Category: Blog
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The one where I was in stitches
I very nearly named this one “The one where I was physically assaulted by my mum – aka child abuse” but figured that would have given far too much away. At least you now know where this one is leading to, so read on Dear Reader if you want to know how I got there…well,…
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Sticky Toffee Cheesecake
Ask anyone who knows me “What’s Roy’s favourite pudding?” and (hopefully) their answer would be “Easy! It’s cheesecake ‘innit”. So here’s a story about how cheesecake became my thing. And also about an attempt to get my mum stoned. And yes, this contains copious amounts of drug references (again). And yes, this one comes with…
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Being stopped by the police
Note: this post includes stories of drug taking and as such names of the innocent have been changed. You know who you are! I’ve been stopped by the old bill seven times in my adult life, each one of those times was whilst driving and the result of a “random” stop. All those stops were…
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Was I adopted?
My childhood was mostly spent wondering who I was. I’m pretty sure most people grow up pondering the same thing but for me there was always this one nagging, recurring thought which always went round-and-round in mind: the question of whether I was adopted. Here’s me! Paraded around in front of family, reading front page…
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It started with a wan….memory!
My English teacher, Mrs Gyte, had always told us that a story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. I’m writing a story of me so I should write about my beginning, right? Probably no; firstly I can’t remember being zero years old and secondly my beginning probably really starts before conception, and…