I remember mum’s new boyfriend driving us to Andorra. We were moving there now. This was her latest, best idea after mum and dad got divorced. I was very young and have very little recollection of most of it. I do remember us running out of petrol on the…
Month: May 2019
I remember as a child
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Granny Vi
I remember about once a month granny Violet would come to see us. We loved a granny Vi visit, me and sis. She brought homemade jam tarts and buns and swore a lot. My step grandad smoked his pipe and talked about ‘the ring road’ and the way they would…
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The new marriage
I remember coming in from school one day and my mum happily telling me she was getting married. To Robin. They were sat on the sofa laughing and drunk. My mum was grinning like a Cheshire cat in her ‘I’m so happy I’ve found a man’ kind of way. I…
I remember as a teen
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Art teachers
I remember my art teacher at school was called Mr Dick, much to our childish amusement. He encouraged me in my art though and I remember very well copying Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights when I was 12, much to his approval. When I was 17 and went to…
I remember in my twenties
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Life saving hell
I remember the dialysis. Hemodialysis. It cleanses your blood for you when your kidneys don’t. Some people feel renewed after. Many don’t. Many get dialysis overnight so they can hold down a job during the day. It gave me extreme headaches and a feeling of my blood boiling. I mean…
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Yorkshire post and poetry
So me and sis are little kids and we write poetry. I remember my mum telling me this story and I also still have the cuttings of our poems from the Yorkshire Post. I don’t actually remember writing poetry, ever, but clearly I did. Sis got a book of her…
I remember as a teen
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The flasher
I remember one of the many days we skived off school. We were about 14 or 15. Me, sis and my best mate Sally. The Valley Gardens in Harrogate was one of THE best places to hide out when you were supposed to be in school. This particular day we…
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The X84
I remember when I rode the X84 with a jug full of pee. If punk was still a thing I could make a song out of that. The LGI didn’t believe me. My social worker didn’t believe me. They thought it was wishful thinking. You don’t pee when your kidneys…
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One weird afternoon
I remember us sat in the bedroom. Sis, my best friend and me. It was a sunny afternoon and we were bored. We’d decided to try the Ouija board. My best friend lived in a huge house that still had the bells in the kitchen that alerted the servants. Clearly…
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Granny Vi’s musical box
Granny Violet had a musical box. It sat in the hearth of the gas fire along with the pointless hearth tool set and various other strange and useless ornaments. It was an object of beauty and awe to me and sis. When you pressed the button on the top it…