It's 1976 and I'm 8 years old. It's that beautiful summer and the school holidays.
I've made a makeshift tent in the garden from an old bed sheet and a few wooden poles. Dad has just finished his shift at the factory. He's worn out, but he comes into the garden to see my brother and me playing.
We're eating cheese, tomato and salad cream sandwiches, made with Mothers Pride sliced bread, and drinking orange squash. The ice cream van will arrive at 4pm on the estate.
Our garden is our world.
All of the windows and doors are open in the house. The heat is stifling.
Ladybirds roam free. Dad has fallen asleep on the sun bed.
That tent would remain in place for weeks to come.
These are childhood memories.
We must hold on to them.
was gonna cancel on a wedding bc i outgrew all my suits and am so broke . went to charity shop in my middle of nowhere coastal town and found a 90s DIOR FULL SUIT .. UNWORN .. IMMACULATE . *BRAND NEW* . MY EXACT SIZE LIKE IT WAS TAILORED .. FOR £50 . god said GO to the ball twink
I am the luckiest girl! For my 60th some of my closest friends commissioned a painting, whilst another framed it. Today it arrived…my 3 sons immortalised!
I think there is something wrong with my connection as for some reason despite weeks of coverage on the BBC of Angela Rayner’s tax affairs I don’t seem to be able to find a big @BBCNews story on Richard Tice’s tax affairs.
Does anyone have any IT advice so I can read it?
A duck chose a school as home & returns every year to lay her eggs. When they hatch she leads the ducklings through the corridors to the courtyard lake. It’s now an annual ritual with children staying silent out of respect. Respect is beautiful.
I don't give two hoots if a politician has made a u-turn so long as they end up with the correct course of action. Rather that than boneheadedly continue doing the wrong thing.
After posting a photo of me, I ended up getting some pretty horrible comments about my appearance, and I’ve been too scared to post a photo on here since…
But I’ve decided I’m not gonna let nasty people dictate what I post - so here I am, unashamed of what I look like 😊
Noah Reid honors Catherine O'Hara with a heartfelt rendition of Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You" at the 2021 Governor General's Performing Arts Awards 🙏💕