Leeds
Stories
The following stories were submitted to our sister website, toowrite.com. They were written by people from Leeds or are about Leeds itself.
Dalton's Birthday
Author:
Debbi Waite
of Leeds
I was an ordinary, divorced single mum, with two teenage children, and now, just a week later, I was a grandmother.
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My Story
Author:
Mike Coatesworth
of Leeds
A car knocked me down when I was working as a security guard in Northern Ireland in 1985 and I suffered serious head injuries.
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Memories of my Parents
Author:
Joan Walton
of Leeds
Flares were dropping, which we could see from our front door but we stayed put. The next day Grandma, Grandpa and our youngest uncle came to stay and tell us a tale of what really happened in the night.
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One Tear Is Not Enough
Author:
Mike Coatesworth
of Leeds
She slowly raised her right hand and brushed away my tear. ''Don't worry, Stephen,'' she said, ''I'm still the same person, but I'm just not as mobile as I used to be.''
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Extreme Anxiety
Author:
Josephine Lashkariani
of Leeds
I walked mechanically into the kitchen and proceeded to put on the kettle. I was not going to make a cup of tea. I steamed the envelope open and read transfixed the contents of his medical note. He had carefully omitted to put on his Doctor Registration Number.
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The Quest
Author:
Peggy R Palmer
of Leeds
Suddenly, about three years ago, Richard received a letter from her, saying that the strain of keeping in touch with him was making her ill and she wished to end the relationship.
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Water Baby
Author:
Malcom Padwell
of Leeds
The reality is that Sylvia delivers the babies. I am there as ''insurance'', in the event of unexpected problems arising, and as an extra pair of ''useful'' hands. What follows is pure drama.
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Lost Choices And Childhood
Author:
Elizabeth Richards
of Leeds
I do not claim that the transformation happened overnight, or indeed that a transformation has happened at all. I still awake in terror sometimes, but I have someone whom I can trust and who understands waking with me.
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Package Deal
Author:
Pamela M Pennock
of Leeds
Staff were busy, smiling and attentive. I was directed to a Day Room where television ruled and discovered that no one spoke when it was on and no one went into the room when it was not. So much for lively conversation. I decided to settle for a week of radio.
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Mrs Cook
Author:
Pamela M Pennock
of Leeds
We were just one day out at sea when Mrs Cook told us she had murdered her husband. You don't expect to hear that sort of thing - certainly not aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth, newly refurbished and steaming across the Atlantic with a cargo of GI brides, visiting in-laws and me - a tardy evacuee who'd missed the boat in 1940.
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