Some woman has written about her son who got into drugs. I believe she knew he was smoking spliffs – that was the time to stand her ground. It’s hard to be a parent but you need a tight grip during the early teen years. Kids need to be more afraid of their parents than their [...]
There’s something about Spring – full of new possibilities. Got rid of the artex, new marble fireplace,curtain poles,curtains,lights,standard lamp and new carpet today. Charging for entrance and viewing. Got a new hairstyle which just needs a bit of length and colour to stun onlookers. Piggynap has a new short style which is absolutely fab – [...]
Went to see Othello with Lenny Henry at the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It was terrific – capacity house – Lenny gave a good account of the Moor with great passion and had huge physical presence. Iago was superb. Gutted there’s no Shakespeare on at Kirkstall Abbey this year – Piggynap and me went to see [...]
He’s stage managing a production over at the Bradford playhouse plus working fulltime. Working very hard this week. Pity we don’t know anyone in the business. Every time you read of a successful writer for stage,tv, screen etc they always have relatives, or went to school with someone already on the inside. Oh well, he’s [...]
Oh Chuff! After searching all over for the Account Book c1716 – writing Vol I using typed up extracts I found – I’ve located the book. In our Church vestry – it’s quite something to handle a book nearly 300 years old. I’m going to do an appendix to Vol II with any interesting bits. This next [...]
