Twenty
people took part in the three creative writing sessions held by Anne
Hamblen a local writer and creative writing tutor.
Below are some of the stories which people who attended the course
wrote, read by the people who wrote them.
Broken
by- Anne Hamblen
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Anne
Hamblem |
"
The history of our marriage is littered with his breakage's... the
cracked bathroom mirror, I have looked at my self morning and night
for so many years that I sometimes think that it has etched itself
not as a slashed scar across my face but on my mind....." Click
here to hear Broken
The Ambassadors - By Kay Massey
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Kay
Massey |
"
It wasn't until the drink was on the bar and I was told the exuberant
price of it that I realised that my purse was in my bag in the car
I searched my pockets which divulged 17p....." Click
here to hear the ambassadors
Twilight- By Ron Wright
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Ron
Wright |
"
On retirement he was given a carriage clock, little recognition for
40 odd years at the same firm, where his whole existence revolved
around the clock his comings and goings recorded on the time machine..."
Click
here to hear Twilight
The Oasis - by Sylvia Wright
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Sylvia
Wright |
"Ann
can you hear me? I heard his question and tried to nod my head but
I was distracted by an awareness of movement somewhere in the murky
fog ahead of me, I was trying hard to concentrate there seemed to
be a dark shape forming in the mist...." Click
here to hear The Oasis
Phone
home - By Ann Dunstone
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Ann
Dunstone |
"
My yearning for home was a constant pain, I fought
with the conflict of my desire to teach, my need to study and my
longing to be at home. The image of my family sitting at home on
a Sunday night without me joining in with singing something simple
was hard to bear...." Click
here to hear phone home
The
Find a man campaign -by Liz Barton
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Elizabeth
Barton |
"
My first effort was a grab a granny evening but not on my own and
to save me from the rose tinted hue of alcohol I offered to drive.
The venue was as seedy as the proceedings I watched the twinkling
and flattering as the lonely and disenfranchised were herded together
in the vain hope that some sort of connection would happen...."
Click
here to hear The Find a man Campaign
Halloween -by Maureen Matkin
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Maureen
Matkin |
"
Ali didn't see his future as being too bad, he had plans, Bart his
cell mate was an expert in all easy money activities, he had suggested
a joint venture to go into business when they were free of their
present restraints...." Click
here to hear Halloween
Hook,
line and sinker- by Barbara Adamson
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Barbara
Adamson |
"
I must be careful not to look like mutton dressed as lamb forty
candles on the cake last month came as a bit of a shock but if I
can surface from a tacky divorce still smiling what does another
year matter. It seemed longer than a week since I read his cryptic
message in the personal ads...." Click
here to hear Hook, line and sinker
Aunt Ellen - by Patricia Brown
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Patrica
Brown |
"
My Aunt was a lovely person little and jolly but her husband was
a grumpy old so and so. My sister Ann was four years younger than
me but we got along smashing. My aunt was my father's sister and
I used to ask her where he was Oh he's off fighting somewhere I
don't think she wanted to talk about it". Click
here to hear Aunt Ellen
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