20 July 1919 Dear Dad, I’m sure you and mum went to the Peace Day parades, in Cambridge. I was part of the Brighton parade and luckily, my prosthetic leg held out through the march, where we went from Church Street, along New Road, then up North Street and Western Road, then down Preston StreetContinue reading “Brighton Palace Pier 1920 – Short Story – Part 2”
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Brighton Palace Pier 1920 – Short Story – Part 1
3 November 1915 Dear Dad, Hope you and mum are doing well. It has been rather rough here in Brighton especially the pier. It’s been converted into a hospital city and Brighton is a major center for treating wounded soldiers. I wonder when this war is going to end. It has almost been a fullContinue reading “Brighton Palace Pier 1920 – Short Story – Part 1”
The Boring Life of a… Button?
I was made in France around the thirteenth century. I was the proud craft of the button makers guild and I remember King Louis IX of France, pointing to myself and my brothers, proclaiming loudly that we would be used to make his jacket. I was excited as I was sewn strongly and wth prideContinue reading “The Boring Life of a… Button?”
