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the tea ready?' called Jack
'Just waiting on the potatoes. ' Isa replied, willing them to cook. 'She didn't want to upset him, and she prodded them again.
'That will do, I'll put a little butter on them.'
'I'm going upstairs and when I come down I will expect dinner on the table.'
She laid the plate of stew and potatoes on the table.
'We mustn't keep you from your cronies, she mimicked. It's not as if you take me anywhere. '

Jack was a bully he slapped her when things weren't going his way, and he only gave her enough money to see to the bills and food, and kept a good part of the rest of them for his pocket. Isa had a part time job in the factory, and she had a good friend who she went to the community hall to play a game of bingo. Isa never disclosed to Jack she went to the community hall. If he knew she was going to the bingo he would give her less money for housekeeping.
He appeared at the dining table dressed in his second best suit, a charcoal grey, black suede shoes, and a red tie with matching handkerchief in the top pocket. Isa thought, I don't know who you are dressing up for, but it's not for me.
Jack looked at the stew and mumbled, but Isa was in the kitchen and she didn't hear him, and when he went out of the house she took her apron off, tidied her hair to go to the bingo.
Nan was her friend at work and she was calling for Isa, and it wasn't long before there was a knock on the door. Nan had arrived.

The hall was just around the corner and she was always home before jack. She had won a few times, and was saving the money under the carpet. What Nan didn't know was she intended to leave Jack, and go and live in France, it was her dream and she decided to make it happen. She had taken enough of his bullying, and as she had no children there wasn't anything standing in her way

The big game was the national where all the bingo halls played one game and winner takes all.
They settled into their seats and Isa collected the teas. The bingo was about to start, and the caller began by saying 'eyes down.'
Nan won a few lines, but Isa was still hoping, and it was time for the big game and everybody was listening with intent. Isa was marking the numbers off fast, she was only waiting on two 44 and top of the shop 90.The caller called 44 and the sweat broke from her forehead. 90 he cried and she screamed 'Bingo!'

Just Before Dark
Chapter2

Isa waited with bated breath as they checked her card in the bingo hall, she had shouted bingo in the big game .’The National .’ This game was where all the bingo halls played together and winner takes all. The card was right and now she had to wait and see if she was to share or if she had the sole winning ticket. She trembled with excitement, and Nan brought some sweet tea for the shock, and It was announced a few minutes later that she had the winning ticket a tidy sum of £3,000. Her mind went straight to the money she had stashed under the bedroom carpet another seven hundred pounds.
She looked at Nan, and thought should I discuss my plans for this lovely money? ‘No ‘ this was a secret until she left home.

Jack was home early and as soon as she walked through the door he ranted and raved at her for being out. ‘I went to the bingo with a friend from work.
No I won’t be going again she quickly added before he gave her more verbal abuse. She left him swearing to her and made her way into the kitchen to make the supper before retiring to bed.

Jack went to work and Isa phoned into the manager and said she would be off for a few days. She the booked her rail ticket to take her to the fihe destination to board the ferry across to France.
Isa packed a suitcase with sensible clothes, because they would have to do for quite a while until she finds a home and a job.
Checking everything was in order scribbled to notes one to her best friend explaining her actions and the Dark was descending, and putting her coat and hat on she boarded her Taxi just before Jack was to due to come home.


Jack entered the house and called Isa, he made his way into the lounge and he noticed the note propped up against the mantle shelve.
‘ What’s she up to now?’ and he tore the envelope open,and the letter said ‘Gone to seek a better life. He threw the note down on to the dining and left the house to seek his dinner at the chip shop before going out to the pub. The words on the letter were annoying him and he muttered,’ where the hell would she be? And she has no money or has she?’

Isa was crossing over the channel, and cruising towards France. A young man sat beside her and soon they were in conversation.
’ Have you been in France before?’ he asked
‘No it’s my first visit.’ He then went to the bar and bought two coffee, and the chatted about France He gave Isa a list of the places he thought were interesting for her to visit. The journey was pleasant and soon it was time to disembark from the vessel. He said goodbye and she made her way to the hotel. It was ten in the evening and she ordered tea in her room before she retired to her bed, and she wondered what jack was doing but she pushed the thoughts from her mind and slept.

In the morning she opened the curtains and said to herself .
.’A new beginning’ . She dressed and went to the reception to find a map of the area, so to look around the sites and find a job and an apartment.































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JUST BEFORE DARK

2 Isa Wins the national house.


Chapter1
A Night At the Bingo.


