I remember nothing about the story but it must have been gripping. It was a moment of great pride because finishing the book was far more important to me than remembering anything whatsoever about James and the robbers. I was 14 and it felt like one of life’s big milestones.
I'm originally from Liverpool and worked as a national magazine journalist for more than 30 years before suffering a stroke at age 53. I started blogging as part of a neuro-rehabilitation programme and wrote the very first entries with one finger of my disabled left hand. Later, art became another therapy for me at Headway East London's Submit To Love Studios. I write about my daily activities and encounters. In 1988, I married Jane. We are still together today, sharing our lives and making each other laugh.
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Wind in the Willows, and I can still recite Ratty’s poem ‘All along the backwater, through the rushes green’
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Wind in the Willows, and I can still recite Ratty’s poem ‘All along the backwater, through the rushes green’
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