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An Interest in The Female Form

On the farm we took in kids for extra cash during the summer holidays. These pale undernourished kids from poor London families smelt fresh…

Aug 15, 2021

An Interest in The Female Form

Aug 15, 2021

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GONE WEST

As we stood, Fernando and I, looking at the white van, we waited and watched as the passenger-side woman wound the window to halfway. It…

Jan 10, 2022

GONE WEST

Jan 10, 2022

Amwickens

Roy and I Were Squeezed Against the Wall in our Dresses.

It was 8:30. I’d walked through the ‘Boy’s’ arch and met with all my friends. The girl’s were entering through their own arch right now…

Sep 23, 2021

Roy and I Were Squeezed Against the Wall in our Dresses.

Sep 23, 2021

Amwickens

Sir, Are You Gay?

Another day at another tough East Midlands school and I, along with my class of year 9s, was stressed out.

Sep 16, 2021

Sir, Are You Gay?

Sep 16, 2021

Amwickens

What’s Eating Auntie Belle?

Once more I found myself sitting in Auntie Belle’s kitchen-cum-diner in one of the farm’s two wooden bungalows. We were talking, Auntie and…

Aug 26, 2021

What’s Eating Auntie Belle?

Aug 26, 2021

Amwickens

Do You Know Who I Am?

My second ever week teaching was at a busy, crowded and tough East Midlands school. My first week was tough enough with lots of lesson prep…

Aug 18, 2021

Do You Know Who I Am?

Aug 18, 2021

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Which Way Now, Boy? (Part 4- Final Part)

It was getting late, really late, if my sister and I weren’t back by 8 o’clock we were in even more serious trouble. And that would be my…

Aug 7, 2021

Which Way Now, Boy? (Part 4- Final Part)

Aug 7, 2021

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Which Way Now, Boy? (Part 3)

I was remembering now.

Aug 6, 2021

Which Way Now, Boy? (Part 3)

Aug 6, 2021

Amwickens

Which Way Now, Boy (Part 2)

The bespeckled old woman in the wool and sweetie shop wore her salt and pepper hair up in an old fashioned bun fastened at the back with a…

Aug 5, 2021

Which Way Now, Boy (Part 2)

Aug 5, 2021

Amwickens

Which Way Now, Boy?

I noticed them standing there, street-side, behind our garden gate. My sister and HER. She was eyeing me, with one arm dangling loosely…

Aug 4, 2021

Which Way Now, Boy?

Aug 4, 2021

Amwickens

Amwickens

I write about childhood and teenage memoirs- living on a farm and 70s memories of Brighton’s places and characters. Teaching anecdotes too.

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