Tag: beach holidays

  • Inktober 3 – Roasted Queenie

  • Time and Different Childhoods

    “See, I couldn’t have that childhood now. We wouldn’t have a beach hut like that. And our telly was black and white with one channel and no adverts. Free education, cold houses, shared-line phones that plugged into the wall, free healthcare, cooking your own food from scratch, laundry mangles, washing lines”… Have you finished, dear? …

  • Beach Huts

    “Do you remember the beach hut where that photo was taken, Mum?” Of course I do, dear. It belonged to a friend of your uncle. “The huts were on a spit of sand between the river and the sea. I remember wood splinters and cold sand on my feet when I walked between them.” “They…