tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21273287712223379902024-03-26T23:38:18.384-07:00Jenno's BlogJennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.comBlogger130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-50774189080293444082017-02-07T00:47:00.000-08:002017-02-07T00:55:25.860-08:00<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"><b><span lang="EN-GB">Moi
Name’s Jenno</span></b></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">‘Allo ev’rybody…! Moi name’s Jenno;
leastways, that’s wot most o’ moi friends call me, so Oi reckon as ‘ow yew can call
me that an’ all.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Actually, moi name is Jean Bryce. Moi mum
calls me Jeanie, ‘cept when she calls me “Jean”. But cripes, when she does
that, Oi gotta look out, ‘cos it means she’s real cross wiv me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Oi live in a village in </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB">England</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span lang="EN-GB">
called Widdlington. It’s quite a big village taken all-together, only it’s cut
inter two parts by a river an’ a railway going through the middle. Each part
‘as got its gangs. The part, wot we call “The Street” is real old. It were
started by the Vikings about 1200 years ago. It’s got two gangs. The new part, wot
is where Oi live, were mostly built along </span><st1:street><st1:address><span lang="EN-GB">Pepper Mill Lane</span></st1:address></st1:street><span lang="EN-GB"> when the railway came. It’s got two gangs an’ all.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Each gang ‘as got a territ’ry, an’ nobody
‘ad better go alone inter the territ’ry of anovver gang, ‘cos that’s jus’ plain
askin’ fer trouble. Oi’m talkin’ about the kids, o’corse, ‘cos the grown-ups
‘ave got ovver sorts o’ gangs, wot ‘ave ter do wiv political parties, or sport,
or religion an’ such stuff, wot ain’t really moi cup o’ tea. They argue a lot
about all that, but they don’t much notice the kids’ gangs unless there’s a bit
of a barney goin’ on, an’ even then they don’t properly unnerstan’ wot it’s all
about. Grown-ups often ferget real quick wot it’s loike ter be a kid.</span></div>
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because of our soapbox carts. The fing is, most of the kids, includin’ the
girls, loike ter race’ their carts down the Mountain Glide, wot is an old
gravel pit. There we sometoimes ‘ave races between the gangs, wot don’t always
go real amicably (cripes, there’s a super word fer yew!). Moi cart is real
fast. She’s called “Emmeline P”</span><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>because
of Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst the famous suffragette, wot got votes fer women. Fact
is, Oi don’t reckon as ‘ow there ain’t nobody more famous than wot she is, ‘cos
she didn’t never give up, not even when fings looked real bad against ‘er.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Any’ow, there’s lots o’ problems between the
kids o’ the village a-cause o’ cart racin’, an’ ovver fings as well. If’n yew’d
loike ter know more about ‘em, p’raps it’d be best ter take a dekko at Peter St
John’s “Gang” books, wot ‘ave got quite a lot about me in ‘em an’ all.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Speakin’ o’ super words, there’s real scads
of ‘em in the diction’ry, and Oi like ter trot one out now an’ again, jus’ fer
fun. The fact is, (only please don’t let on ter nobody) Oi c’n write real posh
if’n Oi set moi mind ter it, loike at school. Oi don’t do it wiv moi friends,
‘cos if’n Oi did, they’d reckon as ‘ow Oi were a-showin’ off </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "palatino linotype";">–</span><span lang="EN-GB"> an’
then Oi’d get dropped faster’n yew c’n say “elegant elocution”. Besides, Oi’d
loike ter count yew as bein’ among moi friends. See wot Oi mean?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Well, Oi reckon as ‘ow that’s probably enough
from me fer the toime bein’. If’n yew’d loike ter learn more, yew could always
go ter <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/</span></a>
an’ do some clickin’ around, but only if’n yew really want to, ‘cos P St J
writes posh, not proper English loike wot Oi do.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">So cheerio fer now. P’raps Oi’ll see yew
again later on. Meanwhile,</span><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span><span lang="EN-GB">‘Ave yerselves some ‘appy readin’…</span></div>
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-50177201720586158822017-02-07T00:12:00.000-08:002017-02-07T00:29:06.855-08:00<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Jennospot 127: Humpty Dumpty</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Oi reckon as ‘ow most people know the old
rhyme about a haughty fellow wot got ‘imself up on an ‘igh wall, an’ then fell
down cos ‘ee got real dizzy wiv ‘imself. Any’ow, fer some reason, P St J felt
as ‘ow ‘ee ought ter bring the rhyme up ter date a bit. So ‘ere it is, wiv a
picture an’ all. Oi ‘ope yew loike it: </span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Humpty Trumpty</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Hail temporal lord
of lofty walls,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Gold-yellow
crowned in splendour.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Come uply up from
towering halls,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Hugely up</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "palatino linotype"; font-size: 16pt;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">not to offend a member of the female gender</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "palatino linotype"; font-size: 16pt;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">But make us great,
where all was small before,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">And scorn the lore
of those who keep the law.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">But some know well
that treacherous winds may bigly blow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Despite terrific speeches
and all show. They know<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Of weakness in a
wall that shakes<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">And twitter-topple
he who takes<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Amazing stance
upon the height.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">To downward plunge
in awesome flight.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">For higher rise brings
greater fall<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">The loftiest wall
the worst of all.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">A mighty crash
upon the ground.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">And then
discordant trumpets sound.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">For all the force
and all the men<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Cannot lift golden
Lord again.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-27435061167345513902016-08-01T01:45:00.001-07:002016-08-01T01:54:53.995-07:00Jennospot 125 - Gangs<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Oi
dunno about yew, but most of the people wot Oi know belong ter some sort o’
gang.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">O’
course, they don’t often call it a gang, but give it some sorta name loike,
club, or society, association, or party, wot don’t prevent it being a gang,
loike in the proverb about birds of a fevver gangin’-up tergevver, if’n yew see
wot Oi mean.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gangs are made up of the people wot live in the same place, loike the first
gang <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>wot Oi was in </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "palatino linotype"; font-size: 11pt;">–</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"> the
Pepper Mill Lane Mob </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "palatino linotype"; font-size: 11pt;">– </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">until
Oi ‘ad a row wiv JJ the leader, about girls bein’ second class members. Oi said
as ‘ow ‘ee were a rotten ol’ misogynist, so ‘ee chucked me out, even though Oi
don’t reckon as ‘ow ‘ee even knows wot the word means. Since then Oi’ve been in
a couple of ovver gangs, wot shows yew as ‘ow yew c’n be in more’n one gang at
a toime, if’n yew want.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">One o’
them gangs is called “Gang America”, even if’n Oi ain’t American, an’ ain’t
never been out o’ moi village o’ Widdlington, ‘cept ter go ter London by train
one toime, wot were a real ol’ barney.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Any’ow,
them wot was in “Gang America”, ‘ad a bit of a difference of opinion wiv the
commandant of the US Army Air Force Base wot were built near our village, so we
all ‘ad ter gang-up tergevver against ‘im ter ‘elp ‘im see reason, as it were.
P’raps we ought ter ‘ave called it a “party”, ‘cos it were mostly about
politics, rights, an’ territories, loike in the USA wiv the drummin’ Democrats
an’ the trumpetin’ Republicans. Only it weren’t really no ‘appy fun party, wot
with the war an’ the bombers an’ everyfink.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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gangs get tergevver ter commit crimes, loike them </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Chicago</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"> gangs when prohibition come
in, or wot go about stealin’ money an’ stuff. We kids in Widdlin’ton ‘ad a run
in with one o’ them sorts o’ gangs, wot tried ter pinch the money wot ‘ad been
collected ter ‘elp buy a Spitfire aeroplane. They weren’t ‘alf a dangerous lot,
but cripes, sometoimes yew’ve got ter do wot yew’ve got ter do, ‘specially if’n
yew’re in love…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">That’s
probably enough from me fer now, about gangs. But Oi’d jus’ loike ter say as ’ow
Oi’m real glad ter be in moi gang, ‘cos wivvout it, Oi’d feel real lonely,
loike “Duke” Taylor, wot ain’t got no gang ‘cos ‘ee lives in a sort o’
no-mans-land, where there aren’t no ‘ouses anywhere near. Still an’ all, ‘ee’s
a real noice kid…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Luv
from, Jenno…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">P.S.
If’n yew’d loike ter know more about the Widdlin’ton gangs, yew could do
worse’n take a dekko at <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/</span></a>.
It don’t cost nuffink neither.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-84188557680936961512015-07-19T05:50:00.002-07:002017-11-05T23:59:35.816-08:00Jenno's Greenhouse<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Jennospot 124<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>Jenno’s
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Ave
yew got a green’ouse?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">We
ain’t got one in our garden ‘cos the chicken run already takes up a lot o’
room. But that don’t really matter ‘cos there’s some people wot reckon as ‘ow
the whole World is a green’ouse an’ we’re makin’ it ‘otter an’ ‘otter by
breathin’ out carbon dioxide, an’ riding around in motor cars, an’ such ovver
stuff wot makes carbon dioxide, so it’s all our own stupid fault.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Any’ow,
there’s a whole lot o’ argy-bargy goin’ on about all that; even about wevver it
really is getting’ ‘otter. Yew see, the trouble is that the World ain’t got no
fundamental orifice where yew c’n stick a thermometer -- not loike me when Oi
‘ad the chicken pox -- so yew’ve got ter work out wot yew fink the average
temperature is in real complicated ways.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Well
them wot believe as ‘ow we all live in a green’ouse wot’s getting’ 'otter an’
‘otter, c’n believe it if’n they want, but it don’t seem ter make a whole lot
o’ sense ter me, ‘cos the air in a green’ouse gets ‘ot when the sun shines ‘cos
the air can’t get out through the glass, wot ain’t the case out in the World.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Besides,
there ain’t normally no clouds in a green’ouse, an’ if’n yew fink about it,
it’s when there are fewer clouds that it gets ‘ot. When there are more of ‘em
their shadder cools fings down. So Oi reckon as ‘ow clouds ‘ave got a real lot
ter do wiv whevver it gets ‘otter or colder.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">An wot
makes clouds?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Nobody
don’t yet really know fer certain all about that, ‘cos it’s real complicated,
jus’ loike wot measurin’ the temperature of the whole World is. Even so, it
ain’t no secret as ‘ow the sun ‘as a lot ter do wiv makin’ clouds, an’ the sun
‘as been actin’ real peculiar lately. An’ Oi don’t reckon as ‘ow temperature
‘as much ter do wiv a real little bit o' gas loike wot yew find in a green’ouse,
even if’n the green’ouse is as big as the whole World.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Any’ow,
Oi’m goin’ ter show yew a few pictures wot’ll p’raps give yew a bit of an idea
of wot Oi’m on about. An’ Oi’ll add some new ones from toime ter toime. Oi ‘ope
yew loike ‘em, but if’n yew don’t, well yew don’t ‘ave ter look at ‘em do yew?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">If'n yew loike romantic books about this sort o' stuff, yew c'd take a look at P St J's "Siberian Summer", <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_9.htm">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_9.htm</a> But yew don't 'ave to unless yew want.</span></div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 1:</strong></div>
Doin' climate science is friendly teamwork<br />
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an' discussion - sometoimes...</div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 2:</strong></div>
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A green'ouse is real good fer growin' greens - <br />
'specially if'n yew add a bit o' carbon dioxide...</div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 3:</strong></div>
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Oi ain't no denier - Oi deny denyin' nuffink...</div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 4:</strong></div>
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Wevver yew loike it or not, weaver ain't climate...</div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 5:</strong></div>
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Oi reckon as 'ow there's far too much certainty<br />
spoke when people go on about the climate. <br />
The climate is real uncertain; cripes, Oi'm certain...!</div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 6:</strong></div>
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My climate science theory is right--</div>
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So there...!</div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 7:</strong></div>
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<strong>Jenno's Greenhouse 8:</strong></div>
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Not ev'ryfink wot yew read about global warmin' c'n be true...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jenno's Greenhouse 10:<br />
Ev'ryfink 'as got ter fit the case-- if'n it don't, yer hypothesis ain't no good...</td></tr>
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Makes yew fink don't it? Well, it ain't no more daft'n some of them ovver ideas floatin' around about the climate. An' it don't give off no green'ouse gases neither-- well, not much any'ow... <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_9.htm">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_9.htm</a> </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ter discover the real climate, Oi reckon as 'ow yew've got ter fink outside of the green'ouse box...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wot yew believe is true -- particularly if'n it ain't -- leastways, that's wot Oi believe...</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Jennospot 127<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> "</span><b>Dummy’s Birthday Party"</b></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: medium; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Yuletide is a time for merry-makin' an' parties. So come an' join some wunnerful authors fer an Online Virtual Party wiv a whole lot o' fun readin', an' a few giveaway prizes...!</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">That noice Helen Hollick, wot writes real excitin’ books about pirates
an’ ovver ‘istorical stuff, loike wot ‘appened a long toime ago in 1066
f’rinstance, ‘as asked us ter write somefink about parties. Any’ow, in Widdlin’ton
we ‘ave lots o’ ordin’ry parties, wiv cake an’ jelly an’ games an’ such, but
there were one wot we ‘ad fer Mr Pierce, wot everybody calls “Dummy”, wot got
stuck in moi mem’ry special loike. But Oi ain’t all that good about writin’
stuff down, so Oi asked moi friend Peter ter put down a few words about it. So
‘ere it is. ‘Ope yew loike it:<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">I
was the last to arrive at Dummy's birthday party. Everyone was sitting stiffly
around the table in the school shelter. Nobody was speaking.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">I went straight up to
Mr Pearce. His much-worn clothes were too tight round the waist and under the
arms. He seemed ill at ease.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Happy birthday,
Daniel,’ I said.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Arrgh, thank'ee
kindly,’ he replied. He showed his misshapen teeth through a matted beard in
what was more a grimace than a smile.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘What's the matter
Daniel? Aren't they looking after you properly?’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Reckon as 'ow it's
more'n a little whiles since ol' Dan'l 'ad a party fer 'is birthday. Reckon as
'ow 'ee's roight thankful. There be a fine cake with candles wot Miss Winnifred
gave and Miss Molly's biscuits an' all.’</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘You could look a bit
happier about it,’ I said.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Reckon ol' Dan'l's
leavin' Widdlington afore soon. 'Ee'll be roight sad ter be leavin' 'is
friends.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘You're not leaving
today at any rate, and you're not in the lockup,’ said Molly.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘So cheer up,’ said
Winnifred.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Have some beer,’
said Miss Hangar.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Don't moind if'n Oi
do,’ said Daniel.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Everyone's saying it
was Daniel who sabotaged the survey of the allotments,’ said Leta.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘But it wasn't him!’
