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- Thomas Tanbrit tired and troubled
- Multiple encounter
- Thomas Tanbrit taken to the toilet
- A lost fragment retrieved
- A trace of moisture
- Tanbrit tattoo
- Reviewing the situation
- Return of Grandma Vest
- Conversation, 1970s
- Blue car, black car, Big Star
- Pegasus trio, Orla’s Trio, Sandbank Shoals trio
- The putative Peppercorn
- 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
- Conversation, 1990s
- Mini and Ultra
- Uninspired, stressed and tired
- Motley Maxi
- Of Ojays and others
- Doctors and tenants
- Embarrassing dinosaur
- Cheerful shopper
- Mustard and Wobbly
- Vinnie
- No sign of the District Nurse
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Tag Archives: March
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
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
Mustard and Wobbly
Friday 13 March 2015 It was forecast to be wet overnight. At 05:06 it is still raining.
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
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
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
Lion and lamb
It must have been towards the end of March in 1957 or 1958 that I heard Mr Xerxes, the Deceased Lady’s father, say: “March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb.” It was the first time … Continue reading
Easter Sunday gossip
Sunday 31 March 2013 Mr LT admits to me that he suffers from OCD. When he is cooking on a barbecue, the sausages have to be spaced at equal distances. I tell him about the son of a friend, whose … Continue reading
Same make and model
Saturday 30 March 2013 One of the 78rpm records that I bring back to Suburbia Somnolenta is Vera Lynn’s I Don’t Want To Set The World On Fire; on the B-side is There’s A Land Of Begin Again. Alongside the … Continue reading
Amos and Naomi
Friday 29 March 2013 Shortly after 12:15, Mr CJ — hardly recognisable in flat cap and HV jacket — descends the near pavement of Acacia Grove, accompanied by the new dog. Mr CJ smiles and nods to me as he … Continue reading