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Life Behind Bars is a collection of real-life experiences from the
author's life spent working behind pub bars. Some stories are
hilarious and some are shocking so there will be something here for
anyone with an interest in this British mainstay and what life
really is like behind bars.
'Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines meets Le Mans.
Hugely entertaining. And deadly serious' Rowland White, Author of
Vulcan 607 It was the greatest international competition of its day
- a thrilling, globe-trotting, high speed air racing series that
married cutting-edge technology with astonishing skill, bravery and
danger. Duelling at 400 mph just a few feet from sea surface left
pilots little margin for error. For over a decade, as aircraft of
Great Britain, the United States, France and Italy fought for the
prize, the Schneider Trophy represented the pinnacle of aviation
development. A succession of world records fell to machines that
combined super-charged brute power with streamlined good looks.
With the RAF's Supermarine S6B, legendary aircraft designer R.J
Mitchell, honed the genius that produced the Spitfire, while
Rolls-Royce advanced the state-of-the-art with a powerful V-12
engine that paved the way for its war-winning masterpiece, the
Merlin.
Rosemarie Smith has written her autobiography in three parts;
Little Molly, Molly II: Am I who I should be? and Molly III: The
Untold Story. Having suffered, child abuse she reached a point
where she had totally given up on life and felt that the long hard
battle to survive just wasn't worth the pain anymore. In Molly III
she gives a true account of what it was like suffering severe
physical and mental abuse as a child and then to go on suffering
throughout most of her life. Just as she had given up on society
and every Government body, came a massive break-through and as a
result of that, on July 12th 2017, a judge ruled 'life in prison'
for her childhood abuser and said, "Rosemarie Smith's statement of
facts was `so compelling....' he believed abuser, John Wass had
committed every single sexual and indecent act that his victims had
given evidence on!
"You're being ridiculous!" contains true stories of my experiences
at the mercy of my foster children. I have written about the trials
and tribulations of being a foster carer and the love and laughter
that this has brought to me over the last six years. The first to
arrive were Owen, aged seven and Neil, aged six. I write of the
events of their arrival, their likeness to a couple of lion cubs
and their irrational inability to agree on who went first or last
at anything. A shopping trip that resulted in unattended children
being returned to me like lost property. A freezer incident in a
supermarket that was nothing short of horrific with a child having
to be pulled from a chest freezer. A trip to a soft play centre
that can only make you recoil in embarrassment for me. Should I
mention the pee wars debacle, a six year olds explanation of mating
Turtles and an excruciating tea time conversations? Out of the
mouths of babes and you can join with me in my feelings of despair
of these moments while also hearing the ringing of the choral
tutters in my ears; my description of bystanders who tut their
disapproval as if their children would never behave in this way. I
continue with the antics of Josh (nine), William (eight), Max
(five), Tom (three), Brian (seven) and Kevin (seven). There are
stories of Josh's ability to fix my Wi-Fi, Williams comedic skills,
Max's desires to be a pirate and Tom's way of saying excuse me that
nearly drove me to distraction - Coomee! A painfully long weekend
with Brian who spoke as if he was fifty and thought I was obtuse.
Then there was Kevin who literally said Kevin-says-no to every
question whether his final answer was no or not. Finally, Jamie was
five when he came to me and his questions, often anatomical, always
posed in the most earnest of fashions but in the most awkward of
places and ones that I was always ill prepared for answering. His
torturous counting incorrectly to 100 on a car journey. His lack of
knowledge and shock at realising that girls don't have a penis and
the conversation that then ensued. His swimming pool changing room
observation of a furry lady and his earnest description announced
to everyone as to how he thought the daddy's seeds get into mummy's
tummy; they eat them apparently! Boys will be boys and I loved
everyone of them. Combined with these true tales, I have also
included the odd bit of slightly more serious text to remind the
reader that these children are vulnerable but were also fiercely
protected by me under any circumstances and regardless of the
volume of choral tutting! No one is left in any doubt about the
love, laughter and joy that being a foster carer has brought to me.
My joy at having been a part of their lives and my hope that one
day they may come back into my life with their own memories.
Life Behind Bars is a collection of real-life experiences from the
author's life spent working behind pub bars. Some stories are
hilarious and some are shocking so there will be something here for
anyone with an interest in this British mainstay and what life
really is like behind bars.
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