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John Horley: Letters from my Mum
John Horley was my ‘real’ dad. Technically he was my ‘real’ dad. He left before I was born. I have never met him and don’t really know anything about him. About ten years… more →
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Anti-Social Housing: 'Right to Buy' and Thatcher's Legacy
wallscometumblingdown wrote 9 months ago: Radio 4’s ‘Analysis: Anti-Social housing’ broadcast on Thursday 26th February 2009 … more →
John Horley: Letters from my Mum
wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: John Horley was my ‘real’ dad. Technically he was my ‘real’ dad. He left bef … more →
elim estate
wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: elim estate is in bermondsey, south london. to be more precise, se1. it was in a triangle shape and … more →
watch him burn
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wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: my grandad (ernie allen) put me off smoking for life. smoking in excess of 40 cigarettes a day … more →
ivy jessie allen
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wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: ivy – or ‘big ivy’ as she was known – was my nan. despite being ‘big i … more →
the custard skin stabbing
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wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: every sunday, my nan used to cook a ‘proper’ sunday roast. along with all the usual trim … more →
billy's bed
wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: i used to sleep in a small bed at the foot of my mum’s bed. one night, i remember being woken by the … more →
billy hitchman
wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: billy (william hitchman) was ‘uncle bill’ to me. he was my grandmother’s (‘i … more →
1966
wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: i was born on the 17th may 1966. it was a tuesday which, if the traditional poem is correct, means t … more →
first memories of being me
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wallscometumblingdown wrote 1 year ago: all i can remember was the brightness. and some heat. the sort of heat that makes things hazy … more →
