Time for Tea

https://youtu.be/3cs-oYo51Jc "Good afternoon noon sir," beamed the waiter. "Have you made a reservation?" "Indeed I have, the name Kesten Grenville." Grenville said coldly. The waiter checked his list and located the name on the list. "Oh yes sir, I see you are booked in for afternoon tea. Your guest has already arrived and is seated." …

The Woollen Mills of Your Mind

"Good morning miss," said the shopkeeper with a warm friendly smile as the young dark haired girl entered the shop. "Morning Bob," said the girl. "How are we today?" "Well I'm ok," answered Bob as he topped up a jar with assorted colours of win gums. "I am not too sure the others." "I beg your …

Dash

"Your always in such a hurry these days," sighed Sarah. "You weren't like this even when you were on the wards." "Things change," replied Liz wistfully stirring her tea. "It can't be healthy for you being constantly on the go. You barely have any down time, it'll come back  and bite you in the arse." "Well perhaps …

The Local

This is my Local: It is the Cock Hotel on the Hollyhead Road in Wellington. The Pub is a 17th Century Coaching in and has frequently been voted CAMRA Pub of the Year in both Local and National competitions having 8 handpulls, 7 ales and one still cider, plus a selection of premium Lagers and …

Daily Prompt: Meddle

"And if it weren't for you meddling kids, I'd have got away with it." -Various characters in Scooby Doo. One of my pet peeves is people meddling with my stuff. Please stop it, it's disrespectful and your are disrupting my system. If something needs to be moved at least have the common courtesy to tell me this when you do …

Double Award

Mrs A stood at the front of the class room next to Mr Higgins, the art teacher who seemed to have ignored a line in student-teacher etiquette by allowing his students to address him informally as Bill, she smiled as the gaggle of students were filed into their seats and unpacked their satchels and they …

Daily Prompt: Tender (fiction)

"Are you sure you want to?" she asked sincerely. "I think so," was the nervous reply. The evening had been good, Carol had been wined and dined on the special menu and had enjoyed the view of the city in the distance under the skies and now they were both sat in Carol's cabinet sitting …

All the Same like a String of Sausages

Like most School Boys and Girls, I loathed wearing School uniform partially the one at my secondary school as it just looked hideous, it was a yellow shirt, a brown jumper and a brown and gold striped tie (except in year 11 when it was a plain brown tie) and frankly it made the class …

A Quiet Drink

Just a fictional muse, feed back always appreciated.   "What is it to be?" asked the landlord. "I think a pint of Mild and a White Wine Spritzer with Lemonade," said Dr Webster. "The Mild in a handle if you have one." "Certainly sir," answered the landlord and proceeded to pour the drinks. Liz tapped …

The Mad Brothers

When I was teenage Sandman it was when I first started thinking about creative writing and performance as a career option and I was endlessly jotting ideas down for shows which would be vehicles for myself and my pals, ranging from ideas for films of multiple genres and a few ideas for some sitcoms. One …