Category Archives: 1970’S

Nearly There!

Posted on December 12, 2021 by charliecountryboy

After months of editing, rewrites, more editing and finally…. Formatting my book, I have proof copies to read. It’s kinda exciting but at the same time I think I probably know it off by heart 😂 Bradford in 1974.Billy Lynch … Continue reading →

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My Days of Football

Posted on January 10, 2021 by charliecountryboy

It was a grim winter day, the skies were grey and the birds had even stopped singing. We trudged reluctantly past the black, foreboding gates of the Victorian park. A thin line of frozen schoolboys. Heading out for an afternoon … Continue reading →

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‘It’s a Rat Trap, Billy and you’ve been conned 😂

Posted on July 25, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Why are youngsters put under pressure to choose a career? Now call me cynical but it’s all down to taxes. If we are all ‘good,’ go to school, study hard, get a good job, marry, buy a house, (debt) have … Continue reading →

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What’s So Special About the Past?

Posted on June 20, 2020 by charliecountryboy

The alarm clacks its two bells at six am and I can hear Chuck Berry’s, ‘My Ding a Ling’ playing somewhere in the house. Normally I go back to sleep – I am only fifteen and a full day in … Continue reading →

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Clouds, Kids, Love and Soul

Posted on June 13, 2020 by charliecountryboy

The mournful clouds oppress my soul. Of course, we have to presume: A- I have a soul and B – If I have, could it be oppressed. But it’s better than saying, ‘I’m sick of the rain,’ isn’t it? I … Continue reading →

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Memories, Smells and The Bus

Posted on June 6, 2020 by charliecountryboy

The aroma of the bus. I have never been able to identify it. Plastic seats soaked in decayed human sweat, a definite metal acidity and stale smoke? But at six o’clock in the unearthly hours of 1973, it was easy. … Continue reading →

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Strange Thoughts and Yoga

Posted on May 2, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Eyes searching upwards from the laptop capture the blue sky before the sunlight pierces the cornea, forcing me to squint. Now 70’s channel plays The Archies ‘Sugar, Sugar’ and I recall fancying the brunette when an adolescent, so I have … Continue reading →

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Oh! The Working Men’s Club

Posted on March 28, 2020 by charliecountryboy

Picture this. A warm alluring bar, rich, mellow music, intimate seating and culinary delights to tease your taste buds into a frenzy. Well, a Working Men’s Club wasn’t quite like that. When I was a lad this was our Sunday … Continue reading →

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Sexual Awakening

Posted on March 14, 2020 by charliecountryboy

If you have a disinclination towards sex, then it may be prudent of you to ‘click’ close now. One dark cold night last week I was reminiscing to an age gone by and ‘the sexual awakening.’ I was eleven or … Continue reading →

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Another Old Girl

Posted on March 7, 2020 by charliecountryboy

“That’s the best Curry I have had in 44 years,” I said. The waiter, quite possibly the owner of the Kashmir Restaurant in Bradford gave me one of those looks. I’m kinda used to them by now. He appeared to … Continue reading →

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