exclaimed Winnifred. ‘And Mr Trundle knows it.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Unfortunately,
people <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">will</i> gossip,’ said Miss
Hangar.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘We know it wasn't
you, Daniel,’ I said. ‘And we're going to prove it absolutely, so that it
doesn't depend just on the word of Winnifred. We've already got some clues.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">‘That's right,’ said </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">Roy</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">. ‘But we
need you to help us.’</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">Dummy looked
bewildered. ‘Clues?’ he said. ‘'Ow can ol' Daniel 'elp when the Parish is
puttin' 'im off'n the allotments and sendin' 'im into a home?’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">‘It hasn't happened
yet,’ said </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">Roy</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘And we're going to
make sure it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">doesn't</i> happen,’ said
Molly. ‘Miss Hangar's going to help us.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span style="font-size: large;">‘Of course she's going to help us,’ said Jenno
in her best BBC voice, ‘Aren't you Miss Hangar?’</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘I, er—’<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>said Miss Hangar.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘She's on the Parish
Council,’ I said. ‘And she and Mr Trundle will tell the others what the truth
is. Won't you Miss Hangar?’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘I er— that is— yes.
I'll certainly tell them the truth about the sabotage when I know myself what
the truth is.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">‘See Daniel?’ said </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">Roy</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">. ‘But
there are some things we need to know. And only you can tell us.’</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Ar—?’ questioned
Daniel.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">‘For instance,’ I
said. ‘Did you buy those </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">Wellington</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"> boots you
promised yourself for your birthday?</span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">‘Mr Hibberd were
roight put out when ol' Dan'l asked 'im. 'Ee din't roightly know 'ow ter come
out wi' it. It's the war, 'ee said. Anything wot were rubber was next ter
impossible ter come by. 'Ee said as 'ow 'ee'd be roight pleased ter favour me,
but that it weren't fer termorrer nor the day after. When 'ee 'ad some </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">Wellingtons</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"> in 'ee'd
be rememberin' a pair fer ol' Dan'l.’</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">‘You didn't buy any
then?’ asked </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">Roy</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Arrgh— just so.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘You don't possess
any other rubber boots?’ asked Jenno primly.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Where would ol'
Dan'l be findin’ a shillin' or two fer rubber boots wot 'ee don't roightly
need?’ replied Daniel.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">‘The footprints
aren't Daniel's,’ said </span><st1:city><st1:place><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">Roy</span></st1:place></st1:city><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";">.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘I never thought they
were,’ said Winnifred.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Me neither,’ said
Katy.</span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span style="font-size: large;">‘You <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">are</i>
going to help then, Miss Hangar?’ said Jenno.</span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Yes Jenno, er—
Jean,’ said Miss Hangar. ‘I'll do what I can; but you know, there's really very
little I <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">can</i> do now concerning the
allotments. The project is already approved and far advanced.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘As for The Old
Vicarage, it's a decision for the Church and the vicar. Any interference by the
school would only arouse resentment. But I can certainly help Mr Pearce to
learn to read and write. That way he could become independent of support from
the Parish.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘And not go into a
home!’ exclaimed Molly. She stuffed her knuckles into her mouth and looked
horrified towards Daniel.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Don't ye be a-fazed
none, Miss Molly,’ said Daniel gently. ‘Ol' Dan'l baint be deaf; 'ee knows
roight well wot people say. 'Ee bain't be such a dummy as 'ow they think.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">An embarrassed
silence fell. It was broken by Winnifred: ‘I think it's about time we lit the
candles. Who's got some matches?’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘I'll ask my mum,’
said Leta. ‘Wait a tic and I'll nip indoors and get some.’ She ran into the
school caretaker's house and emerged a moment later rattling a box of matches. </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘We didn't know how
many candles to put on, but in any case, Hibberd's store only had one box—it's
the war you know—so we put them all on. There are twenty.’</span></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9i2mfjI38M8Tucj6A7qzmVNEv2zhjcTqnJ67aFZRCkkiNnMrK6SBzcqwRiHjoNrDz7OrBO9EjWUqEROmIQPY5bUv8JVGirAtvRF7qV5-5bP1HO6OXP_FOin6tt3dgi-rQ84FGS5TqU4/s1600/Gang+Petition+-+Image+019+-+Dummy's%2BBirthday.JPG" width="247" /><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Heh, heh,’ chuckled
Daniel. ‘Roight kind ye be. Arrgh— but two-and-a-half boxes 'uld 'ave been more
loike.’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Blow them all out in
one go and you can make a wish,’ said Katy.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">Daniel took a deep
breath and blew. Twenty tiny flames disappeared to be replaced by twenty
slender columns of smoke.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Make a wish,’ cried
everyone.</span></span></div>
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</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘But don't tell
anyone until it comes true,’ cautioned Jenno.</span></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">Daniel shut his eyes;
held them screwed tight and then opened them again.</span></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Have you made a
wish?’ asked Molly.</span></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">
<span style="font-size: large;">
</span><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘Aye,’ said Daniel.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: large;">‘And so have I,’ said
Molly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span> </div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span></i><br />
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook";"><span style="font-size: large;">From "Gang
Petition" Chapter 7 </span><a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_6.htm"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_6.htm<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p>Thank yew fer joinin' in wiv our party. Oi 'ope yew liked moi bit. If'n yew like, yew c'n foller on now ter the next bit o' the fun... </o:p></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span> </div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><br />
<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">1. Helen Hollick : <i>“You are
Cordially Invited to a</i></span></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <b>Ball”</b> </span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(plus a giveaway prize) - </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/nsodv78"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/nsodv78</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
</span><br />
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">2. Alison Morton :</span></b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <b>"Saturnalia surprise - a winter party
tale” </b></span></i><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(plus a giveaway prize) - </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/op8fz57"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/op8fz57</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><br />
<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">3. Andrea Zuvich : <i>No
Christmas For You! The Holiday Under Cromwell - </i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/pb9fh3m"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/pb9fh3m</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">4. Ann Swinfen : <i>Christmas 1586
– Burbage’s Company of Players Celebrates - </i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mwaukkx"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/mwaukkx</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><strong>5. Anna Belfrage : <em> All I
want for Christmas </em></strong>(plus a giveaway prize) <strong><em>- </em></strong></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/okycz3o"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/okycz3o</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">6. Carol Cooper : <i>How To Be A
Party Animal - </i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://wp.me/p3uiuG-Mn"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://wp.me/p3uiuG-Mn</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">7. Clare Flynn : <i>A German
American Christmas - </i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mmbxh3r"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/mmbxh3r</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">8.</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <strong>Debbie Young : <em>Good Christmas Housekeeping </em></strong>(plus a giveaway prize) <strong><em>- </em></strong></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/mbnlmy2"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><em>http://tinyurl.com/mbnlmy2</em></span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;">
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<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">9. Derek Birks : <i>The Lord of
Misrule - A Medieval Christmas Recipe for Trouble - </i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://wp.me/p3hedh-3f"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://wp.me/p3hedh-3f</span></i></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">10. Edward James : <i>An
Accidental Virgin</i> and <i>An Uninvited Guest - </i> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/o3vowum"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/o3vowum</span></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">and
- </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/lwvrxnx"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/lwvrxnx</span></a></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<div align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">11. Fenella J. Miller : <i>Christmas
on the Home front</i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> (plus
a giveaway prize) - </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/leqddlq"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://tinyurl.com/leqddlq</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Time in the Mountains 1907</i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> (plus
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at Avery Hall in the Year of Our Lord 1804 - </i></span></b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://wp.me/p58yDd-az"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://wp.me/p58yDd-az</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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festival of enhancement…</span></i></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> (plus
a giveaway prize) - </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://wp.me/p4lRC7-aG"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">http://wp.me/p4lRC7-aG</span></a></span></span></span></div>
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Legion Parties Down for Yule 1780</em></strong> (plus a giveaway prize)<em><strong> - </strong></em></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_507370881"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></a><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Georgia","serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://bit.ly/1r9qnUZ">http://bit.ly/1r9qnUZ</a></span> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Oi ain't posted nuffink fer while, so ter try ter make up fer it, 'ere's somefink wot is a bit longer'n usual. It's fer 'Alloween, so it's just a bit creepy. It's moi friend Peter wot tells the story. Ter win a bet wiv sneaky, sly Selena, 'ee 'ad ter sneak out o' bed an' then go inter the church at night wivvout shinin' 'is torch. This is 'ow it were. Oi 'ope yew loike it...</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;"></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><br /></span></b></div>
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senses were on full alert, but there was nothing to sense other than the
mysterious noises of the countryside, the breathy night air, and the shifting
moonlit sky. No house showed the smallest glimmer of light: the occupants were
either in bed or their blackout was well in place.</span></div>
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down the dark road; but was Mr Trundle on guard duty by his house or on the
high station platform? I turned myself into a spectre of the night and glided
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blackness under the railway bridge I scanned the road across the river meadows
to the footbridge. Could someone be lurking in the shifting shadows of the
hedge? Of course not, I reassured myself. But I should keep to the shadows
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parapet. The river gurgled ominously below.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The church spire was
close now. It lanced through the torn clouds and stabbed awake my unavowed
apprehension. I would soon have to go under its fang into the funereal
graveyard.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I began to regret my
incautious boasting to Selena. Perhaps the shades of those buried there really
do slither at night from their ghastly tombs in the lurking loom of moonlight.
Even so, I couldn't back down now.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I gathered my
wavering resolution and tiptoed to the graveyard's lych gate. It was nearly
invisible in the sombre shadow of two huge guardian yew trees. I must pass
through the inky void between them. Should I run?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">The lych gate was
closed. I crouched by it trying to still the deafening tom-tom of my heartbeat.
Every woeful wraith beneath every baleful tombstone must hear it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I reached for the
handle of the gate. My hand shook. The latch flew up with a clack to waken the
dead. I trembled, but could not advance. The emptiness between the yew trees
was an evil, black barrier.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">God lived in the
church, I told myself. God was my father. He loved me. I'd be safe in there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">This comforting
thought got me through the gate, and I sprinted for the porch. Gravel scattered
from my feet to deter the waiting wraiths. The porch engulfed me in its gloom.
I clutched a pillar of the inner door and hugged it, panting. Nothing had got
me— yet. But they were waiting— just waiting—</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I slipped inside the
inner door and leaned against it. The church was cool, and quiet, and dark,
and— spooky. My heart hammered. No—I tried to reassure myself—this was my
father's house. I was safe in here. The trouble was— I didn't feel safe; not
safe at all. I felt terrifyingly alone. I didn't want to stay. So please— help
me, God!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">Exactly how I did it,
I don't know. I made no specific resolution to defy the demons. I began to walk
slowly and deliberately to the centre aisle and then up to the chancel. There
was just enough light from the moon flickering through the windows, to see my
way between the black rows of pews.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I felt my way up the
three chancel steps. The familiar choir stalls gave some slight protection from
the terrors of the dark. I collapsed, trembling, into Selena's seat, and
listened intently.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My thumping heart
covered all other noise. I must find Selena's envelope and get out of here as
fast as possible. Fearfully, I switched on my torch and found the hymn book.
Surprise: there were two envelopes inside. One of them was marked, ‘Selena’;
the other bore my name. I stuffed them into my pocket and prepared to flee.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">There came a soft
thump from the nave.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I switched off my
torch and cowered, terrified, in my seat. My ears, like huge alert saucers,
turned towards the sound. I heard a stealthy, horrifying shuffling. I became an
icy block. I stopped breathing. The shuffling came closer. My heart stopped.
Something awful was coming for me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Peter?’ it
whispered.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I died. It knew my
name. Was it God calling me?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Peter?’ it whispered
again. ‘B'ist thee?’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">My heart restarted. I
drew a deep shuddering breath. ‘Daniel?’ I murmured.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Aye lad— 'tis
Dan'l.’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Are you dead?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Nay, Peter lad.
Shine a bit o' light so's ol' Dan'l c'n see the steps.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I switched on my
torch. Daniel came up the steps, eased into the choir stalls, and sat beside me
with a sigh.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘What are you doing
here, Daniel? I've never seen you in church before.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Nay lad— the church
bain't fer the loikes o' ol' Dan'l: all them fine folks in their fancy clothes.
Better fer Dan'l when there bain't be nobody else around.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘You only come to
church at night?’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Aye— at night.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Aren't you afraid?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Dan'l frighted?
