the rain begins to set in. Once I have parked on the street, closed the gates of the driveway and returned to the car, … Continue reading
Così fan tutte
Saturday 7 June 2014 Cousin Naomi tells me that she doesn’t have a recording of Mozart’s opera Così fan tutte. She likes the music, but doesn’t like the libretto as she considers it sexist.
“…I shan’t resile…”
Friday 21 June 2013 At 07:20 the minibus is parked nose downhill, with its tail alongside the Thornboroughs’ driveway. Scarlett has parked alongside the upper end of Vinnie’s long hedge, with the nose of her car just reaching the downhill … Continue reading
Washing-line? Slim-line?
Sunday 9 June 2013 Before 05:00, the little silver MPV is parked nose uphill at the kerb alongside the Efords’ house. Two hours later, Mrs GS is advancing down her back garden, carrying in front of her what looks like … Continue reading
Goodbye
Saturday 8 June 2013 At 05:28, windows 2 and 3 of the BE are still open from yesterday evening.
The future’s so bright…
Friday 7 June 2013 Just before 05:45 Mr Trimot is reversing his car off the driveway. The sunlight is streaming through the bathroom of the Old Man’s house and onto the landing, as it was earlier this week.
All the way from Wellvale
Thursday 6 June 2013 The day starts under a dull sky. At about 07:10 or 07:15, the usual minibus has parked alongside the gates of Vinnie’s driveway and the uphill end of his long hedge. A car that I mistake … Continue reading
Picture and piggyback
Wednesday 5 June 2013 There is quite a dull start to the day. I can glimpse, via the foliage of the tree, that the security-light at the far corner of the school is on.
