Monthly Archives: August 2017

A Celebration And A Half

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Arthur Barratt Monckton, president of the local Golf and Rugby club, and his wife Doris Dryden Monkton, whose father had a surprising fondness for restoration playwrights, completed their preparations for the dinner and dance marking the opening of the new … Continue reading →

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An Unfortunate Discovery

Posted on August 23, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I sat in the car with my wife and travelled up to the cemetery where I’d been buried not long before. She didn’t know I was there, of course, I was now the silent passenger, the observer, the helpless carer … Continue reading →

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Life Without You

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

I never met you, knew you, or had your love but then I did. The image of the girl who would walk up to me in life, as if it were some railway station and laugh, smile and warm your … Continue reading →

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An Improbable Courtship

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Peter Wells aka Countingducks

Only in one area did Bernard display a pleasing quirkiness and sense of community eccentricity: that was in the Lower Saddleworth Jousting and Knightly Courtesies club, of which he was club secretary and a long serving member. Following a Saturday morning … Continue reading →

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