Frighted o' what, Peter lad?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘All those dead
people in the graveyard.’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Dan'l bain't be
frighted o' the dead. 'Ee be more frighted o' them wot's livin'. O' them wot'll
turn 'im off'n the allotments an' outta 'is hut.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Is that why you came
to the church: to pray?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Pray? Nay, Peter
lad. Dan'l bain't be 'avin' the words. 'Ee don't rightly know 'ow to be
a-prayin'.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Why do you come to
church then?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Arrgh. It be roight
peaceful in 'ere when there bain't be no other folks around. Ol' Dan'l c'n rake
together 'is thinkin'— loike 'ee does the leaves, come autumn, afore they be
burned up. An' loike when little lettuces come a-pokin' through the dirt.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘An' there's that
feller Jesus, wot they put up on the cross in the olden days. Arrgh— reckon as
'ow 'ee were worse off 'n ol' Dan'l.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘You think of all
that, and then you feel better?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Arrgh— reckon as 'ow
we both be a-diggin' in the self-same patch.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘I reckon, Daniel.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Didst come too ter
rake up some leaves?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Not exactly, Daniel—
not exactly.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">I was temped to tell
him about the bet and the money for our projected telephone call. But suppose
we failed. It would be cruel to raise his hopes until we were more certain of
success.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘No need ter be
a-tellin' ol' Dan'l. Heh, heh— loike my dad allus said: A seed is all secret
'till it shoots. Bain't it be so?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Aye, Daniel— it be
just so. Are you going home now?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘'Ome? Ol' Dan'l
bain't roightly got no 'ome. Not now the allotments be a-goin'.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Sorry, Daniel— I meant
back to the lockup; or rather, your room above.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Heh, heh— When Dan'l
drinks a pint 'o beer, folks shake their 'eads, an' then tis one or t'other.
Wicked ol' Dummy they say. Don't faze ol' Dan'l overmuch. Then them wot shakes
their 'eads when 'ee sings a bit in The Street, they comes in 'ere an' they
drinks some wine an' they sings their sober 'eads off. They be good, straight
an' narrer folks they be. Heh, heh— That don't faze ol' Dan'l none neither.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Daniel, I need to be
getting back. If my aunt finds out I'm not in bed, I'll be for the lockup too.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Heh, heh— Loike ol'
Dan'l said: we both be a-diggin' in the self-same patch.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Yes, except you
don't have an aunt to keep you on the straight and narrow.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Ye bain't be wrong
tha: ol' Dan'l's got the whole village agin 'im 'cept thee an' thy friends.’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Like Molly an'
Winnifred?’</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 14.2pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">‘Aye, an' the others
in thy gang.’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">We moved towards the
door. The church was calm and peaceful. The silver-black of the graveyard
welcomed us. It was not in the least threatening. Why had I been so frightened
before?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;">An
extract from “Gang Petition” Chapter 11</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jennospot
121</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"> Lucky Shootin'
Stars</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">It's real
lucky when yew see a shootin' star, 'cos that means yew c'n make a wish. Yew c'n
do it jus' loike in the song "When You Wish Upon a Star". It's
important ter remember that, jus' loike wiv fairy godmovvers, yew're only
allowed three wishes per noight, 'cos yew mustn't be greedy. Yew gotta leave a
few wishes fer ovver people. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyae118JLHus-UjCc8O3ES7_mLgkYBa7thKXCsDI8x96aoCyK4mwc4C3XAxfD7IkYrSFjEgtS6K7eEBiEl5F2muNyg7N2MDtW0kS9qFiOPRvlHI_1WVNQhhDti5_wzGLUarIp8fSXtYSU/s1600/Braces+Jumping+Over+Emmeline+P.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyae118JLHus-UjCc8O3ES7_mLgkYBa7thKXCsDI8x96aoCyK4mwc4C3XAxfD7IkYrSFjEgtS6K7eEBiEl5F2muNyg7N2MDtW0kS9qFiOPRvlHI_1WVNQhhDti5_wzGLUarIp8fSXtYSU/s1600/Braces+Jumping+Over+Emmeline+P.JPG" height="320" width="279" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Moi bruvver,
Braces, reckons as 'ow all that ain't no more'n mushy fairytale stuff. 'Ee
reckons as 'ow the only real shooting stars are them cowboys in the films,
loike Gene Autry and Roy Rogers, wot they show once a month in the Parish Hall.
Yeah, well Oi loike them an' all, 'specially when they vault on ter their super
'orses, ter go an' shoot up them bad guys in the black 'ats. Trouble is, moi
bruvver's a bit loike Peter, wot ain't got no romance in 'is soul. An' that's
why 'ee don't believe much in wishes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Still an'
all, Oi sometimes catch Peter outside on a clear noight a-starin' up at the
sky, an' when Oi ask 'im wot 'ee's a-starin' at, 'ee jus' says as 'ow 'ee's
only lookin'. Oi reckon wot 'ee's really doin' is makin' a wish, all secret
loike, jus' fer 'imself…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
yew gotta keep yer wishes secret, at least until they 'appen, 'cos if'n yew
don't, then they won't come true. An' even if'n they do, it's jus' by
'appenstance. Yew don't 'ave ter believe me if'n yew don't want; but if'n yew
want yer wishes ter work, yew mustn't tell nobody; not even yer best friend.</span></div>
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ain't all. There's somefink else wot's real important. It ain't no good jus'
wishin', even if'n yew see a thousand o' them shootin' stars, 'cos if'n yew jus’
make a wish, an' then wait fer the stars ter do ev'ryfink else ter make it come
true, it ain't likely ter work. No, yew gotta do yer best ter 'elp makin' yer
wish work out. Take it from me…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Last
noight Oi saw some shootin' stars, an' Oi made three wishes. Oi ain't tellin'
yew wot the first one is, not yet, any'ow; okay?</span><span lang="EN-GB"> When
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<span lang="EN-GB">The second wish is fer moi free e-books,
"Jenno's Widdlin'ton", "Jenno's Widdlin'ton II", “Just
Jenno” an’ “Jenno’s Facebook”: (<i><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/128813">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/128813</a>
, <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/166979">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/166979</a>
<a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/243552">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/243552</a>
an’ <a href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/264791">http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/264791</a>)
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website: (<i><a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/">http://www.peterstjohn.net/</a>).</i>
Cripes, wouldn't 'ee laugh if'n 'ee knew wot it were…<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">They come
wiv a good wish fer yew, an’ wiv luv from Jenno.</span></div>
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<br />Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-49816170061430009422014-05-18T06:13:00.000-07:002014-10-17T00:19:23.801-07:00Gang Warfare<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Jennospot 120 </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Gang Warfare</span></b></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPz7U1Vs2ip3Zce_FOVmmNxpFK825JCl8CdM-kC0IzYOZrIkD6n9XUnrgXGOVhBAOjbjOaOJNdkr3-z0x3-8utvEr6cOOMHnMSlrIfATiLJvPtqKxarfgIRuFwlLL_z3msdtOGFGOjIc0/s1600/Widdlington+School+with+Jenno.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPz7U1Vs2ip3Zce_FOVmmNxpFK825JCl8CdM-kC0IzYOZrIkD6n9XUnrgXGOVhBAOjbjOaOJNdkr3-z0x3-8utvEr6cOOMHnMSlrIfATiLJvPtqKxarfgIRuFwlLL_z3msdtOGFGOjIc0/s1600/Widdlington+School+with+Jenno.JPG" height="162" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">There
are four gangs in moi village o' Widdlin'ton, an' there’s anuvver real rough
one at the edge of town nearby. Some of the kids from that last one come ter
moi school wot c’n make fings a bit difficult at toimes.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Any’ow,
because of these different gangs, each one wot n’as it’s own rules about girls
joinin’ ‘em, there were a kind o’ war started. There’s even some wot say as ow
it were all moi fault jus’ because Oi got a soapbox cart wot is named after
Emmeline Pankhurst, wot is a calumny ‘cos Oi didn’t ‘ave nuffink ter do wiv it
wotsoever; well, ardly nuffink any’ow.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">If’n
yew want proof o’ that, yew c’d do worse than read wot Peter St John wrote
about it. It’s in abook called “Gang Warfare” an’ it’s jus’ come out all new in
paperback from SilverWood books. Oi know it’s true, ‘cos it were me wot told
PStJ all about it. Even so , I ‘ad ter keep correctin’ im ovverwise ‘ee’d ‘ave
gone all off the rails wiv the specially dramatic bits, loike the firewood
ambush, the battle wiv Mrs Jay, the barney at the Spitfire drive, and the big
air-raid.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_Oc-TnTvKLGEGcuCfsp8entHsIQ_LCkTgEX6c5mQpQ1loqp4iIIkrLlxbqTOi1XzaUpv7LQs2cE4gM3PrmjNZ04dyofyuEDGI4MHfOZHbGgBHBKliXlKlMLtD89cVoiRNIY__Z9mvA/s1600/Gang+Warfare+Front+Cover+SilverWood.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhor_Oc-TnTvKLGEGcuCfsp8entHsIQ_LCkTgEX6c5mQpQ1loqp4iIIkrLlxbqTOi1XzaUpv7LQs2cE4gM3PrmjNZ04dyofyuEDGI4MHfOZHbGgBHBKliXlKlMLtD89cVoiRNIY__Z9mvA/s1600/Gang+Warfare+Front+Cover+SilverWood.JPG" height="200" width="129" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Any'ow,
“Gang Warfare” is out an' rampagin' around. Leastways, if'n it ain't rampagin',
it jolly well ought ter be, 'cos it ain't ev'ry day when yew get a whole lot o'
village gangs fightin’ tergevver under one cover, so ter speak. Cripes, there's
enough rough stuff goin' on where they're separated inter their diff'rent
territories, never moind when they're squashed tergevver in a little book. Not
only that, it’s me on the cover, wot ought ter be worf somefink at any rate.
There’s lots of ovver coloured pictures an all.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">An
cripes, ‘ow c’n it be moi fault if some of the people in the village don't get
along. People are jus' loike that: They're perfec'ly able not ter loike one
anovver fer no good reason at all. But when yew fink that in Widdlin'ton there
are lots o' real good reasons fer <i>not</i> getting' along</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt;">―</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"> well wot c'n yew
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5Zhr3eudY1tj1Etp47iFDSxFDyROXKuGf9nhzdiVDVnuNDLH-rNqUo69qxq2VfmmDkLYnSNnXVR2TbYkSxVlJJ6o30HX2uuCczBVvFeMm0XZvQ503Mbp2QYNmAQzP4AsSomGgKOPaAs/s1600/Bates,+Haflins+&+Phoebe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5Zhr3eudY1tj1Etp47iFDSxFDyROXKuGf9nhzdiVDVnuNDLH-rNqUo69qxq2VfmmDkLYnSNnXVR2TbYkSxVlJJ6o30HX2uuCczBVvFeMm0XZvQ503Mbp2QYNmAQzP4AsSomGgKOPaAs/s1600/Bates,+Haflins+&+Phoebe.JPG" height="106" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">O'
'corse Oi get on pretty good wiv most ev'rybody, 'cept "Slug" Snaylor
natch, an' that there Heebie Jeebie Phoebe at the Post Office. Yew can't count
Bill Bates, wot 'elps 'is dad at the butchers, Oi mean, 'ee's jus' plain thick,
an' 'is two off-siders are pretty much non compos mentis an' all. Oi ain't
a-goin' ter mention J.J. 'cos 'ee's moi gang leader in the Pepper Mill Lane,
but Oi reckon as 'ow fings would be better between us if'n 'ee 'ad a bit more
respect fer girls, 'specially fer girls loike me. Any'ow, Oi reckon as 'ow Oi've
made moi point, 'cos Oi'm real easy ter get on wiv if'n yew treat me roight.
See wot Oi mean…?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Any'ow,
if'n yew'd loike ter know a bit more about all that, yew c'd take a look at
"Gang Warfare” wot wouldn’t ‘ave come out at all if’n it weren’t fer me
(even though P St J 'as put 'is name on the cover).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Luv
from Jenno…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/</span></a></span></div>
Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-40365541105125315302014-04-21T13:21:00.002-07:002014-04-21T13:21:27.469-07:00Can You Cast Spells?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Can you cast spells?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Of leaping walls,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Dancing with the wind;</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Flying arm in arm with
angels;</span></div>
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in fields</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">To moonless nights:</span></div>
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shines for us</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">And laugh</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">In memory of the sand,</span></div>
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hopes</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">And worries for</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">The caterpillar</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Becoming butterfly.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Tell me…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Can you cast spells,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">The art of a sheep inside a
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Wild</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">The source.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Let's drink its limpid</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Drunkenness</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Let's fill our flasks</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Magic, art, and wonder</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Tell me…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Can you cast spells?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Wiv luv from Jenno.</span></div>
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-45597825356847595372014-04-16T22:04:00.000-07:002014-04-17T11:38:21.980-07:00My Village<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJBsOopGqbaEiY-n6Wg4UyX_D9tgMa_dN3gf24wN4_8ZqvHx9-0QNtko-5se3uQo7klNsCAFyfNo1g8DK6aih3Hg1F4I6tVDDFEpbkJHuqGeV2Q8IU-qJvC04makHkbCGwgPe3YV65-U/s1600/SilverWood+Easter+Blog+Hop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyJBsOopGqbaEiY-n6Wg4UyX_D9tgMa_dN3gf24wN4_8ZqvHx9-0QNtko-5se3uQo7klNsCAFyfNo1g8DK6aih3Hg1F4I6tVDDFEpbkJHuqGeV2Q8IU-qJvC04makHkbCGwgPe3YV65-U/s1600/SilverWood+Easter+Blog+Hop.jpg" height="187" width="400" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Welcome to the SilverWood Books
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together to share a variety of articles and items of interest on their blogs
for your enjoyment. There are some lovely giveaway prizes, and - to stay in
keeping with the Spring and rebirth theme at this time of year - some colourful
Easter eggs. Feel free to collect the eggs, and use them where you like. They
were drawn by SilverWood author Peter St John who writes the ‘Gang’ series
about a boy who was evacuated to a village in East Anglia during WWII. Meet
Peter and his characters on the Blog Hop, along with a host of eggcellent
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Helen Hart</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Moi village o' Widdlin'ton ain't a big an' important
place, 'cept fer them wot live there, o' 'corse, wot don't mean that there
ain't no visitors from toime ter toime. Any'ow, a real noice lady from
Pennsyvania, wot's in the United States o' America, come by recently an' she
were kind enough ter write a piece about it (even although she din't say
nuffink about me) but she did say somefink about a "Boy". Well, it
jus' so 'appens that that "Boy" lives jus' in the back o' me, be'ind
moi chicken run, an' cripes, Oi know all the trouble 'ee 'as wiv gangs, an' wiv
'is aunt an' all. This American lady's name is Katherine Ashe, <a href="http://wwwlongview.blogspot.com/">http://wwwlongview.blogspot.com/</a> an'
she writes super novels about English 'istory, so she really knows wot she's
talkin' about. Any'ow, this is wot she wrote about the "Gang Territory"
in Widdlin'ton:</span></span></div>
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brought about the displacement of multitudes of children. We see photos of
them, wan, frightened as they’re herded onto trains bound for the safer
countryside or they’re led away by the firm grip of strangers’ hands. But what
happened to them after that, when they arrived at their unfamiliar
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">Peter St. John’s autobiographically inspired story
of a boy from a destroyed London orphanage gives us an insight. An insight not
only into the new hazards such children faced, but into the noble code of
boyhood, a code that forbade complaining when one was abused and that produced
a degree of self-reliance that would serve well in later years – provided the
noble spirited little lad survived.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">As in a medieval romance, the hero’s name is never
revealed to the reader. We will call him Boy. Boy arrives in the rural village
of Widdlington which is scant of indoor plumbing but rich in gangs of children.
