Steel fabricating under the arches
One of my first jobs after graduating from university – I worked for a steel fabricating company under the arches near Leeds station.
Memoir
This sub-category of Articulations collects posts that are mostly or largely made up of memoirs from my life, or family stories
A Sandstorm Summer Holiday – a memory from 1968
A Sandstorm Summer Holiday – not the best advert for Lytham St Annes, I’m afraid. This is an attempt to write autobiographical flash fiction.
Return to Tema: the search for house and school
Part 2 of The Return to Tema, in which, in 2018, I search for the house I remember living in and the school I attended back in 1963 and 1964.
Return to Tema: the motorway then and now
On the Accra-Tema Motorway: first part of a report on my return to Tema, Ghana, 50 years on from when I was there as a child in 1963-64.
Skiing downhill, with or without an audience
Skiing downhill was never my strong suit – let’s face it, skiing was never my strong suit – but once upon a time I used to ski every winter.
Shanks’s pony is getting tired
Shanks’s Pony is an old idiom for feet and walking. I’ve been having problems with my feet – they don’t like carrying me any more.
Fire in the Bowl or Cinderella and the Flaming Deposit
Fire in the bowl, or Cinderella and the flaming deposit, a supposedly eco-friendly adventure from my recent holiday (though I have my doubts)
A Dear John letter from my father
A writing prompt on the website of my writers’ group has me counterfeiting a letter my father might have written to me.
Beach Green bungalow – some of my earliest memories
The bungalow at Beach Green in Shoreham-by-Sea was the third place I lived, but the first place I have clear memories of.
Debbie Jimack, my grandmother: some more history
Debbie Jimack is the same Debbie Warwick of an earlier blog post, my grandmother. That earlier post lead discovery of more family history.