The old mans daughter was getting ready to celebrate her thirtieth birthday, which was to have a science fiction theme. Oh joy he thought. Naturally his daughter wanted her mum to make a rather special dress so he asked his wife to make him an outfit too. He had, at first, wondered who or indeed […]
The young boy was sitting on the back seat of his fathers Ford Anglia. It was a 1950 E93A or, as they became known, a sit up and beg popular. He had had a pretty good day out and this was just one day of his holiday. He was quite happy in the back of […]
The young man was sixteen years old and owned a rather aged Royal Enfield Ensign motorcycle. It was 1963 and the bike, which had been manufactured ten or maybe fifteen years earlier, was a 150 cc two stroke. One evening he was sitting on the rather unimpressive machine, outside a pub called the Elm Park […]
The young woman was duo for an interview at U.C.L. so she asked her father if he would go with her, at least as far as the university gates. He agreed and, as it was during the school holidays, he decided to take her fourteen year old brother. The three intrepid travellers arrived at the […]
The young boy was on holiday with his parents. They were camping. A popular pastimes in the nineteen fifties. This year they were at Durdle Door, in an, apparently, endless field on top of the cliffs, just above the Door itself. The weather was quite good, for a British summer, and the child was having […]
The man, his wife, daughter and son were on holiday in Wales. That is South Wales, Merthyr Tydfil to be precise, they were visiting the mans cousin and discussing fossils. “Fossils? The cousins husband asked, “there’s plenty of those near here.” The family exchanged looks of extreme interest and after a rather short and excited […]
The family had been chatting happily when it occurred to the young lady to ask a question vaguely related to the conversation. She looked at her father, smiled, in a very mischevious fashion. “Dad?” she asked, “have you ever been kissed by a man?” He raised his eyebrows and stared at the ceiling for a […]
“I think we shall go to Sevenoaks today,” the dad said.The boy, whom this tale is about, grinned happily,for he knew he would walk in the forest and around the lake. If he could find a stick he would poke ferns and behead stinging nettles. Mum, dad and small boy packed drinks and sandwiches in […]
The old man was invited to the launch of Terry Pratchett’s last book The Shepherd’s Crown. He, his daughter, granddaughter and his daughters friend were going to spend the night in a small hotel after they had been to the launch. So naturally they met at the hotel and changed into the clothes they would […]
The man, his wife and daughter were on holiday and part of it was at Clacton. They They met a few more members of their family and set off for the beach. His brother-in-law had, thoughtfully, brought an inflatable dinghy and a rather large outboard motor with him. They conveyed the water transport, lunch, wet […]