Every street has its own gang who guard their territory from intruders. And an
intruder is any other child who does not live on that street. This of course
makes life exceedingly difficult for Boy, whose aunt and guardian seems
oblivious to the juvenile culture surrounding her, for she makes a habit of
sending him on errands where his very life depends upon his ingenuity in
getting to his goal and back home again unobserved.</span></div>
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humane feeling as this aunt, so completely focused on a sense of being put
upon, so resentful of a young boy, and so determined to gain every instant of
advantage from the unwanted presence of a child, as to resemble a slave driver
with a savage tongue in place of whip. When the aunt seems to relent at sight
of the boy’s injuries one senses that self-protection, not pity, is her
foremost, driving motive: fear of being discovered as the abuser she is. Why is
she so cramped and mean of spirit? Seen from the viewpoint of Boy, we never learn.
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">But if the aunt makes his new home hellish, the
principal local bully, known as Slug, turns the entire outside world into a
trial of strategy for Boy as he must navigate from place to place nearly always
under the threat of severe bodily harm if he loses his focus of attention for a
moment. St. John sets up hazards and triumphs that make the plot predictable
but that also create suspense – and a certain admiration in the reader as we
know what must be coming but well drawn intervening events keep forestalling
the inevitable.</span></div>
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brutes: from teachers to parents to children – mostly girls – and the local
derelict known as Dummy. Many speak in dialect although, thank heaven, Boy does
not. As yet another “Oi” for “I” is uttered, the words of Henry Higgins spring
to mind: “Why can’t the English teach their children how to speak?” Walter
Scott loved writing in dialects too, so St. John is in illustrious company.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma;">The issue of bullying is as timely now as ever and
St. John’s exploration of the ways in which children cope: isolatedly,
determinedly, with fear and bravery, is as resonant in Gang Territory as in
Huckleberry Fin, and as a salutary reminder of obtuse adult perceptions and the
complexity of the world of childhood."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">It's
me, Jenno, wot put in the pictures of Widdlin'ton 'cos Oi thought yew'd loike
ter see a bit o' moi village, so if'n yew don't loike 'em don't yew go
a-blamin' the noice American lady. An' if p'raps yew'd loike a few more, yew
c'd go ter <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index.htm">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, the American lady reckons as 'ow a
lot of us in Widdlin'ton speak wiv a dialect. Well Oi don't want ter be
impolite, but ter moi ears its them Americans wot speak wiv a dialect. Any'ow, when
Oi want, Oi c'n speak posh English just as well as Oi can proper English, only
if'n Oi did it wiv moi gang around, they'd fink Oi gone all superior on 'em,
an' they'd chuck me out. So Oi mostly don't do it. Oi'm glad ter 'ave cleared up
that little point. </span></span></div>
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yerselves a real 'appy Easter.</span></span></div>
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luv from Jenno an' PStJ...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: small;">And there are a host of other exciting and
interesting articles – hop forward to the next SilverWood Author for more
interesting articles, some colourful Easter eggs to collect, and a few Giveaway
Prizes:</span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Anna Belfrage :<a href="https://www.blogger.com/goog_1680433200"> </a></span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://annabelfrage.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/is-freezing-in-a-garret-a-prerequisite/"><span lang="EN-US">Is Freezing in a Garret a Prerequisite</span></a><span lang="EN-US">?</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Lucienne Boyce : </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://francesca-scriblerus.blogspot.co.uk/" title="http://francesca-scriblerus.blogspot.co.uk/"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;">The Female Writer's Apology.</span></b></a></span></b></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Isabel Burt :
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://isabelburt.com/"><span lang="EN-GB">Friday
Fruitfulness</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"> </span>- Flees for
the Easter Hop...</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="NL" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Caz Greenham : </span><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://cazgreenhamdotblogspotdotwordpressdotcom.wordpress.com/2014/04/16/silverwood-authors-spring-blog-hop-springtime-and-hanging-baskets/">Springtime and Hanging Baskets</a>.</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Edward Hancox
: <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.icelanddefrosted.com/2014/04/16/silverwood-blog-hop-seaweed-cocoa/">Seaweed and Cocoa.</a></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Matlock the
Hare : </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u><a href="http://matlockthehare.blogspot.co.uk/"><span lang="EN-GB">Pig-padding the Self-published Highway.</span></a></u><span lang="EN-GB">..</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Helen Hollick
: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://ofhistoryandkings.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/fictional-reality-silverwood-blog-hop.html"><span lang="EN-GB">Let us Talk of Many Things</span></a></u></span><span style="color: black;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;">- Fictional
Reality.</span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Alison Morton
: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://alison-morton.com/2014/04/17/how-the-romans-celebrated-spring-2/"><u><span lang="EN-GB">Roma Nova</span></u></a></span><span style="color: black;"> <span lang="EN-GB">- How the Romans Celebrated Spring.</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">John Rigg : <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.anordinaryspectator.com/news-blog">Television Lines.</a></span>
- Television Lines.</span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Peter St John
:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: blue; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://jennospot.blogspot.fr/">Jenno Presents - My Village.</a></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Michael Wills
: </span><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.michaelwills.eu/2014/04/a-doomed-army"><u><span lang="EN-GB">A Doomed Army.</span></u></a></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: small;">Debbie Young
: </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://authordebbieyoung.com/2014/04/17/the-alchemy-of-chocolate/"><span lang="EN-GB">Young By Nature</span></a></u></span><span style="color: black;"> <span lang="EN-GB">- The Alchemy of Chocolate.</span></span></span></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span lang="NL" style="color: black; font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Helen Hart : <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.silverwoodbooks.co.uk/news/2014/apr/02/spring-blog-hop">SilverWood Books Spring Blog Hop</a>.</span></span>
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<br />Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-59938908282166872242014-03-29T01:07:00.001-07:002014-04-04T08:04:43.653-07:00PStJ's Birfday<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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weren't 'alf a barney. Well cripes, yew c'n tell can't yew, when Sally recited
a poem wot she 'ad writ fer the occasion. An' 'ere it is, jus' fer fun. Well
that's wot birfday parties are for, aint it? An' because o' that Oi ain't a-goin'
ter try ter correct Sally's spellin' an' stuff; after all, that's wot the
Lit'ry group is for, if'n yew see wot Oi mean…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">There once was a writer
called Peter</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Who liked poems with rhyme
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Century; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Peter's gang, of wartime
manoeuvres.</span></div>
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succumbing;</span></div>
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There’s someone left out of this tally</div>
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And that is our talented Sally</div>
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Her humorous verses</div>
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Delight and enchant us</div>
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Around Sally we “Forgers” all rally.</div>
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Thank yew, Ginny... </div>
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-25868748313974419772014-03-18T02:21:00.000-07:002017-02-13T22:52:33.612-08:00Ain't It Wunnerful?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jennospot 116<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ain't It Wunnerful?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Cripes, ain't it wunnerful? There ain't no
doubt about it. An' it don't matter wevver it's somefink wots jus' come new, or
wevver it's over someone or somefink wot yew've known ever since the cows 'ave
come 'ome an' been milked. There ain't nuffink really wot's better; leastways,
Oi ain't found out yet wot it could be. Yeah, that's roight… Oi'm talkin' about
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: "georgia"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Love is all about carin', an' sharin', an' about
bein' there jus' a-grinnin' an' a-bearin'-up when fings don't go the way they
oughtter. It's about bein' able ter say wot yew really fink, quite darin' like really,
'cos yew know that the person wot's listenin' wot get shirty at yew. An' it's
about calmin' fings down when somebody starts bangin' around an' gettin' a bit
'ot under the collar. Cripes, love is getting out the cups, an' brewin' some
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yer problem. 'Cos love c'n always make a way ter find the best in any kind o'
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-89486393080970751562014-02-24T01:46:00.001-08:002014-02-24T01:50:29.797-08:00Moi Village o' Widdlin'ton<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The village o' Widdlin'ton, where Oi live, is a
noice little place; that is, if'n yew don't take too much notice of some of the
people wot live there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It's got a church, a chapel, a post office, a
parish 'all, two pubs, a garage (wot ain't open 'cos of the war) an' six shops.
The post office is run by Phoebe's muvver, but Phoebe an' me don't get along,
so Oi ain't goin' ter show yew 'er picture.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The biggest shop in Widdlin'ton is Mr Hibberd's
General Store. Mr Hibberd is a corporal in the 'Ome Guard, wot takes up a good
bit of 'is toime nowadays, so 'is shop isn't always open. Still an' all, 'ee's
mostly real obligin', 'cept that 'ee's always puttin' 'is spectacles down
someplace where 'ee can't find 'em again. 'Ee don't see too good wivvout 'em.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">There's over fings too, loike the Mill by the
river, an' the Manor wot stands in a big private park. The Mill ain't workin'
no more; not since the top bit got burned out jus' before the war, but there's
a good swimmin' place just downstream of it.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Oi ought ter mention that there's two schools. Oi
go ter one of 'em, wiv moi bruvver. The ovver one's fer the older kids, so Oi
ain't goin' ter say nuffink more about it, not 'ere any'ow.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">One of the pubs is called the Cock Inn. It's got a
picture of a red rooster 'anging from a post by the front door. Whenever
"Dummy" gets ter earn a shillin' or two, 'ee goes off ter The Cock,
an' when 'ee comes out again, 'ee sometimes gets ter singin' an' shoutin' in
The Street, wot gets 'im shut in the lock up fer a while.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The church is real old. It's called St Marys.
There's a statue of 'er in a niche over the main porch. Yew wouldn't know it
were 'er, 'cept that she's got a baby in 'er arms, cos she's been standin' up
there so long, she's all worn away from the weather. Still an' all, she's the
only one wot ain't lost 'er 'ead. 'cos there's lots o' ovver statues in various
places around the church, but not one of 'em as got an 'ead. They say as 'ow it
were Oliver Cromwell wot knocked their 'eads off four 'undred years ago, but wot
'ee 'ad against statues Oi dunno; after all, they're statues of saints, wot is
more'n could be said of some o' them folk wot live in the village.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Any'ow, if'n yew'd loike ter know more about moi
village, yew c'd always take a look at: </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt;"><a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_18.htm">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_18.htm</a>
</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">an' then yew c'd start clickin' around on the map.
If'n yew want, that is. Yew c'd even come an' visit, but that'd take a bit more
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<br />Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-56850915611390833432014-02-13T04:19:00.002-08:002014-02-13T06:45:05.079-08:00Mountain Train<br />
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special request, Oi've been asked ter put a poem up on moi blog; so 'ere it is:
It's by Peter St John. Oi 'ope yew loike it. Any'ow there's a noice picture...</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Skyward climbs the
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<span lang="EN-GB">Just another cheese to chew.</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">The valley seems a
toy-town place</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Seen from heaven's
peer-down space.</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Droll-doll chalets, sprinkled sparse,</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Spick upon the cow-cud grass.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Tie by tie, the
rails astride,</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ladder up the
mountain side;</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Thinly-lean, a two-pronged harrow,</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Swissly-clean and spindly-narrow,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Parallel they never
meet</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Except... up in
the sky, to greet</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">A Gruyère moon; looming there</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">In the crystal Swiss-wine air.</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Or at the sun,
join in one,</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Fusing from a
switchback run</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB"> On an undulating way.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Pop-stop eardrums
feel the rise;</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">We ride together
to the skies.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">No more trees; they're left behind...</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">High, the wind is too unkind.</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Squeezing on a
freezing bridge;</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Ease along a
heart-stop ridge;</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Where peaks in this vicinity</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Point us to infinity.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Down below all
nods and plods:</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">At Heaven's portal
we are gods.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">And god-like, one would higher go;</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Higher than the peaks and snow.</span></div>
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</div>
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<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">But... down one
must towards the dust,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In wonder-lusting
train unjust.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Entrusting Hope to justify</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The return ticket from the sky.</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">The single strand
now splits in two;</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Divides One into
me and you.</span></div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<br />
<span lang="EN-GB">Down we rumble, charnel bundle...</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: 36pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Mindful as we earthwards trundle</span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Of rapture; but
euphoria fails...</span></div>
<br />
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span lang="EN-GB">Fading on
descending rails.</span></div>
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</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Below the air is thick.</span></div>
Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-74838772854795873392014-01-15T00:20:00.000-08:002017-11-19T05:31:20.278-08:00The Essentials o' Cricket<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jennospot
113<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b>The Essentials o’</b> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Cricket</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Moi
fav'rite book, wot's called "Gang Loyalty, 'as a lot in it about the
English game o' cricket. P'raps there's some people readin' this, 'specially
them wot live in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region></st1:place>,
wot ain't never played cricket so Oi thought Oi tell yew all about it 'ere. The
trouble is, that cricket's easier ter play than wot it is ter describe.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">O' corse,
all British boys are born knowin' all there is ter know about cricket. Fer
girls it's different; they 'ave ter nut it out fer themselves. That's one
reason wot accounts fer girls bein' so much more intelligent than boys.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
cricket is a bat an' ball game wot is played between two teams of eleven
people, (wot is called a "side"). One side 'as a bat, an' the ovver
side 'as a ball. Only yew can play wiv fewer than eleven, loike wot we often
do, 'cos it ain't always easy ter get tergevver eleven kids wot want ter play.
