Wolverhampton
Stories
The following stories were submitted to our sister website, toowrite.com. They were written by people from Wolverhampton or are about Wolverhampton itself.
Ram Raid Gran
Author:
Doreen Shand
of Wolverhampton
The force with which we hit the container and then the window was terrific. I felt myself lurch forward then backwards with a searing pain in my chest as the seatbelt cut deep into my ribs and my knees banged hard upon the dashboard.
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The Eldest Daughter
Author:
Hilda Durman
of Wolverhampton
My perseverance has paid off because I have had more than 50 novels published and republished in large print so I would tell all would be writers to ignore anyone who loves to push people down a peg or two.
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Mayhem At The Match
Author:
Barry A Mason
of Wolverhampton
I felt confused and emotional, I had tried my best, but clearly my best effort had not been good enough. Order was being restored, more help had arrived and the blackness of the night sky had been partially replaced by a damp blue mist of steam.
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How Times Change
Author:
Hilda Durman
of Wolverhampton
I read about Edison's perseverance to harness electricity. He ignored all those who thought he was mad and just think of what we all owe to his belief in himself. He stood a lot of abuse. People said it was blasphemous when he made a recording of the Lord's Prayer.
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Fraging Hell
Author:
Tony Levy
of Wolverhampton
We told him of our involvement in this circus and mentioned that we were really supposed to be on listening watch on our Radio set and must really must get going, or words to that effect, finishing with ''off''.
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The Sharp End
Author:
Tony Levy
of Wolverhampton
We passed the time slowly getting drunk at the bar, served by a black-haired beauty who we had all decided we were going to marry. By now we were out of it, big time, and just about able to stand.
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Crash Out
Author:
Tony Levy
of Wolverhampton
I spent the next two hours or so putting power sockets and pendent lights into the tentedge, during this time I was aware the activity around the site had increased, this was due to the crash investigators from UK had arrived from Farnbourgh by helicopter.
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Shafted
Author:
Tony Levy
of Wolverhampton
Here we go again, it's really the REME's job to fix or recover but only having two wagons on the road and a whole Regiment to look after you try to deal with it yourself.
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White Out
Author:
Tony Levy
of Wolverhampton
The temperature was starting to fall and I had grave misgivings about the weather, but we were all hard faced, we had all sometime or other in our service had been up against it and come through with flying colours, so I wasn't too concerned.
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Night Porter
Author:
Barry A Mason
of Wolverhampton
I nervously pushed the door open more, enough to ease my body inside, as I quickly scanned the entrance to the room for signs of life. There was none, just quietness and the rumble of the air conditioning system, that as if by command had sprung into life.
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