Tag Archives: March

Lunch in the church hall

Sunday 24 March 2019 In the corridor alongside the church hall, Claire runs up to Mrs Scalene and gives her a hug. (Surely this can’t be a greeting? Mrs Scalene must have brought Claire to church.) None of Mrs Scalene’s … Continue reading

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“Lloyd George knew my father”?

Wednesday 6 March 2019 At a branch of Tesco an orthodox Jew, slim and of medium height, with a long, greying beard, precedes me in via the main entrance. He and I each pick up a basket; he turns right, … Continue reading

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People of Posh Town

Thursday 16 March 2017 After breakfast and chores, I drive to Posh Town. As I approach Posh Town on a dual carriageway, there is a little Vauxhall MPV ahead of me. Suddenly it moves across ftom the inside to the … Continue reading

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Fading into history

Thursday 2 March 2017 The model of car driven by Al & Myra was still quite common in 2012 and for a couple of years after that, but now seems to have vanished from the roads.

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Embarrassing dinosaur

Tuesday 17 March 2015 During the late-morning school-run, Belle and Blanche return from the school. Blanche ascends further than Belle, and passes out of view; Belle must call her back, though I don’t hear her voice; they both cross the … Continue reading

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Cheerful shopper

Monday 16 March 2015 A couple of minutes before 09:00, Mrs PP, Mrs Vest and a third woman are chatting by the paved front garden and driveway of the Ports’ house. (I have seen the third woman before. She is … Continue reading

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Mustard and Wobbly

Friday 13 March 2015 It was forecast to be wet overnight. At 05:06 it is still raining.

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Vinnie

Thursday 12 March 2015 In the morning, I drive to Peakville. Around 13:00, Mrs CM’s car is parked nose uphill at the kerb by the Old Man’s front side lawn, at the mid-point of the wall. I take in a … Continue reading

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Another shop closes

Friday 7 March 2014 A few minutes after 08:00, I hear a man’s voice outside. The Explorer and his father are setting off from their home. They are about to reach the point where they disappear from view, when they … Continue reading

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In my absence

Thursday 6 March 2014 The Jebecs must have moved away during my recent stay in Peakville. Mrs Jebec’s MPV is absent when I return on Sunday 2 March, and there has been no sign of it since then. The bins … Continue reading

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