The game is usually played on grass, 'cept that, in the schoolyard, it's on
gravely dirt, 'cos there ain't no grass, except along the edge of the wall,
'cos the caretaker ain't got no toime ter spare ter go pulling the grass out.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkAWsf4Un89uoo-LQa1amxmUP8W6MBL2U9PqnmvBlX5ZGPTVX_Gy6gKZwQRMcH-ODttH9uuvTzM4kdGJUXb3VY6DEx1Apv764l-4bmGjmywpauLQC5T8uwFNJqp0HFdz8HU5ggDu3UsI/s1600/Jenno's+Six-hit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkAWsf4Un89uoo-LQa1amxmUP8W6MBL2U9PqnmvBlX5ZGPTVX_Gy6gKZwQRMcH-ODttH9uuvTzM4kdGJUXb3VY6DEx1Apv764l-4bmGjmywpauLQC5T8uwFNJqp0HFdz8HU5ggDu3UsI/s320/Jenno's+Six-hit.JPG" width="171" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The place
where it's played is called the "Field" wot strictly speakin' ain't
correct, 'cos a field is wot gets ploughed up, wot ain't cricket fer cricket,
if'n yew get moi meanin'. Any'ow, in the middle o' this "field" yew
knock in three sticks quite close ter one-anuvver, wot are called stumps, only
they ain't really stumps 'cos they're quite long, about up ter yer waist. An'
then, at the distance of a "chain" (wot is <st1:metricconverter productid="22 yards" w:st="on">22 yards</st1:metricconverter> in case yew don't
know) yew knock in three ovver stumps. Only when we play, it ain't <st1:metricconverter productid="22 yards" w:st="on">22 yards</st1:metricconverter>, 'cos that's a
bit long, 'specially fer the little-uns, so we usually judge it by eye; about <st1:metricconverter productid="15 yards" w:st="on">15 yards</st1:metricconverter> say. Not only
that, if'n it's in the schoolyard an' it's too long, the ovver kids, wot ain't
playin', often run across between the stumps, wot ain't good fer the
concentration o' the players.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">When
yew've got yer three stumps set up, it's called a "wicket". On top of
the three stumps yew put two short sticks called "bails". Actually,
it's them wot ought ter be called stumps, 'cos they're real short an' stumpy.
Only they're called bails. They're there so's yew c'n tell when the </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">wicket
'as been 'it by the ball, 'cos then they fall off. Only we don't 'ardly never
play wiv the bails on, 'cos they're a bit fiddly, an' always get lost. Besides
the wind blows 'em off an' all, specially fer the girls, wiv their skirts. An'
all that ain't got nuffink ter do wiv bein' bailed out.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow, the
team wot 'as the bat, puts a man in front of each wicket wiv a bat. Yeah, that
person is still called a "man", even if'n it's a girl. Talk about
discrimination! That there "man" 'as ter stand between the wicket an'
a mark on the ground just in front of the wicket, wot's called the
"crease". While, 'ee or she is in that little space, they're safe,
an' can't be got out. Their job is ter defend the wicket, an' prevent it from
bein' hit by the ball wot the ovver team 'as.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">P'raps Oi
oughtta explain, than when <i>we</i> play, there ain't but one wicket, 'cos wiv
just a few of us, ev'rybody plays just against the one wot 'as got the bat</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "arial"; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> get it? An instead o' the ovver
wicket, we put in only one stump, or even just a gas-mask box, ter mark the
place.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The side
wot 'as got the ball, 'as the job o' sendin' it down from the ovver wicket (or
gas-mask box accordin' ter circumstances) towards the one wiv the bat. That's
called a "delivery". Only yew can't deliver the ball any ol' way wot
yew loike; yew've got ter "bowl" it, or it don't count. Bowlin' means
that yew got ter deliver the ball wiv a straight arm that goes over yer 'ead by
the ear. If'n yew jus' throw it, it's called "chuckin'", an' the
umpire calls "no ball". Only we don't never 'ave no umpire, wot can
lead ter disputatious argument, wot ain't cricket. Any'ow, the one wiv the bat
c'n still score off a no ball, even if'n 'ee can't be bowled out wiv one.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The
batsman or batswoman (wot ain't never called a "batter" by the way)
c'n score by 'ittin' the ball, an' then runnin' as far as the ovver wicket (or
gas-mask box), wot counts one run. If'n the ovver team gets ter the ball an
throws it back ter 'it the wicket while the batswoman is between the crease an'
the ovver wicket, then they're out, an' someone else c'n 'ave a go at battin'.
They're also out if'n the ball wot the batsman 'its, is caught afore it 'its
the ground. Oi 'ope that's clear.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAejOT3a8a9Gk02FK916y3p8__VqJA9raa0FRnHaQ8SCyLzdF48BPgHuZTsvjLNzTrhR-dVXN8i65gBv2zPhi0LynJekVOXmpgtcfw7BfMCKQB1VXg6YG93cwoXnrupkGgKMtJ3JKC-o/s1600/Peter+Fielding.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoAejOT3a8a9Gk02FK916y3p8__VqJA9raa0FRnHaQ8SCyLzdF48BPgHuZTsvjLNzTrhR-dVXN8i65gBv2zPhi0LynJekVOXmpgtcfw7BfMCKQB1VXg6YG93cwoXnrupkGgKMtJ3JKC-o/s320/Peter+Fielding.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There's
also some special scorin'. If the batsman (or woman) 'it's the ball ter the
edge o' the "field" it's called a "boundary" an' counts
four runs, but nobody 'as ter run, 'cept the person wot 'as ter go an' fetch
the ball. If'n the ball goes ter the edge of the field afore it touches the
ground, it counts six runs. O' corse, that don't 'appen very often.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">When we
play in the schoolyard, there ain't no "field", properly speakin',
but it counts as a boundary, if'n the ball goes as far as the wall. A six-'it,
is a ball wot goes over the wall, loike inter the infants' schoolyard. But yew
'ave ter watch out 'ittin' inter the infants' yard, 'cos if'n it 'it's one o'
the little-uns an' they make a fuss, yew c'n get clobbered by the 'eadteacher.
Some o' the infants are liable ter make a fuss even if'n the ball don't go
anywhere near 'em, 'cos that way they c'n get get sweets fer keepin' quiet; the
little devils. So it's best not ter 'it any balls in that direction.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So that's
about all there is ter know about the essentials o' cricket. There's lotsa
ovver rules natch, loike 'ow yew play when the wicket is chalked on the wall,
but Oi reckon 'as 'ow Oi'v already covered the main points. If'n it ain't
clear, yew c'n allus ask me fer details, or go ter any British boy; they're
born wiv it, loike Oi said; even moi daft bruvver…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luv from
Jenno.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB">By the way, there's a few pictures of us
playin' cricket in moi e-book, "Jenno's Widdlin'ton". It's free: <i><a href="http://www.smashwords.com/b/128813">http://www.smashwords.com/b/128813</a></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 12pt;">An' then there's Peter St John's books,
specially "Gang Loyalty", wot 'as got quite a lot in it about
cricket, an' ovver good sports an' all: <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com./dp/B0054DFQ2A">http://www.amazon.com./dp/B0054DFQ2A</a></i>
or paperback <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781321132">http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1781321132</a>.</i></span><br />
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-7069184565366904932014-01-05T02:58:00.000-08:002014-01-05T02:58:39.842-08:00Yew're Real Special
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jennospot
112<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Yew're Real Special<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Sometimes the day begins wiv a clear
mornin', an' be'ind all them little indoor sounds of life startin' up, it's all
kind of quiet outside; loike when there's snow. That's when Oi reckon as 'ow
it's a good toime ter<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>get a-hold o' the
deep silence wot is be'ind all them little mischievous interferin' sounds o'
livin'.</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGguud9IqPbAyaSrAzCKmh7Zr6mCg7Sx79cv-1BlraY-Iuig987BAZQ7e-dz37A8vP-kgU_wOFx8tTv2XIg9AlUaLuxiqvYqWnlKI5oFpEUQ6qFhy3FBxCLCqo9R4DZR4UwuBV5mOXVx8/s1600/Jenno+at+Snow+Window.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGguud9IqPbAyaSrAzCKmh7Zr6mCg7Sx79cv-1BlraY-Iuig987BAZQ7e-dz37A8vP-kgU_wOFx8tTv2XIg9AlUaLuxiqvYqWnlKI5oFpEUQ6qFhy3FBxCLCqo9R4DZR4UwuBV5mOXVx8/s320/Jenno+at+Snow+Window.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB">It's the moment when yew c'n find a sort of
tremblin' space inside yerself, a sort of space wot yew c'n almost touch, wot
yew c'n foller down an' down inside yerself, to where it's always silent, 'cept
fer yer breathin' an' the beat of yer 'eart. It's the space where yew live;
it's the space wot is really yew.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Fer me it's a roight quiet place, a still
place. It's a place wot goes beyond sound, where Oi c'n be jus' me. It's where
Oi c'n be jus' me wivvout no name, wivvout nuffink, except jus' me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">In that place, Oi c'n be 'appy just
enjoyin' bein' wiv mesself. An' if'n Oi keep real still in this silent part o'
mesself, Oi c'n start feelin' as 'ow strong Oi c'n be, 'cos Oi c'n fill mesself
up wiv that kind of force wot comes from jus' bein' alive. Oi c'n fill mesself
up wiv the sort o' power wot comes from the silence o' mesself an' from
ev'ryfink else wot is.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">When Oi'm in that place, Oi don't weigh
nuffink; an' that's real relaxin' loike. When Oi'm in that place, Oi c'n know,
wivvout really finkin' about it, wot a 'wunnerful creative sort o' fing Oi
really am, 'cos Oi c'n touch ev'ryfink wot is, jus' by lookin' out from be'ind
moi eyes. An' then Oi know that livin' is somefink wot is full of energy. An'
when Oi know that, then evr'yfink starts lookin' new, jus' loike as though Oi
were seein' it fer the very first toime; 'cept that it ain't the first toime,
an' that makes it even better.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Cripes, then Oi know that Oi'm special,
jus' loike wot everybody an' ev'ryfink else is Yeah, ev'ryfink's special. Yew
too; real special…</span></div>
Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-21303970665812622682013-12-14T01:51:00.001-08:002013-12-14T01:51:23.978-08:00Half-Past Five
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Jennospot 111<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half-Past Five</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jus' recently a poem, wot were writ by PStJ,
got mentioned on Facebook. It's a weird sort o' poem, an' it's a bit long, but
it seems as 'ow some people reckon it's okay. If'n yew don't loike it there's
no need ter go a-blamin' me, 'cos there ain't no accountin' fer stuff wot ovver
people write. Any'ow 'ere it is:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Half-Past Five<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">No time for dreams </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> the time is now.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Eternal now that cannot change.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A frozen moment </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> yet somehow<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The sun moves on, familiar, strange.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In windy silence, tempest calm,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The trees stand still and shout their lives.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Around is light without alarm<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And fearful joyfulness survives.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All sky-blue bright the dark is light<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That gleams and glows in dark that grows </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Subdues the form </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">the day is night<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And everything together flows<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In symbiotic freedom fixed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Together linked and yet apart<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All individually mixed<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Alone together, end and start.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The ploughman, on his tractor, dreams</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Of half-past-five and then his beer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The gulls wheel round and each one seems</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A feasting, feathered buccaneer.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Competing, squabbling, hovering still</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">While swooping in the static breeze.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">They scream aloud with silent bill</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And gleam between the glowing trees.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">As one they dive </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">– </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">all aerobatic</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Around the furrowing ploughman go.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A single creature singly static</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So swiftly swirling and so slow.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Then time itself takes up the theme</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To tune its beat to ever now</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And harmonize the ploughman's dream.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Plough on, plough on and ever plough.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Time's furrow on the ploughman's brow</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is no more than a seagull's care</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">To furrow, burrow, know not how,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">While time stands still on windy air.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For time is wind and tree and bird</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And ploughman dreaming of his beer</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And seagull's scheming dreaming heard,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And hope and love and screeching fear.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With screaming seagulls, gleaming trees</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And dreaming ploughman in the sun.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All time stands still </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> its vortices</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Together flow and make all one.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That battered tractor, rattling wreck–</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">While breaking up a ploughman's dream</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And shaking up the ploughman's neck– </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is scarce a chariot supreme.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Through integrality's one eye</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is seen the tractor's elegance.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It's like a cunning jewellery</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All sparkling in its radiance.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For each translucent element</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In fine and stately motion, weaves</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A linked and wondrous complement</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where each the other's dance achieves.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Each dancing part proclaims a name</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And where it came from, each one knows.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">See each component part aflame;</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Transforming fire on substance pose.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So glance around </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> no need to look</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where they from eggs the seagulls hatched.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The ploughman's life an open book</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">With all the details finely matched.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Each seagull sees a squirming worm</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Go worming through the teeming earth.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And teeming, scheming with the germ</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Of ever-living, endless birth</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And death; in life's great library</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where every word, unchangeable,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is fixed and evolutionary</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">In language clear, ineffable.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And there beyond Andromeda</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Unseen, the stars revolve and fade.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">There see, celestial space joy-rider,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On time's eternal path remade.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One
finite leap to boundless space.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Where
every book on every shelf</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is known
to those who know the grace </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 8pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The
secret key to time and self.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">One transcendental ‘now’, astride</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All individual competence</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">That brings awareness qualified</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For complete being; deep, intense.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For all is known and clear as glass.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">And all revealed and nothing hid.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For all is linked, no thing can pass</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">A coherence so clear, limpid.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Time flowing not </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> yet ever there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Time ploughing on and furrowing.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Time for a dream </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">–</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> to be aware.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Time dreaming on a seagull's wing.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">All clocks converge, their treacly ticks</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Suspend the bubbles in the beer.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">It's half-past five – or is it six?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Abadi MT Condensed Light"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Is ‘now’ far off, or is it near?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Oi jus' thought Oi'd loike ter share it wiv yew, if'n yew've got the toime; wiv luv from Jenno.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If'n yew'd loike ter know more about PStJ (but
Oi won't 'old it against yew if'n yew don't) yew could go, if'n yew want, ter: <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index.htm"><span style="color: #5588aa;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index.htm</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-33921994274750449532013-12-07T06:24:00.000-08:002013-12-07T06:24:06.288-08:00Makin' a Soapbox Cart
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Moi
soapbox cart is ready fer racin'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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soap-box cart, provided yew've got a box an' some good wheels. The best kind
'ave got ball-bearings rather than ordin'ry plain bearings. Yew c'n sometimes
get 'em off'n an old perambulator (Wot a lovely word! But Oi fink that in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region> it's
wot they call a "baby carriage"). The underneath part is loke wot
Molly 'as in the picture 'ere. My own cart, "Emmeline P", 'as got
pram wheels too, wot come off my perambulator after my daft bruvver let it roll
down the steps in front of ol' farmer Catchpole's tractor… The wheels were
still okay though.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Moi
cart is named after that there Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst, wot chained 'erself ter
railin's an' went ter prison, an' all, so's women c'd get ter vote in England.