.'Have you not got the tea ready?' called Jack
'Just waiting on the potatoes. ' Isa replied, willing them to cook. 'She didn't want to upset him, and she prodded them again.
'That will do, I'll put a little butter on them.'
'I'm going upstairs and when I come down I will expect dinner on the table.'
She laid the plate of stew and potatoes on the table.
'We mustn't keep you from your cronies, she mimicked. It's not as if you take me anywhere. '

Jack was a bully he slapped her when things weren't going his way, and he only gave her enough money to see to the bills and food, and kept a good part of the rest of them for his pocket. Isa had a part time job in the factory, and she had a good friend who she went to the community hall to play a game of bingo. Isa never disclosed to Jack she went to the community hall. If he knew she was going to the bingo he would give her less money for housekeeping.
He appeared at the dining table dressed in his second best suit, a charcoal grey, black suede shoes, and a red tie with matching handkerchief in the top pocket. Isa thought, I don't know who you are dressing up for, but it's not for me.
Jack looked at the stew and mumbled, but Isa was in the kitchen and she didn't hear him, and when he went out of the house she took her apron off, tidied her hair to go to the bingo.
Nan was her friend at work and she was calling for Isa, and it wasn't long before there was a knock on the door. Nan had arrived.

The hall was just around the corner and she was always home before jack. She had won a few times, and was saving the money under the carpet. What Nan didn't know was she intended to leave Jack, and go and live in France, it was her dream and she decided to make it happen. She had taken enough of his bullying, and as she had no children there wasn't anything standing in her way

The big game was the national where all the bingo halls played one game and winner takes all.
They settled into their seats and Isa collected the teas. The bingo was about to start, and the caller began by saying 'eyes down.'
Nan won a few lines, but Isa was still hoping, and it was time for the big game and everybody was listening with intent. Isa was marking the numbers off fast, she was only waiting on two 44 and top of the shop 90.The caller called 44 and the sweat broke from her forehead. 90 he cried and she screamed 'Bingo!'

Just Before Dark
Chapter2

Isa waited with bated breath as they checked her card in the bingo hall, she had shouted bingo in the big game .’The National .’ This game was where all the bingo halls played together and winner takes all. The card was right and now she had to wait and see if she was to share or if she had the sole winning ticket. She trembled with excitement, and Nan brought some sweet tea for the shock, and It was announced a few minutes later that she had the winning ticket a tidy sum of £3,000. Her mind went straight to the money she had stashed under the bedroom carpet another seven hundred pounds.
She looked at Nan, and thought should I discuss my plans for this lovely money? ‘No ‘ this was a secret until she left home.

Jack was home early and as soon as she walked through the door he ranted and raved at her for being out. ‘I went to the bingo with a friend from work.
No I won’t be going again she quickly added before he gave her more verbal abuse. She left him swearing to her and made her way into the kitchen to make the supper before retiring to bed.

Jack went to work and Isa phoned into the manager and said she would be off for a few days. She the booked her rail ticket to take her to the fihe destination to board the ferry across to France.
Isa packed a suitcase with sensible clothes, because they would have to do for quite a while until she finds a home and a job.
Checking everything was in order scribbled to notes one to her best friend explaining her actions and the other to Jack, Dark was descending, and putting her coat and hat on she boarded her Taxi just before Jack was to due to come home.


Jack entered the house and called Isa, he made his way into the lounge and he noticed the note propped up against the mantle shelve.
‘ What’s she up to now?’ and he tore the envelope open,and the letter said ‘Gone to seek a better life. He threw the note down on to the dining and left the house to seek his dinner at the chip shop before going out to the pub. The words on the letter were annoying him and he muttered,’ where the hell would she be? And she has no money or has she?’

Isa was crossing over the channel, and cruising towards France. A young man sat beside her and soon they were in conversation.
’ Have you been in France before?’ he asked
‘No it’s my first visit.’ He then went to the bar and bought two coffee, and the chatted about France He gave Isa a list of the places he thought were interesting for her to visit. The journey was pleasant and soon it was time to disembark from the vessel. He said goodbye and she made her way to the hotel. It was ten in the evening and she ordered tea in her room before she retired to her bed, and she wondered what jack was doing but she pushed the thoughts from her mind and slept.

In the morning she opened the curtains and said to herself .
.’A new beginning’ . She dressed and went to the reception to find a map of the area, so to look around the sites and find a job and an apartment.

June 20, 2016 at 8:54am
June 20, 2016 at 8:54am
#885161
During the forty's and fifties years when I as a child the 5TH of November was a special day for me, not that I was ever excited about the history of the date this event, The attempt to blow the British Parliament by Guy Fox. No it was the bon fire and the gathering of trees and paper and anything else there was to burn, and the speciality was the making of the GUY. My brother and I finished our Guy and put it into Go cart made from the wheels of an old pram and wood which we would parade up and down the street with a note across the chest of the GUY written in big writing.

