Biography

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Three

29th July 2023 Going Postal 2325 Comments

Part one is here Part two is here This time: Working on my own, hippies and the loch. The alarm woke me at six, I fumbled to switch it off and lay in bed for [more…]

Deborah, Part V

26th July 2023 William 2750 Comments

Alone again with Deborah, he recalls, in no particular order, every one of the eighteen funerals he’s attended in his ten years as manager. Some bloody miserable, most just a funeral, one of them, Rory’s, [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part Two

22nd July 2023 Going Postal 2827 Comments

Part one is here This time: My first day The next morning, I was up at 08.00 had a bath and breakfast. By 09.30 I was ready to go. All attempts to persuade Graham or [more…]

Deborah, Part IV

19th July 2023 William 2332 Comments

“Gavin, nice to meet you,” said Oliver, extending his hand. “You too, Oliver isn’t it?” “It is but everybody calls me Olly, except my wife, but then she is Welsh.” “OK, Olly it is then,” [more…]

Goodbye to School Hello to Work, Part One

15th July 2023 Going Postal 2585 Comments

Finishing school and looking for work When school and I parted company on less than friendly terms around April/May 1973 my dad wanted to know what I was going to do for a job. It [more…]

Deborah, Part III

12th July 2023 William 3350 Comments

Oliver leans back in his chair, closes his eyes and again goes over the things that will happen during the course of the next few hours. It’s likely that…his mobile interrupts again; the paramedic’s here. [more…]

Trade Plating Around England, Part Thirteen

8th July 2023 Going Postal 2948 Comments

This time, Covid, furlough and enough is enough. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and Wales. Part one is here Part two [more…]

Deborah, Part II

5th July 2023 William 2142 Comments

As he approaches Deborah’s apartment, the third this morning, Oliver detects a faint whiff of something unpleasant. Unpleasant but familiar. He hopes he’s mistaken but after another couple of steps he knows he’s not. Vomit, [more…]

Trade Plating Around England, Part Twelve

1st July 2023 Going Postal 3198 Comments

This time, Security vans, a trip to Rochester and a stranger in my own country. Brief recap, I spent two and a half years trade plating round England with the occasional foray into Scotland and [more…]