A right great lady she were, even though she weren't very big; loike me. She's
got 'er statue in a little park roight by the railin's o' Parliament 'Ouse,
near that woppin' great clock wot they call Big Ben, though roightly speakin'
it's the bell wot sounds the hour wot is really Big Ben. Any'ow, moi cart's
called Emmeline P; loike yew c'n see in the picture 'ere, an' nat’rally, it's
the fastest cart in Widdlin'ton, even if it's me wot says so. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVebpenEFFAwjKW_UPAGmgH2lCg8cH_8xSIBbLGiJM970mcX05_Ew2Q-XSyoHi24BxS2c2DSH_CnjhKuVXIE7qoTVD3yK4AzFBfdRSrfsQq5iCDOKSb431HPq_wMGrTfA3zMtceBxZo5A/s1600/Jenno+with+Emmeline+P.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVebpenEFFAwjKW_UPAGmgH2lCg8cH_8xSIBbLGiJM970mcX05_Ew2Q-XSyoHi24BxS2c2DSH_CnjhKuVXIE7qoTVD3yK4AzFBfdRSrfsQq5iCDOKSb431HPq_wMGrTfA3zMtceBxZo5A/s320/Jenno+with+Emmeline+P.JPG" width="320" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">O'
corse, yew're also goin' ter need a good wooden soap-box. Yew used ter be able ter
get one from the local store; they were only too glad ter be rid of 'em. It's
probably a bit 'arder ter get one these days, wot wiv the war, an' crises, an' modern
packagin', an' all that sorta fing. Still an' all, yew c'n always make a box
out of a plank or two; in which case, it's a good idea ter use somefink a bit
thinker, 'cos, when all's said an' done, them usual soap-boxes are just a bit
flimsy. They don't stay tergevver so well if yer cart 'appens ter turn over;
wot ain't so rare.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">A
real important part of the cart, the long plank wot 'olds everyfink tergevver,
is wot we call the "Spine". That's gotta be real thick,
three-quarters of an inch at least. If it's any thinner, it'll be all springy,
loike wot them big American cars are, an' then yew c'n get kinda seasick when
it bounces up an' down over the bumps. Besides, it's gotta be solid enough ter
take the 'ole at the front fer the steerin' bolt. If'n it's too thin, yew'll lose
the front axle the very first toime yew ride down over a curbstone. See wot Oi
mean?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">When
Peter an me made moi Emmeline P, Oi come along wiv a tin full o' nails, only
Peter said that nails weren't no good fer makin' carts. Yew 'ave ter screw 'em,
or better still, bolt 'em tergevver, 'cos nails work loose pretty quick. Oi
pass the tip on. Yew don' 'ave ter thank me fer it, 'cos Oi didn't know it either
at the toime. The best sort o' bolts, are them wiv a little square under the ‘ead.
They call 'em "coach" bolts. Yew need ter fix 'em wiv a washer under
the nut, ovverwise it 'urts the wood, an' then they come loose as quick as yew
c'n say <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Akron</st1:place></st1:city>
Hill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ter the spine, then it's best ter put some glue on as well. Then it won't never
come apart. The wheels, complete wiv axle, yew c'n fix underneath wiv
"U" bolts. Oi reckon as 'ow Oi don't 'ave ter describe wot a
"U" bolt is, 'cos it looks exactly loike wot it's called. An' words that'd be
useful fer everyfink, don't yew reckon?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">One
last fing: If'n yew can, troi ter get a real, proper, bushed pivot bolt ter fix
the steerin' bar wiv. It'll give yer cart a roight solid directional (Oi loike
that word!) feel. It c'n give yew a worfwhile advantage (yeah</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"> an
even better word!) in a pushed start, or in an emergency. Besides, it don't
work loose, neither.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Go
well. 'Appy cartin'!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">Wiv
love from Jenno.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt;">P.S
.If'n yew'd loike more information about 'ow ter build a cart, yew could do
worse'n ter look at Chapters 10 an' 11 o' "Gang Loyalty". It ain't 'xactly a text
book but there's lot's o' useful information there wot p'raps yew'll find
amusin'. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1781321132">http://www.amazon.com/dp/1781321132<o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-25113959962518714182013-11-19T07:59:00.001-08:002013-11-19T08:03:27.961-08:00London<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jennospot
109<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">London</span></b></st1:place></st1:city><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">'Ave yew
been ter London? Oi went there one toime wiv Peter by train when the Lions
Avenue Lot got up their petition.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">London's
a real big place, yew c'd fit the whole o' moi village o' Widdlin'ton in one
corner there an' yew wouldn't even notice it. An' cripes, all them people! Oi
didn't even know there was so many people in all the world like wot yew
find there. There's so many people, they 'ave ter 'ave trains wot run in
tunnels under the ground, so as there's enough room in the streets, an' even
then there's 'ardly enough room. Some of the stations under the ground have
even got places where yew c'n sleep, but that's only because o' the war. It's
safer down there from the bombs, see. Peter'n me 'ad a little kip down there
durin' an air-raid, but it weren't noight time. It were mostly 'cos we was a
bit tired after runnin' away from ticket collectors, an' traipsin' around
tryin' ter see the the King an' the Prime Minister, an' all. Wot didn't work
out loike wot yew might expect.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWwKUp369xkg5PYvHGI84SvPipznPr07MjIqJ03nuxVJFrYs8k8FRqWCtNd55Vt_uJxEN3qlVr69GoHFhV2xSp-S2qASe2V8tvnJOX_N-GJXGoavdhf6oCw-obGebu5GmkxY_DQmY-is/s1600/Park+Elephant.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWwKUp369xkg5PYvHGI84SvPipznPr07MjIqJ03nuxVJFrYs8k8FRqWCtNd55Vt_uJxEN3qlVr69GoHFhV2xSp-S2qASe2V8tvnJOX_N-GJXGoavdhf6oCw-obGebu5GmkxY_DQmY-is/s200/Park+Elephant.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB_0GFVDjBlg_SGqNgaUQ2qfnTJ_9awQTt-w0CIZFwk3ESSj1BGvOUEVpoNILVwgB5Py3eicoBVFL205aeu0KOgv3j7rkcWUHH-LPT7lWLlp_eclba2En__pDvDtuVHetop8O7CdG_cM/s1600/Big+Ben.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAB_0GFVDjBlg_SGqNgaUQ2qfnTJ_9awQTt-w0CIZFwk3ESSj1BGvOUEVpoNILVwgB5Py3eicoBVFL205aeu0KOgv3j7rkcWUHH-LPT7lWLlp_eclba2En__pDvDtuVHetop8O7CdG_cM/s200/Big+Ben.JPG" width="138" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
we saw some anti-aircraft guns in St James' park an' a barrage ballon by
Bucking'am Palace. The best was visiting Emmeline Pankhurst; at any rate seein'
'er statue, wot is roight up against the fence o' the 'Ouses o' Parliament, so
it weren't a complete waste o' toime. Did yew know that Emmeline Pankhurst were
quite little? Oi wouldn't never 'ave thought it until Oi saw 'er statue, 'er
bein' so important an' all…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Annuvver
fing we did was ter visit the famous Tower Bridge. Yew know, that's the one wot
lifts up in the middle so as ships c'n go through. It were just getting' dark
when we got there, wot is the favourite toime fer air-raids ter start. An' one
of 'em did. There were an air-raid warden there wot sent us down under the
ruined church o' All Hallows by the Tower. We met a vicar there wot 'ad the
name o' "Tubby", leastways, that's wot 'ee said we should call 'im.
It were only afterwards that Oi learned that 'is real name were Clayton, wot is
curious, 'cos it's also the name o' the village next after Widdlin'ton.
Actually, Tubby were real famous, 'though we didn't know it at the toime, cos
'ee started up an organisation ter 'elp soldiers called TocH. (Yew c'n google
that if'n yew want 'cos Oi ain't a-going ter say no more about it 'ere).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We didn't
get bombed that noight, even though one came pretty close. Tubby only shrugged,
'cos 'ee said that wot wiv the church bein' bombed last year, it'd be real
unlucky if'n it were 'it a second toime. 'Ee weren't wrong neither…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The next
day we went back ter see the Prime Minister, wot lives near a big lump o' stone in
the middle o' the street called the Cenotaph, only we 'ad ter run from there
'cos the perlice were after us by this toime. An' then 'oo would o' thought it,
we finished up at the BBC wiv the famous radio programme, "In Town
Tonight" (Yew c'n google that an' all, if'n yew want).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">An that's
about all Oi c'n tell yew 'ere about <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">London</st1:place></st1:city>
(wot ain't bad fer jus' one visit, if'n yew ask me). If'n yew'd loike some
more, yew c'd do worse'n ter take a dekko at <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_6.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_6.htm</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luv from
Jenno.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-81853579832459108862013-11-09T23:03:00.000-08:002013-11-09T23:03:41.047-08:00Poppies
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt;">Poppy Seller<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Buy a poppy, lady?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">A few pennies for
a poppy?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Please give, just for
a poppy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Won't someone buy
a poppy?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Some pennies for a
poppy?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Buy a poppy, mister?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Just a poppy sir.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppies grow in
upturned land<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Such as dug by bombshells.
And<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Fed by blood and
bone manure<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">They bloom bright red.