'A PENNY FO THE GUY. The money we collected went to buy fireworks for the bon fire.
June 20, 2016 at 2:53am
June 20, 2016 at 2:53am
#885137
Johnny looked at Carol,

'Where he Hell are we?'
They crept back to the car to check the dials And it read 2093;

I though the dials said 1993, and as they were checking they heard a rustle behind them, and in the corner a little baby doll was hiding. A normal doll not like the peculate 0nes they just saw a minute a go.

the dall looked frightened.
June 16, 2016 at 1:21pm
June 16, 2016 at 1:21pm
#884834
The dolls were passing the time machine where he was hiding. The giant ladybird gave a growl as it passed, but the doll just ignored the action, and puled on the lead to move on. John crept back to the car and went to look again at the dials It didn't read
1933 ,it was 2093 he was in the future, but he had no idea where.
June 13, 2016 at 4:08am
June 13, 2016 at 4:08am
#884506
It was Saturday morning and I was getting ready to go to the hairstylist an the post delivered the mail, A letter for you said Lily, who was my aunt , although I didn't address her as aunt. My grandmother raised my brother and I since we were toddlers.
June 1, 2016 at 1:36am
June 1, 2016 at 1:36am
#883537
Swoosh ‘It was a smooth landing.’ I muttered and I looked at on
the dials on the dash board of the car 1938 it read .The year I was born I thought, on maybe I will find out why I was raised on a farm by three people who were never married, and he thought about the day they were sending him back to Glasgow, and gave a little smile and said best best two years of my life after leaving that poxy farm.

It was very early in the morning , and the people were still there was a slight rustle from the trees as the birds fluttered about but there was song and this told him it was before dawn. He took his modern coat off and went to look for a a place to hide the car. On his walk about he saw a pair of overalls on a washing line and he quickly grabbed them and covered his modern clothes. He found a derelict building yard and he hid the car.
Swoosh ‘It was a smooth landing.’ I muttered and I looked at on
the dials on the dash board of the car 1938 it read .The year I was born I thought, on maybe I will find out why I was raised on a farm by three people who were never married, and he thought about the day they were sending him back to Glasgow, and gave a little smile and said best best two years of my life after leaving that poxy farm.

It was very early in the morning , and the people were still there was a slight rustle from the trees as the birds fluttered about but there was song and this told him it was before dawn. He took his modern coat off and went to look for a a place to hide the car. On his walk about he saw a pair of overalls on a washing line and he quickly grabbed them and covered his modern clothes. He found a derelict building yard and he hid the car.

May 31, 2016 at 11:21am
May 31, 2016 at 11:21am
#883466
Swoosh ‘ it was a smooth landing.’ I muttered and I looked at on
the dials on the dash board of the car 1938 it read .The year I was born I thought ,maybe I will find out why I was raised on a farm in the North
of Scotland, He looked around for a place to hide the car and he found pair of working overalls to hide his modern clothes.
May 28, 2016 at 5:44am
May 28, 2016 at 5:44am
#883237
During the time I was courting my husband, there was a TV show called Rooftop jive and as we were members of a jive club we were picked to go on the show. It was on in the evening about SEVEN for six weeks, and during the break when there was a singer the cameras would take random shots of showing the dancers. My husband noticed it was always on one dancer more than the others, so he pushed ne towards this person and we were always on the spotlight during the dancing and the breaks. We were celebrities for six weeks. OH HAPPY DAYS .
May 3, 2016 at 12:09am
May 3, 2016 at 12:09am
#881218
I have written several books but they are self published and only short novels. No body has given me any reviews on them and they are on sale in Amazon. One is a collection of short stories and has not yet been released. I gave a copy of my books in our local Library in Corby Northants. Most of my books have been bought by my family, and I have a huge family.
May 2, 2016 at 11:43pm
May 2, 2016 at 11:43pm
#881215
I Taught myself THE COMPUTER novels. I found a publisher called WORDCLEY But they closed down. I have since went on to Lulu publishing. I have three books on amazon just small books.
April 22, 2016 at 5:22am
April 22, 2016 at 5:22am
#879997

On May the 20TH I made arrangements to meet my friend Mary who I palled around with in Scotland before I was married. Mary and I lost touch thirty five years ago and she suddenly phoned me in Corby Northants England. I had written a book called It's Steamy Out There' and somehow it was given to her by someone who recognised my picture on the back of the book. She also told Mary that she was one of the characters in the book. Mary traced me and we arranged to meet at my daughter's home in Cyprus. We had a great two weeks and we now keep in touch by phone every week and she is visiting me on May this year.
April 22, 2016 at 4:56am
April 22, 2016 at 4:56am
#879996
Jimmy strolled into the pub on the corner of the galllowgate in the city of Gasgow. The pub was always rowdy but he liked the atmosphere and the bookies was just next door. Jimmy meets his cousin and they go on to the dance hall 'Barrowland.This is where he first met Sadie.
April 21, 2016 at 12:24pm
April 21, 2016 at 12:24pm
#879952
Add item 2051037 to blog folder 2080370

It was quite late in the evening when I arrived at the log cabin. The sun was just going down and a blanket of black clouds was floating by displaying cracks of orange colour between them. I hauled my fishing tackle from the car into the cabin. It was still summer time and in no need for a fire. I took a rug from the cupboard, and spread it over the settee in case it turned chilly.

