She hadn’t noticed anyone coming up the lane when she’d started the job. The lane led up from the main road into Hexham but not many people turned up it unless they had business at the farm further up. ‘By, you made me jump,’ she said now, looking the man at her garden gate up and down. A poor si...
‘If she’s not at Shotton and she’s not here in Jordan, where is she?’ ‘We’ll find her. Girls don’t just disappear, not in this day and age,’ he replied. ‘Jeff had to go back to Easington, but you know him. He won’t rest until he finds her.’ Brian put an arm around Marina’s shoulders and hugged he...
Kate had just been telling her how wrong she had been about Mary Anne all these years, she was such a nice, down-to-earth woman and she didn’t appear to bear any resentment towards her. ‘Oh, she must do, really!’ Georgina exclaimed. ‘No. I don’t think so.’ They were silent for a while as the dusk...
He stretched out his right leg under the desk. It always ached but this damp December weather intensified the pain, making it more and more difficult for him to control his limp or even keep his thoughts on his work. Icy rain rattled the window of his office, and he sat back, sighing. It must be ...
‘Are they just looking to be thrown into Durham gaol? For God’s sake, Mam!’ She was shocked and full of fear, not just for her father but also for them all. ‘They have to do something,’ said Mary Anne. ‘They’re laid off and have been for a fortnight. What are we supposed to live on, then?’ ‘But t...
A band of marines was playing far below them as Harry and Jackson stood to attention on deck with the rest of their platoon, part of this army of men returning to Britain to defend the homeland. They were sunburned a dark brown by the Indian sun in contrast to the civilians below, waiting for the...
She nodded to emphasise her words and the bird adorning her hat wobbled dangerously. ‘Next month I think, so we must go to see the vicar.’ ‘Yes dear, of course, I’ll make an appointment with him.’ Miles spoke absently, watching his son’s reactions to the news that he was marrying again. Tom was s...