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Paul Bell
My name is Paul Bell and being recently retired I have taken up creative writing in order to keep the little grey cells functioning as long as possible.
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The Flowering Quince
Standing at the sink with my hands in the bowl And staring down the garden blankly I noticed the shrub staring back at me Shouting 'Oi, look at me,...
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Götterdämmerung
It may come as no surprise to you, but we've been at it for over four billion years. Ever since the first nucleotides came to blows whilst enjoying a...
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Don't Tell Him Pike!
As a fifteen year old, the sport of course fishing arrived unannounced in my life and I never really understood quite why. It's not as if I came from...
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Tommy Brown's Schooldays
Apparently, Tommy had been a hateful child, he'd overheard his mother say so many years later, during one of her careless conversations. He hadn't...
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The Class of Sixty Four
I remember the very first day, Boys assembled like captives in halls Apprehensive, awkward, but never in dread Newly wrapped for what lay ahead...
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An accomplished piece
Posted on Thu, 27 Feb 2025
An accomplished piece Turlough, exotic and mesmeric. Reminded me of Masefield's poem Cargoes: Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ofir etc. where he used exotic words and tempos to mimic a sea journey.
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A great read Turlough, really
Posted on Fri, 21 Feb 2025
A great read Turlough, really enjoyed it. I know your area well and even one of the teachers at Foxwood, a guy called Malcolm Fisher. Like me, you write with an unmistakeable Yorkshire infusion and it's usually good for a laugh.
Read full commentPosted in The Sogginess of the Long-Distance Runner
I can empathise with such
Posted on Thu, 20 Feb 2025
I can empathise with such behaviour, as I had a geography teacher who was similarly viscious. We lived in constant fear of being held over a desk and caned in front of the class and as a result blanked out any learning of the subject. Such...
Read full commentPosted in Mr. Portleven's Electricity Class
Like you, I was surprised how
Posted on Mon, 17 Feb 2025
Like you, I was surprised how writing about our school days dredged up so many memories long forgotten and many surprising emotions long since buried. A cathartic exercise for us all. I greatly enjoyed your piece and found this IP quite...
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The piece was part
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2025
The piece was part autobiographical and part poetic licence in an attempt to create something readable and IP spec.Not quite sure where the title came from though, probably a flashback from the days when the BBC did Tom Brown's Schooldays...long...
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I think it was one of those
Posted on Tue, 18 Feb 2025
I think it was one of those right place at the right time scenarios that was successful because of a rare combination of people and events coming together to make the chemistry.
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I always felt that funerals
Posted on Tue, 11 Feb 2025
I always felt that funerals should not be solemn occasions, but more joyful expressions of a life lived. I atteded one recently where we were all instructed to wear brightly coloured outfits and be cheerful, It was quite a revelation and not a...
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A fascinating story line, really enjoyed this. He’ll either be
Posted on Fri, 24 Jan 2025
A fascinating concept for a story; really enjoyed it. I think he's either down the pub with the other renegades or he's found a higher voltage plug in!
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That was my choice of title,
Posted on Thu, 23 Jan 2025
That was my choice of title, but I thought it too long!
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Posted on Tue, 02 Jul 2024
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Read full commentPosted in Remembrance of Things Past