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Terence Mullan

 

In the movies, the people who are writers only ever drink coffee and write. I could do that. They never have to work in their garden or take their cat to the vet or go shopping in Kaufland.

 

 

615 of my comments have received 643 Great Feedback votes

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You might know some other

Posted on Tue, 09 Nov 2021

You might know some other places from my past, the York chapter of which revolves around Heworth. My grandparents lived in Dodsworth Avenue, just the other side of Heworth Green from the Shoulder of Mutton, which I have just discovered is now...

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Posted in Chocolate, Tobacco and Horse Muck

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Hello Paul.

Posted on Tue, 09 Nov 2021

Hello Paul.

We were never allowed to eat Cadbury's chocolate. We were told we'd be selling our souls to the devil if we did. However, everyone's a fruit and nutcase!

Childhood memories are precious and I love it when snippets of...

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Posted in Chocolate, Tobacco and Horse Muck

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As a long suffering victim of

Posted on Mon, 08 Nov 2021

As a long suffering victim of the after effects of anaglypta, I particularly liked your line ...

a dominant, assertive tone that could tear anaglypta from ceilings.

And your characters seemed so lifelike. They may be...

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Posted in A Lorry Load of Sleaze

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This is very good reading. A

Posted on Thu, 04 Nov 2021

This is very good reading. A simplification of the complex mess that humanity has got itself into today. One day the buildings will get so tall that they fall over completely and then we will all have to start again from the beginning. We will...

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Posted in tall storey

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I enjoyed your poem Jenny.

Posted on Mon, 08 Nov 2021

I enjoyed your poem Jenny.

Your lines ...

Of course pavements have their own mystery,

I wonder! What tales they could tell of footsteps

taken and conversations passing.

really caught...

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Posted in Inspired Walk

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Excellent words that could be

Posted on Mon, 01 Nov 2021

Excellent words that could be describing the sad plight of any of hundreds of small towns in the North of England or the former industrial bits of Britain.

I have nothing against horses but your line 'there was even a place to turn horses...

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Posted in A Northern Song

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I re-read parts one and two

Posted on Sun, 31 Oct 2021

I re-read parts one and two immediately before reading this, part three, and found the story in its entirety quite gripping.

I particularly enjoyed your descriptions of John’s mangled body, the crow and the eerie place where they met. This...

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Posted in The Black Crow of Purgatory (Part 3 of 3)

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Hardworking daughters and

Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021

Hardworking daughters and unscrupulous driving instructors. We have experience of this in my family too.

Good luck to Meghan with the new job and any future driving instructors, and good on you for being the caring parent.

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Posted in That's R$CH!!!!

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Your poem really creates an

Posted on Sat, 30 Oct 2021

Your poem really creates an atmosphere of mystery, anxiety and fear.

I was just about to go outside to get some logs for our wood burner but your words

Jumping back in fear; feeling sticky –ooze

of sap cloying at...

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Posted in Forest Terror

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'but October ends, damp'

Posted on Thu, 28 Oct 2021

'but October ends, damp'

If my memory serves me right, all months end damp in Britain but October even more so because the dampness is absorbed by the carpet of dead leaves that stick to your boots and go with you everywhere.

I...

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Posted in Before Rhythm of Hours Change the Beat

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