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2021 Stories
Stories contributed by the Hertfordshire community in 2021
Cuffley Camp
"Are you one of the many thousands of Hertfordshire primary school children who enjoyed a four-night trip to Cuffley Camp?"
Delirium and me
"It felt like not just the people, but the world was going around so fast that I was struggling to keep up."
Eggs Mornay
"The first meal I ever served up for a girlfriend was Coq au Vin in the romantic surroundings of the school cookery room."
Harrowing
"learning the rules not to refuse"
Holiday Without Elvis
"Us three children, sensing the seriousness of their falling out, sat in near silence in the early evening August sunshine."
I found my peace
"I was late into my adolescence when I fought for and found my peace!"
Losing 'It'
"What was a little strange though was coming down to breakfast the next morning and sitting with Lillian’s parents, with all of us knowing exactly what had transpired."
My faith in mankind
"There and then I decided that religion was not for me. I had to wait a couple more years to discover that misanthropy could also be secular."
My Life
"to complete the picture of life."
National Service - 1950
"Thus the NAAFI became the Holy Grail, and I’m sure went a long way to perhaps saving my life!"
S.W.A.L.K.
"This is a tale about family, holidays and love in all its many shapes and forms."
The Catholics Ruined My Taste for Fish
"The Catholics ruined my taste for fish and I’ve never really been able to eat it since, and I’m a Pisces."
The sheepskin jacket
"Olive green on the outside, creamy wool inside, it’s not a new jacket."
Untitled
"the others were suspicious of my britishness"
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