Tag: Constant Rain

Girl on a Motorcycle – Part One

My father’s eldest sibling – my Auntie Mary – though hailing from the family hometown of Bolton, Lancashire, married a highly decorated and highly tall (6’4”) Scottish army officer at the end of WW2. In 1946, on the way to begin her new life as the wife of a now Glaswegian police officer, two English serviceman in the same train carriage advised her to … Read More Girl on a Motorcycle – Part One

This, July, Passing

A test, perhaps, to see who lives till August With mind and heart intact Boiled down, diluted, merged with wet earth In all its sodden tones, from dark to dank. A sense of did that happen? Pale shadows – memories starved of sun Recounting, beer or second wine in hand The glory of that ‘ May, then June, then… This ©Stephen Tanham 2023 Stephen … Read More This, July, Passing