by Terry Alexander | May 27, 2013 | Stories
Mary Smith sighed as she prepared her meagre evening meal. Bloody rationing… As if life were not miserable enough, what with the bombing, people going away, close friends and acquaintances wiped out overnight with no chance to say goodbye properly; I mean, you just...
by Dougie Icke | Feb 15, 2012 | Stories
My friend Lee Harper was a Signaller undertaking a 2 week arduous ‘cadre’ course on the cold Catterick training area that anybody who has served there knows is rather cold in January. Lee, along with myself and 30 or so other young Royal Signals soldiers were trying...
by Paul Ballard-Whyte | Jul 12, 2011 | Stories
Mark and John lived just round the corner from each other in London, with their parents. Both families had struggled a bit to afford it, but they had been able to give their sons a good education. In fact, Mark and John had been best friends since they were at Prep...
by Karl McLeish | Nov 6, 2010 | Stories
“Ladies and Gentleman, in a few moments time we will be arriving into London Euston, our final station call for this journey – all change please” As the train door slid slowly open, he was welcomed to the big smoke. Lifting his suitcase, Karl took a long deep...
by Karl McLeish | Nov 6, 2010 | Stories
Seven am, still a trifle pissed from the night before is not the best time to be swaying off the end of a sharp pitchfork in any stable! Let alone those at the end of the mall. “How’s your head Jones?” I asked though I didn’t care! You see I was just lining myself up...
by Starchild Kostyshyn | Oct 25, 2010 | Stories
What does “International Women’s Day” mean for each woman? What is the reason for having such a day? On a grand scale, it is an attempt to reach out to all women and men to understand what violence against women means. It is intolerable even in our First...
