Louie and Rick were exhausted and rather famished by the time one of the officers got around to their interrogation. Louie had done most of the talking, with Rick chipping in once in a while to mention some obscure detail she had forgotten about. The officer had...

 No. Rick had only just escaped the German’s grasp when he was evacuated from Manchester, and now they want to bomb Edgworth, too? Why? Edgworth was just a small village. They wouldn’t gain anything except a few extra numbers on the death toll. Louie was mouthing...

"ASTRA CELESTIAL" From Sylvia James, written to fit with the tune "Brightest and best of the sons of the morning" One night as sun was a-setting o'er western shores, Moon was arising in far eastern scene, Crowning the skies betwixt these celestial wonders One star...

Rick and Louie strolled through the park, racking their brains for any possible answer. Why were the Germans hiding in a secret cave? Why were they even here? After an entire morning of contemplation, they had still not reached a conclusion. Louie sighed, “Maybe we...

During the lock-down in 2020, I decided to watch some series that I had not seen for a while. One of these was Silent Witness which I do enjoy even if it is a bit far fetched  (It amazes me that the pathologist can also do the work of the police and go out...

On Monday, the week after Alice’s death, Rick and Louie took advantage of their access to the suspects. Louie told Rick, “We’ll start with interviewing possible suspects. Watch for their tells and record the interviews on this slate.” And so the first chapter of their...

The sirens screaming in his bleeding ears. His mother rushing him onto the station platform, with nothing but a hug to compensate for his departure. A lady office in a green uniform directing him off the train. Now the quiet countryside, and nothing but his memories...

Last year we had a rewire in our house as we had problems with the electrics. This was worse than I had expected it to be especially as we were living in the house amongst the mess, noise and dust. We stayed in the extension (which didn’t need rewiring ) with some...

We welcomed Bishop Mark to our churches in July 2019 and he talked to us about the importance of God in our lives. He showed us two balls - a football and a tennis ball and asked us to imagine they were the sun and the earth and did we know which one rotated around...

It’s often obvious to tell what people do for a living by the clothes they wear.  Uniforms help us to identify people such as policemen, firemen etc. In the hospital, different grades of staff wear different coloured tunics and there are usually charts on the...

I wrote this as the long-awaited fifth series of Line of Duty was being shown on BBC on Sunday nights.  This is behind the sofa watching- it's so scary and the unexpected is bound to happen. As is my usual habit I watched all the first four series before I started...

I enjoy reading crime thrillers and am not deterred by gruesome descriptions and gory detail. I also enjoy watching crime dramas especially Scandinavian and other foreign series such as The Killer usually shown on BBC 4. Last year I watched a Canadian series called...

St Anne's - A History [Author Sue Wilson] The church is dedicated to St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary and is situated on High Street in Chapeltown, Turton. Those who worship here regularly are privileged to live in this very beautiful part of Lancashire. This...