Entries by blaze

Snakes Alive

The sheds and the gardens were an adventure playground for Simon and his brothers. It was also a menagerie of wildlife. Birds, hedgehogs, foxes, and anything else that chose to live in the Somer valley appeared in that garden. One day Simon wandered into the garden and there was his brother Jeremy waving a snake […]

Go Kart

Between the lawn and the blackberry bushes on the right of the garden was a path. This path ran all the way from the sheds down past the sloping lawn and levelled out by the summer house near the bottom. It was a nice smooth, dipping path and ideal for Go Karts. Ron Lloyd had […]

Football Family

Simon’s Mum, Connie, was a keen sportswoman and had captained Somerset Ladies hockey team. She encouraged the boys in their sports. She joined in the games of football on the back lawn. Most of their kit was hand me down. She made herself and the boys football socks. The local team wore green, so she […]

Girls

Simon did not know many girls. In fact, the only girls he knew to play with were two little girls next door. Simon only had four brothers and no sisters. A little later, his Mum would have another boy to make it five boys! Girls may as well be aliens to Simon as he could […]

Steam Railway

In the High Street, next door to Simon; Jane and Christine’s father, Mr. Whittock, had a fabulous garden railway. The railway ran all the way around the back of their property in a complete circuit. The tracks were mounted on railway sleepers lined up long ways, end to end. The steel railway track was on […]

Gravity

Infant School seemed to get worse the further up the classes Simon went…