As pure<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">As spikes of crimson
sun</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Flowers fit for
everyone...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Buy a poppy, lady?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Retail poppies, up
for sale.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppies tell a wartime
tale.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppies peeping
where none grow</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Hats, and buttonholes
also</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Buttonholes instead
of eyes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Button-eyed, a
whole world cries...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">A few pennies for
a poppy?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Buttons trimmed
with petals red;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Lacquered holdfast
to the dead.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Button up and cry
inside.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Batten down and seek
to hide.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppy fields were blooming
there<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">In the smoking,
stinking air...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Please give, just
for a poppy.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Scarlet petals,
blood-like stains;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Black dark pit of
stamen grains;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppies waving in
the breeze;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppies writhing
into wreaths.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Opium for a
suffering few;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Drugged with
poppies. Poppies new...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Won't someone buy
a poppy?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Black death; red
death; poppy bright.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Only death can stop
the sight;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppy bright evoking
blood;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppy shining from
the mud.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Hope, despair,
gut-wrenching fear;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Fleas, disease,
and tin-can cheer...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Some pennies for a
poppy?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Pretty poppy
pepper-pot,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Blood-red petals
now forgot,<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Shake out far your
hard black seeds;<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Poppy flowers are
not weeds.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Some saw carnage; poppies
there.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Shake my can, and
show you care...<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Buy a poppy
mister?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">Just a poppy, sir.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt;">© Peter St John<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-73647471779047202882013-11-03T01:23:00.000-07:002013-11-03T01:30:28.878-08:00Guy Fawkes<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Guy Fawkes<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">The Lions
Avenue Lot were gathered on the Meadow with their carts to collect kindling for
the Guy Fawkes bonfire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Six-year-old
Wikky looked up into Peter's face. ‘What's Guy Fawkes?’ she asked. ‘Is it like
garden forks?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlGgrhZ-dyPyYYwr-GBW-SR-lCNY0KE_4vKtw8LMpaweZmLbjyL7DXduVugGTQSCCS2ryavshny_nws_4_4W0E9RqdmHgyWxbQJE3LUEikPEQKqnA3x9u5n3ArvfBTlLbEg64pw1cJag/s1600/Penny+for+the+Guy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlGgrhZ-dyPyYYwr-GBW-SR-lCNY0KE_4vKtw8LMpaweZmLbjyL7DXduVugGTQSCCS2ryavshny_nws_4_4W0E9RqdmHgyWxbQJE3LUEikPEQKqnA3x9u5n3ArvfBTlLbEg64pw1cJag/s200/Penny+for+the+Guy.JPG" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Guy Fawkes
was a bad man who put a bomb under Parliament in London,’ he replied. ‘He was
hung for it.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Did the
bomb make a big bang?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘No. It was
discovered before it could be set off.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Was he a
German?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘No, he was
English.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Why did he
put a bomb under Parliament then? Was he Hitler's spy?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘No he
wasn't a spy, he was a catholic.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘What's a
catholic?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Somebody
who goes to a Catholic church.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘D'you want
to blow up Parliament?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Why should
I want to blow up Parliament?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘You go to
church.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘But it's
the village church.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Isn't it
the same?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘I don't
think so.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Did Guy
Fawkes go to church?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘I suppose
so.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘But you
said he was bad.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8qU7sWIXTDGFl-LONDMgIIKCasE3SMxaEAxTDrwmyXJ2vqghg2GsUfAMgJ-B3K6MekAeRfmlaE2NnixTdKAIZdiLTZXZcG7oQUIKr2GqA1IHYp60v0295rwS9XTbetBLFs6E0sNT_5I/s1600/Wikky+Ch+12.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8qU7sWIXTDGFl-LONDMgIIKCasE3SMxaEAxTDrwmyXJ2vqghg2GsUfAMgJ-B3K6MekAeRfmlaE2NnixTdKAIZdiLTZXZcG7oQUIKr2GqA1IHYp60v0295rwS9XTbetBLFs6E0sNT_5I/s200/Wikky+Ch+12.JPG" width="144" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘What's that
got to do with it?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">Wikky's face
began to pucker. ‘I don't want you to go to church any more.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Why not,
Wikky?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘You're not
bad. I don't want you to be hung.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘It's all
right, Wikky. This happened a long time ago.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘When my
mother was little?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘A long time
before that. A long, long time even before <i>her</i> mother was little.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">This was too
difficult for Wikky to grasp. She began to cry.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">‘Never mind,
Wikky,’ I said consolingly. ‘It's just a story, like the big bad wolf. Here,
get into my cart and I'll pull you.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Century Schoolbook"; mso-font-kerning: 14.0pt;">One behind
the other, we went with our carts up the slope towards the Layers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">(Adapted from "<i>Gang Warfare</i>"
chapter 12. <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_3http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_3.htm"><a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_3.htm">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_3.htm</a></a></span>)</span></div>
<br />Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-53798442053030318132013-10-29T02:59:00.000-07:002017-10-28T23:57:12.400-07:00Things that Go Bump in the Night<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Things that Go Bump
in the Night<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">My senses were on
full alert, but there was nothing to awaken them other than the mysterious
noises of the countryside, the breathy night air, and the shifting moonlit sky.
No house showed the smallest glimmer of light: the occupants were either in bed
or their blackout was well in place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I reached Gables
Corner without mishap. The screech of an owl startled me. Owls are a bad omen.
Other than that, nothing stirred. I turned myself into a spectre of the night
and glided ahead, ready to freeze or flee at the slightest alarm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">From under the
railway bridge I scanned the road across the water meadows to the footbridge. Was
there someone lurking in the shifting shadows of the hedge? Of course not, I
reassured myself. I slid silently along to the footbridge over the river, and
crouched in the uncertain shelter of the parapet. The river gurgled ominously
below.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">The church spire was
close now. It lanced through the torn clouds and stabbed awake my unavowed
apprehension. I would have to go under its fang into the funereal graveyard. I
began to regret my incautious boasting to Selena and my subsequent wager.
Perhaps the shades of those buried there really do slither at night from their
ghastly tombs in the lurking loom of moonlight.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg861eOdFZvbIe0HUykYSk5CSk9c56OPsB8ZxnUslCB8KPGk2LU2lFr7Wlhyphenhyphen6ISNrYQlaBjiO_5u4R07qpT5HGPGS9DQmwcCjBpa116ihV6rGart-8Ko2_2sKlV4RgFaXaie4CX0gF93HY/s1600/Church+at+Night+with+Sky.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg861eOdFZvbIe0HUykYSk5CSk9c56OPsB8ZxnUslCB8KPGk2LU2lFr7Wlhyphenhyphen6ISNrYQlaBjiO_5u4R07qpT5HGPGS9DQmwcCjBpa116ihV6rGart-8Ko2_2sKlV4RgFaXaie4CX0gF93HY/s200/Church+at+Night+with+Sky.jpg" width="188" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I tiptoed to the
graveyard gate. It was nearly invisible in the sombre shadow of two huge
guardian yew trees. I must pass through the inky void between them. Should I
run?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I crouched by the
gate, trying to still the deafening tom-tom of my heart. Every woeful wraith
beneath every baleful tombstone must hear it. My hand shook as I reached for
the handle.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">The latch flew up
with a clack to waken the dead. I trembled. I could go no further. The
emptiness between the yew trees was an evil, black barrier.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">God lived in the
church. God was my father. He loved me. I'd be safe in there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">This frail comfort
got me through the gate. I sprinted for the porch. Gravel scattered under my
feet to deter the waiting wraiths. The porch engulfed me in its gloom. I
clutched a pillar of the inner door and hugged it, panting. Nothing had got me.
But they were waiting— just waiting—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I slipped inside and
leaned against the inner door. The church was cool, and quiet, and dark, and—
spooky. My heart hammered. This was my father's house; I ought to feel safe. But
I didn't feel safe; not safe at all. I felt terrifyingly alone. I didn't want
to stay; so please help me, God!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">Exactly how I did it,
I don't know. I made no specific resolution to defy the demons. I began to walk
slowly and deliberately to the centre aisle and then up to the chancel. There
was just enough light from the moon flickering through the windows, to see my
way between the black rows of pews.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I felt my way up the
three chancel steps.</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">The familiar choir
stalls gave some slight protection from the terrors of the dark. I collapsed
trembling into Selena's seat, and listened intently.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">My thumping heart
covered all other noise. I must find the envelope and get out of here.
Fearfully, I switched on my torch and found the hymn book. There were two
envelopes inside. One was marked, ‘Selena’; the other bore my name. I stuffed
them into my pocket and prepared to flee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">There came a soft
thump from the nave.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I switched off my
torch and cowered, terrified, in my seat. My ears, like huge alert saucers,
turned towards the sound. I heard a stealthy, horrifying shuffling. I became an
icy block. I stopped breathing. The shuffling came closer. Something awful was
coming. My heart stopped.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Peter?’ it
whispered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I died. It knew my
name. Was it God calling me?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Peter?’ it whispered
again. ‘B'ist thee?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">My heart restarted. I
drew a deep shuddering breath as I recognised a friend. ‘Daniel?’ I murmured.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Aye lad— 'tis ol' Dan'l.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Are you dead?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Nay, Peter lad.
Shine a bit o' light so's ol' Dan'l c'n see the steps.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I switched on my
torch. Daniel came up the steps, eased his bulk into the choir stalls, and sat
beside me with a sigh.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘What are you doing
here, Daniel? I've never seen you in church before.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Nay lad— the church
bain't fer the loikes o' ol' Dan'l: all them fine folks in their fancy clothes.
Better fer Dan'l when there bain't be nobody else around.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘You only come to
church at night?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Aye— at night.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Aren't you afraid?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Dan'l frighted?
Frighted o' what, Peter lad?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘All those dead
people in the graveyard.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Dan'l bain't be
frighted o' the dead. 'Ee be more frighted o' them wot's livin'. O' them wot'll
turn 'im off'n the allotments an' outta 'is hut.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Is that why you came
to the church: to pray?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Pray? Nay, Peter
lad. Dan'l bain't be 'avin' the words. 'Ee don't rightly know 'ow to be
a-prayin'.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Why do you come to
church then?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Arrgh. It be roight
peaceful in 'ere when there bain't be no other folks around. Ol' Dan'l c'n rake
together 'is thinkin'— loike 'ee does the leaves, come autumn, afore they be
burned up. An' loike when little lettuces come a-pokin' through the dirt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘An' there's that
feller Jesus, wot they put up on the cross in the olden days. Arrgh— reckon as
'ow 'ee were worse off 'n ol' Dan'l.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘You think of all
that, and then you feel better?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Arrgh— reckon as 'ow
we both be a-diggin' in the self-same patch.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘I reckon, Daniel.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Didst come too ter
rake up some leaves?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Not exactly, Daniel—
not exactly.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">I was tempted to tell
him about the bet and the money for our project. But suppose we failed. It
would be cruel to raise his hopes until we were more certain of success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘No need ter be
a-tellin' ol' Dan'l. Heh, heh— loike my dad allus said: A seed is all secret
'till it shoots. Bain't it be so?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Aye, Daniel— it be
just so. Are you going home now?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘'Ome? Ol' Dan'l
bain't roightly got no 'ome. Not now the allotments be a-goin'.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Sorry, Daniel— I
meant back to the lockup; or rather, your room above.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Heh, heh— When Dan'l
drinks a pint 'o beer, folks shake their 'eads, an' then tis one or t'other.
Wicked ol' Dummy, they say. Don't faze ol' Dan'l overmuch. Then them wot shakes
their 'eads when 'ee sings a bit in The Street, they comes in 'ere an' they
drinks some wine an' they sings their sober 'eads off. They be good, straight an'
narrer folks they be. Heh, heh— That don't faze ol' Dan'l none neither.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Daniel, I need to be
getting back. If my aunt finds out I'm not in bed, I'll be for the lockup too.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Heh, heh— Loike ol'
Dan'l said: we both be a-diggin' in the self-same patch.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Yes, except you
don't have an aunt to keep you on the straight and narrow.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Ye bain't be wrong
tha: ol' Dan'l's got the whole village agin 'im 'cept thee an' thy friends.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Like Molly an'
Winnifred?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;"></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">‘Aye, an' the others
in thy gang.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxZZFG8UBe0fcVBvcRFsJrj92MIFsOEiOfJhMnzsDHnaUDcXDy5TVSTXsqMK1sVYjzr-9eY4X7vkMRMqRqpdC-81dUVXqChMJpeHik-I9Xa9bncsx2HfGbpWx2nMXUX-zLvhfTV1u_q4/s1600/Dummy+&+Peter+in+Graveyard.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPxZZFG8UBe0fcVBvcRFsJrj92MIFsOEiOfJhMnzsDHnaUDcXDy5TVSTXsqMK1sVYjzr-9eY4X7vkMRMqRqpdC-81dUVXqChMJpeHik-I9Xa9bncsx2HfGbpWx2nMXUX-zLvhfTV1u_q4/s200/Dummy+&+Peter+in+Graveyard.JPG" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "century schoolbook"; font-size: 11pt;">We moved towards the
door. The church was calm and peaceful. The silver-black of the graveyard
welcomed us. It was not in the least threatening. Why had I been so frightened
before?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">(Adapted from "<i>Gang Petition</i>"
chapter 11. </span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_6.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_6.htm</span></a>)</span></div>
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-43648551268828141722013-10-22T01:58:00.001-07:002013-10-29T01:23:21.386-07:00Gang America<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jennospot
106<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Gang <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Aw
cripes, 'ee's at it again: P St J is preparin' ter write anuvver book. Well
that's orroight Oi suppose, 'cos 'ee said as 'ow Oi c'd be in it, but wiv 'im
it's jus' loike all them ovver boys; they say one fing an' then they go off an'
do somefink quite diff'rent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Still an'
all, 'ee's made a start on a plot outline. But Oi don't know as 'ow 'ee really
needs one o' them plot fings. Loike Oi always tell 'im: why not write it jus'
the way it 'appens, 'cos Oi c'n always remind 'im if'n 'ee gets somefink wrong.
