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Tom Fleck is in his second year. Time to revisit.
Why I needed to tell the story of an unknown man. Do we ever wonder about our distant forefathers and mothers, those who lived before our great-grandparents, and even before their great-grandparents? What can we know of them? Beyond even … Continue reading
Posted in 1513, blog, Flodden
Tagged 1513, 1566, ancestors, Flodden, Hartlepool, Lancelot Horsley, parish registers, Tom Fleck
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From my box of poems.
I wanted to post something today, but my writing arm is idle. So I’ll resort to a rummage among my poems. Here is a storm, still remembered: Lost Ship We saw nothing on the wind-glazed surface, nothing floating in the … Continue reading
Posted in True Tales, Verses
Tagged cyclone, Hartlepool, Kaiser Bill, merchant navy poetry, Minocher Cowasjee, Morse, Parisiana, shipping
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Why Tom Fleck?
Tom Fleck’s declaration of love: ‘You are the first gleam of dawn that swells the green linnet’s breast, and throbs his heart with joy. You are the sun at Noon, that golds the barley, and pulls the bee to the … Continue reading
Posted in blog, Flodden, historical novel
Tagged Cleveland, family history research, Flodden, Genealogy, Hartlepool, parish registers, Tom Fleck, Tudor history, Tudor novels
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Four Tides
Four tides have come and gone since we sank my sister’s ashes into the sea off Hartlepool. Her son had brought them from Australia. We chose a rock pool where Dorothy would have played as a child. We read poems … Continue reading
