I’d already had a paper round for several years before I got a daily one in Sudbury as a teenager. When Dad gave up the village shop in Lavenham and moved to Sudbury, he didn’t give up the Sunday newspaper supply and deliveries. From before I was born, he would get up before first lightContinue reading “The Sunday Papers”
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Memory Lane 1 – Lavenham
On a recent visit to England, Dinah and I spent an afternoon in the south Suffolk countryside with M and B, trying to track down places where Mum, Dad, or their parents had once lived. It was a clear and very cold afternoon, and our trip took us to Long Melford and Lavenham. Although IContinue reading “Memory Lane 1 – Lavenham”
Accidents
Although Mum didn’t work full-time when we were children, she did work: on the market on a fruit & vegetable stall once or twice a week, and a 4-hour early evening shift at CAV, although not at the same time. We had a series of babysitters to look after us when Mum wasn’t there. OneContinue reading “Accidents”
Forty years today
40 years ago today, at a little after 9 a.m., the phone rang in our student house in Hull. I ran downstairs, knowing exactly who and what it was going to be – no-one else would have called at that time of day. I grabbed the receiver from its cradle on the wall and listened.Continue reading “Forty years today”
Fading Memories 