I walked down the wooden deck leading to the water, to see the sun set and feel the warm breeze on my face. The reflection of the fir trees, the weeping willow all looked pretty, on the water. It was just like a looking glass. I rolled my trousers to my knees and removed my socks and shoes. I sat on the edge of the decking and dangled my feet in the water. I was at peace with myself, and looking at my reflection in the water, I looked like Huckleberry Fin. I was happy and I soaked up the atmosphere of the evening
April 21, 2016 at 10:18am
April 21, 2016 at 10:18am
#879946
Add item 2051037 to blog folder 2080370

It was quite late in the evening when I arrived at the log cabin. The sun was just going down and a blanket of black clouds was floating by displaying cracks of orange colour between them. I hauled my fishing tackle from the car into the cabin. It was still summer time and in no need for a fire. I took a rug from the cupboard, and spread it over the settee in case it turned chilly.

I walked down the wooden deck leading to the water, to see the sun set and feel the warm breeze on my face. The reflection of the fir trees, the weeping willow all looked pretty, on the water. It was just like a looking glass. I rolled my trousers to my knees and removed my socks and shoes. I sat on the edge of the decking and dangled myself
April 21, 2016 at 9:45am
April 21, 2016 at 9:45am
#879941


blog folder give 100book2080370
Link item 209208 to

Little Gardener gardener

in boots and wellies


little gardeners

PPlant pots in their hands
seeds at the ready
There little minds
are away ahead
They can see the flowers
grow in the flower beds
Growing in their heads.


April 21, 2016 at 6:00am
April 21, 2016 at 6:00am
#879931
Whisper

I hear them whisper about me

I see them looking

At the bump in front of me

My unborn child

Sympathising

For my life is to change

From childhood

To motherhood.
April 20, 2016 at 4:20pm
April 20, 2016 at 4:20pm
#879881
As a child I lived in Scotland and joined the Saint Johns Ambulance first aid . I later moved on to Red Cross when I moved to England and it helped me to gain employment in our local town hospital.
April 19, 2016 at 6:46am
April 19, 2016 at 6:46am
#879759

LINK item to blog foldeqr2080370

Little gardener’s
In boots and wellies
Plant pots in their hands
seeds at the ready
There little minds
are away ahead
They can see the flowers
grow in the flower beds
Grow in their head
April 12, 2016 at 9:06pm
April 12, 2016 at 9:06pm
#879241
Have I signed, I thought I did, I want to do give it 100 blogs in 100 days I began on the 8th April 2016

And I'm posting free verse poem.
***.

Whisper

I hear them whispering

about me

I see them looking

At the bump

My unborn child

Sympathising

For my life's

to change

From childhood

To mother
April 11, 2016 at 7:55am
April 11, 2016 at 7:55am
#879087

Prologue
.'Have you not got the tea ready?' called Jack
'Just waiting on the potatoes. ' Isa replied, willing them to cook. 'She didn't want to upset him, and she prodded them again.
'That will do, I'll put a little butter on them.'
'I'm going upstairs and when I come down I will expect my dinner on the table.'
She laid the plate of stew and potatoes on the table.
'We mustn't keep you from your cronies. ' Isa mimicked. It's not as if you take me
to the community hall, and if he knew she was going to the bingo he would give her less money for housekeeping.
He appeared at the dining table dressed in his second best suit, a charcoal grey, black suede shoes, and a red tie with matching handkerchief in the top pocket. Isa thought, I don't know who you are dressing up for? I know it's not for me.


Chaper1 Just Before Dark

Jack looked at the stew and mumbled, but Isa was in the kitchen and she didn't hear him and when he went out of the house she took her apron off, tidied her hair to go to the bingo.
Nan was her friend at work and she was calling for Isa, and it wasn't long before there was a knock on the door. Nan had arrived.

The bingo was just around the corner and she was always home before jack. She had won a few times, and was saving the money under the carpet. What Nan didn't know was she intended to leave Jack, and go and live in France, it was her dream and she decided to make it happen. She had taken enough of his bullying, and as she had no children there wasn't anything standing in her way.
The big game was the national where all the bingo halls played one game and winner takes all.
They settled into their seats and Isa collected the teas. The bingo was about to start, and the caller began by saying 'eyes down.'
Nan was playing the game well, and won a few lines, but Isa was still hoping. The caller announced it was time for the big game and everybody was listening with intent. Isa was marking the numbers off fast, she was only waiting on two 44 and top of the shop 90.The caller called 44 and the sweat broke from her forehead. 90 he cried and she screamed 'Bingo!'

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