The following stories were submitted to our sister website, toowrite.com. They were written by people from Liverpool or are about Liverpool itself.
Get A Life!
Author:
Harry J Green
of Liverpool
Understanding bursts into my brain like a blast of cold air. I really am having a heart attack!
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Moon Over Lincombe
Author:
Charles Tyrrell
of Liverpool
What had attracted my attention was what I had originally taken to be the moon, and I could have been excused for making such a mistake for... it seemed to me... half way down Lincombe Road a huge disc of light seemed to be sitting on the roofs of the houses with its upper arc protruding well into the night sky.
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More Phenomenon
Author:
Charles Tyrrell
of Liverpool
I telephoned around until I found another friend who had been watching BBC2. They had both been seeing a programme about mysterious lights in the sky over the Lancashire Hills on a programme entitled ''The Haunted Valley''.
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When Will I See Them Again?
Author:
Patricia Simpson
of Liverpool
I had flown down all excited to my ex's flat, my husband had refused to come to me because of the way they had treated me, he had no right to do this, but he didn't want me hurt again.
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War Child
Author:
Harry J Green
of Liverpool
There was an air of mystery and magic about being crammed into a confined space with so many of our neighbours. Even the grown-ups started to lose their tension - especially when we all sang songs, played games or ate sandwiches and, occasionally, cake!
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Friday The 13th
Author:
Harry J Green
of Liverpool
A doctor at the side of the bed rubs a pair of metal paddle things together, holds them at the ready as he leans toward me. He is placing the paddles in position as the ward slips away. His face, my surroundings, diminish until I am in a dark tunnel that stretches into-
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Lucky For Some
Author:
Yvonne Soames
of Liverpool
For three weeks number 17 was lucky for me. It was the fourth week that number 17 became UNLUCKY. I kept hoping that my luck would return, even changing numbers regularly, but my losses kept mounting up and up.
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Walls Have Tongues
Author:
Bill Melrose
of Liverpool
I had to ask him to turn down the volume because the sound came thumping through into Fran's room. Fran had 'flu. I wrote out a prescription and told Mrs Mulligan to stop worrying: ''Keep her in bed for a couple of days and let her sleep it off. That is, if the television doesn't keep her awake.''
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Don't Let Your Mum Navigate
Author:
Angela Bryon
of Liverpool
We drove past Big Ben, around Trafalgar Square, over the Thames, past some more landmarks, back over the Thames again, past Big Ben again, over the Thames - but slightly nearer to that big boat - and through Leicester Square, just in time for "pub-chucking-out". This was when she admitted she was lost and had been ''making it up''.
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Playing God For An Hour In Laura's Life
Author:
Andy Moore
of Liverpool
Her teacher had noticed one group of girls constantly taunting Laura about her looks - they were saying that she was ugly. The situation became serious enough for the school to call Steve and his wife in, and I can still remember his apprehensive mood when leaving work early on the day of the meeting.
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