Trouble is 'ee's real pig-'eaded when it comes ter advice, 'cos 'ee reckons as
'ow 'ee knows best; but 'ee don't never listen. 'Ee goes rushin' at ev'ryfink,
but then in the finish 'ee always 'as ter ask an' then put fings roight afterwards
so's it comes out true. Dunno why 'ee can't listen ter me in the first place;
it'd save us all a whole lot o' work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDg5BkvpjJYPDrFzSEqA_Ut08xnAMF9g-GgPiBhLuZmegXg_GPmxeMen-zJfAP6fMY5VJhnKe9jHT6LjvNLcfsAnoTPd8dNkeCMzCUTalXS4ScrKyaoAafYCU6SDL5yNBFDrasuckxB4/s1600/USAAF+Shield.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDg5BkvpjJYPDrFzSEqA_Ut08xnAMF9g-GgPiBhLuZmegXg_GPmxeMen-zJfAP6fMY5VJhnKe9jHT6LjvNLcfsAnoTPd8dNkeCMzCUTalXS4ScrKyaoAafYCU6SDL5yNBFDrasuckxB4/s200/USAAF+Shield.JPG" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
'ee's says as 'ow 'ee's goin' ter write about the American invasion of
Widdlin'ton (wot is the village where Oi live). Now don't yew go runnin' away
wiv the wrong idea. Oi say it's an invasion, an' so it is, 'cos 'ere they come
wiv great big aeroplanes, build an airbase, and are takin' over most ev'ryfink
wot is in Widdlin'ton. All that 'as some real roistering' repercussions, Oi c'n
tell yew. Only it's a friendly invasion loike (though sometimes yew wouldn't
fink it) not loike the 'orrible one wot we was always expectin' from 'Itler an'
'is Nazi thugs, only it ain't 'appened yet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
Oi'm gettin' off the point, wot is that wiv all these American Army Air Force
chaps around the place, in their super smooth uniforms, it upsets a whole lot
o' apple carts, an' it upsets our soapbox cart racin' an' all. Us kids 'ave got
a real ol' battle on our 'ands over it, an' the adults don't seem able ter see
our point o' view, wot wiv the war an' ev'ryfink.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The only
one wot seems ter be able ter see 'ow it is wiv our problem is a real
noice American airman wiv an 'appy black face, only nobody 'cept us seems ter
take much notice of 'im, even though 'ee 'as got a ribbon on 'is chest. 'Ee don't
go up a-flyin' over Germany neither, wot also makes a diff'rence, Oi suppose.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
PStJ is goin' ter write it all down, but it'll take a real long toime, 'ee
says; so maybe the war will be over by then. Oi 'ope so, 'cos it ain't noice
when yew see them shiny new bombers come back from raidin' Germany wiv big
'oles in 'em. An' lots of 'em don't never ever come back at all…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Yeah,
it's sad, an' it makes yew fink real big thoughts, even when yew don't want to…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">But it
don't do no good ter get too upset 'cos "Gang <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>", is goin' ter be
about a real big gang, even if'n it makes problems fer our little one. So don't
worry too much; yew c'n leave the worryin' ter PStJ.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luv from
Jenno.</span></div>
Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-69658602471730819762013-10-08T03:36:00.000-07:002013-10-08T03:36:14.173-07:00Barfrooms
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3enmGQZhPKMd3OPfCH9I8nPH0yT3-SjT-ydpsJv1AKaDiknGE-1qxRqf5ji7vDbsTLeacwlGXlIFYAqfII9NIwOCB3TZaTWav8uZM-Un7MFsil8xnTidvvr_f0lBcTYBfMf2kOzfZhAg/s1600/Peter+in+the+Bath.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3enmGQZhPKMd3OPfCH9I8nPH0yT3-SjT-ydpsJv1AKaDiknGE-1qxRqf5ji7vDbsTLeacwlGXlIFYAqfII9NIwOCB3TZaTWav8uZM-Un7MFsil8xnTidvvr_f0lBcTYBfMf2kOzfZhAg/s200/Peter+in+the+Bath.JPG" width="200" /></a><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Jennospot
105<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Barfrooms<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">'Ave yew
got a barfroom?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We ain't
got one neither, loike most of them wot live in Widdlin'ton village, but some
of 'em 'ave got piped water so's they don't 'ave ter go ter the well no more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">We didn't
never 'ave no well, 'cos our 'ouse is new compared wiv them up The Street, but
then The Street is real old, loike the church, but the church is even older.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">My 'ouse were
built around the toime wot the railway come, 'cos they 'ad ter 'ave some place
fer the people ter live wot 'ad jobs in the works up Pepper Mill Lane out
towards Clayton. That were afore Oi were born o' corse, 'cos them works ain't
a-workin' no more. They left some good places in the soide of the valley
though, loike the Clay Pit, an' the Mountain Glide where we race our soapbox
carts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5ZpG4mkuDB9PVwNG-6HAfn0QOeOBRS860JTsqnLvsqYZ0J300MbCL815H8AHojrv80LZ26xavfq0yhqJQLglwABhiag3t6lJyl3ENiYN-SK8S9OmAQQwRcfo9bV8IvqXNP632iqn22Y/s1600/Jenno+in+Emmeline+P.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib5ZpG4mkuDB9PVwNG-6HAfn0QOeOBRS860JTsqnLvsqYZ0J300MbCL815H8AHojrv80LZ26xavfq0yhqJQLglwABhiag3t6lJyl3ENiYN-SK8S9OmAQQwRcfo9bV8IvqXNP632iqn22Y/s200/Jenno+in+Emmeline+P.JPG" width="196" /></a><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
that ain't got nuffink ter do wiv barfrooms, 'cept when yew get a bit mucky
from fallin' off yer cart. When that 'appens (or even when it don't) an' moi
mum stops fussin', Oi 'ave ter 'ave a good wash all over. So Oi go outside ter
fetch the big tin barf wot's 'anging on the wall by the shed an' bring it in
ter the kitchen. Moi mum takes the big kettle an' several of our biggest
cookin' pots; she fills 'em wiv water, an' puts 'em on the stove ter 'eat up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">When
they're good an' 'ot, she calls me an' moi bruvver ter come inter the kitchen
an' get undressed, only moi bruvver goes first 'cos 'ee's a year older than wot
Oi am. Oi reckon as 'ow that ain't altergevver fair 'cos Oi ought ter 'ave
first go sometoimes. But it ain't no good me complainin' too much, 'cos moi mum
don't take no notice. Mum pours the 'ot water inter the tin barf but it's too
small ter sit down in now, so we 'ave ter stand up so's she c'n soap us all
over, scrub us down wiv a rough bit o' cloth, an' then rinse off the suds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Loike Oi
said, moi bruvver goes first, an' cripes, the water ain't 'alf dirty sometimes,
by the toime 'ee's finished wiv it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">The best
is Mondays when it's a school 'oliday, 'cos then we c'n wash in the copper
laundry tub, when mum'as finished doin' the clothes, 'cos you c'n sit on the
edge of the copper an' put yer feet in the water. It's noice an' warm too wiv
the fire underneath an' all. It ain't no good on schooldays though, 'cos by the
toime we get 'ome, mum 'as finished the laundry an' its all 'angin' on the line
outside. If'n it's rainin' on a Monday, an' yew've got big stuff ter wash,
loike bed sheets, well yew jus' 'ave ter wait till the wevver improves. Yew
'ave ter wait a long toime sometimes, in the winter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Peter's
lucky, 'cos 'ee lives in one o' them new posh 'ouses up Lions Avenue. Bungalows
they call 'em, an' they got barfrooms wiv a geyser wot goes by gas. Must be
noice ter be able ter 'ave a barf any ol' toime wot yew loike, but Peter ain't
so 'appy about it. 'Ee 'as ter 'ave 'is barf on Saturday evenin' so's 'ee's all
noice an' clean ter go ter church next day. The fing 'is, it's 'is aunt wot takes 'er
barf a-fore 'im. She's a real stickler fer doin' things real correct, an'
yew're only supposed ter 'ave three inches o' water so's we c'n win the war by
savin' gas, an' that at the deep end an' all. She's got a special depth gauge
'angin' by the geyser so she c'n make sure she's obeyin' the regulation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">So Peter
'as ter take 'is barf after 'is aunt, in three inches of gray, second-'and
water wot's nearly cold. Cripes, it ain't much fun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wot lives in an old 'ouse up The Street, 'as got a barfroom. It were put in by
'er dad in the junk room at the top o' the stairs. That were jus' before the
war, when the electricity came. The water gets 'eated by a posh electric system
wot 'angs on the wall. Winnie says she takes a barf real often wiv proper
perfumed soap an' not the carbolic kind. P'raps that's why she always smells so
noice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">P'raps
one day after the war we c'n 'ave a proper barfroom too. Maybe Peter'll 'elp me
bring the geyser in…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If'n yew
want ter know more about Peter an' Winnie's barfrooms, yew could read "Gang
Territory" <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_2.htm"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/index_2.htm</span></a>,
but only if'n yew've got a barfroom yerself, 'cos Oi wouldn't want ter make yew
envious; wot is a sin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luv from
Jenno.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2127328771222337990.post-61459880118852919262013-09-23T00:13:00.000-07:002013-09-23T00:28:50.078-07:00Evacuees, Pigs and Castles<a href="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=210634"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0qZCkY0cNPZkUgSM42ocvRIr8C3D-5kdymeE_R0GAFLtDe9_TU59JMLmJXmW55pQ_DfqWjGhhc8YWcLguKImkRxxccctwMvSXMN-I85PtvW471R8BV_9vMQzX-SJPI5F4G52P_pXrD3E/s320/Haddon+Hall+copy+EHFA.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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104<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB">Evacuees, Pigs and Castles<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Buzzard ain't a real big place. Leastways, that's wot Peter says, 'cos Oi ain't
never been there. But it ain't all that small neither, 'cos its got an animal
market, an abattoir fer pigs, an' the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Grand</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Union</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Canal</st1:placetype></st1:place> at the bottom of
the High Street. Oi know all that 'cos Peter 'as seen 'em.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Did yew
know that Peter, wot come ter moi village o' Widdlin'ton in October 1940, is an
evacuee? Well cripes, 'ee is, 'cos the orphanage in London where 'ee were when
the war broke out, got 'it by a bomb. 'Ee don't loike much ter tell about it,
but 'ee told me, 'cos the garden of 'is 'ouse backs on ter mine, down where the
chickens are. That's where we talk; only don't tell nobody, 'cos it's secret,
see.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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bomb, all them kids wot were in the orphanage, 'cept fer them wot was killed or
injured, lived first-off in a convent wiv some nuns. But nuns an' kids are loike
coffee an' bananas; they don't mix too good tergevver. So they was soon sent
off as evacuees ter different places. Peter was sent off loike a parcel, in the
guard's van of a train ter Leighton Buzzard. 'Ee 'ad a label tied around 'is
neck addressed ter the Billetin' Officer, an' 'ee 'ad a paper bag wiv a bun an'
'alf a bar o' chocolate. 'Ee didn't 'ave no ovver luggage ter speak of, 'cept a
three-legged piggy bank wiv tuppence in it, an' a pocket knife wiv a slightly bent
blade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">In the
guard's van of the train were a whole lot of ovver parcels, though 'ee were the
only one wot 'ad legs. Any'ow, 'ee tried ter straighten the blade of 'is knife
in a crack in one the parcels, but the guard weren't too 'appy about that, an'
stopped 'im. So the blade stayed bent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There was
a real lot o' confusion most ev'rywhere because of the war, an' when 'ee got
ter Leighton Buzzard, nobody didn't really know wot ter do wiv 'im at first. So
'ee ate 'is bun an' chocolate, afore sleepin' the night on a bench in the station
waitin' room. The next mornin', nobody still didn't come fer 'im, so 'ee broke
the piggy bank an' bought a sandwich fer 'is breakfast at the station buffet.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Then the Billetin' Oficer, come fer 'im. She were a short lady, wiv a short temper.
Peter reckons as 'ow she were a bit short on a few ovver fings an' all. Any'ow,
she shoved 'im, temp'ry loike, in the 'ouse of a couple of real old people of about
forty-five. They was all roight, but their 'ouse backed on ter the abattoir fer
pigs, an' the squealin' wot went on from there were somefink terrible. From the
upstairs winder, Peter could see wot was goin' on. It certainly weren't all
roight. 'Ee still don't loike ter talk about it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Any'ow,
the next day, the short, short lady come round fer 'im, an' off they went ter
the Town Hall wot were at the top end of the market place. It were market day
fer animals, an' the pens were full o' sheep, an' cows, an' pigs, an' such.
Peter went over ter 'ave a look.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">There
were a pen wiv lots o' pigs in it. The fact is, it were so full o' pigs, that
yew couldn't of got anuvver one in if'n yew tried, not even a little'un; not
even wiv a shoe'orn. There was some men looking at the pigs an' a-pokin' at 'em
wiv sticks. The pigs was so tight squeezed in that they couldn't move away.
They jus' squealed. The men laughed. Peter were standin' there, all morose
loike, by the gate of the pen, near the latch. 'Ee reckoned as 'ow 'ee could
straigten the blade of 'is pocket knife by workin' it gently under the latch. So
'ee got the knife out, opened it, an' pushed it under the latch. Wot 'ee didn't
expect were that the latch would spring open, an' wiv it, the gate. That's wot
'ee makes out, any'ow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Well,
them pigs didn't wait ter be asked twice, they jus rushed out o' there, like as
'ow they were were the Gadarine swine wot Jesus put all them demons into. But
they didn't jump over no cliff, loike in Saint Marks Gospel, 'cos there weren't
one. They jus' went rushin' down through the market towards the canal, knockin'
people over, an' upsettin' the stands.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Peter
didn't stay much longer in Leighton Buzzard after that. They put 'im on a train
goin' ter Launceston, an' yew can't get much further away from Leighton Buzzard
than that wivvout fallin' inter the Atlantic ocean. P'raps they 'oped 'ee'd go
over the cliff loike them pigs in the Bible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Peter
ain't never told me wot 'ee done in Launceston; 'ee didn't jump over no cliff
any'ow. 'Ee got evacuated ter Widdlinton in the finish, wot is a real long way
from Launceston. Hmm, Oi ain't never thought of that before…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If'n yew
want ter know more about wot 'appened then in Widdlin'ton, yew could read the
"gang" books. <a href="http://www.peterstjohn.net/"><span style="color: blue;">http://www.peterstjohn.net/</span></a>.
If'n yew want, that is.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Luv from
Jenno.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">PS. Peter
says as 'ow there's a real noice castle at Launceston up on a steep 'ill. Oi
didn't say nuffink about it before 'cos it don't roightly fit inter the story.
But Debbie Brown an the English History Fiction Authors <a href="http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=210634">http://www.linkytools.com/basic_linky_include.aspx?id=210634</a> 'ave got a fing about
castles, an' so Oi jus' thought yew'd loike ter know…<o:p></o:p></span>Jennohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863535867037684206noreply@blogger.com10