Let's be friends

[HonaloochieB]

Brendan Wrote:

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> And so started my days in the workhouse. While the

> work was tough and interminable the beatings were

> at least less frequent than they had been while in

> service to the Loochies.

As Papa used to say, "I'll not have servants sitting about idle" and one of methods of encouraging activity was frequent random beatings.

I once asked Mama why he did this, but all she would say was "I don't know why he does it child, I just thank the Good Lord he has something to exhaust himself with that spares me having to accomodate his foul libido".

At the time I didn't know what she meant. And none of my twenty one brothers and sisters did either.

[Brendan]

It turned out that life in the workhouse could be quite tolerable, even beneficial to our family?s health. Perhaps it was down to being away from the menace of Dr Loochie or perhaps it was the firm friendship that soon developed between father and the house master Mr Jennings. Either way after only a week the uncomfortable gait with which mother used to walk had disappeared. Father?s, alas, never did.

Edited: because mother didn?t walk with a gate and Mr Jennings wasn?t a mast. Then once more to add this.

[HonaloochieB]

Brendan Wrote:

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> It turned out that life in the workhouse could be

> quite tolerable, even beneficial to our family?s

> health. Perhaps it was down to being away from the

> menace of Dr Loochie or perhaps it was the firm

> friendship that soon developed between father and

> the house master Mr Jennings. Either way after

> only a week the uncomfortable gait with which

> mother used to walk had disappeared. Father?s,

> alas, never did.

>

>

>

> Edited: because mother didn?t walk with a gate and

> Mr Jennings wasn?t a mast. Then once more to add

> this.

Mind Brendan, the late doctor was often described as 'sadistic but fair' and he was a great favourite of the female servants who made quite a pet of him.

I have his photo in front of me now.

Fine strapping fellow with his dark curly hair and the zip-fronted jumper that he liked to wear.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Brendan, it was much funnier imagining ma with a gate stuffed up her skirts.

[Brendan]

I saw it more as her leaving a gap between bat and pad.

[AllforNun]

Cor blimey keef thats really hard and cool of you ! now as i was saying hand over your dinner money pipsqueek or i'll whack you with this Organic Tuna baguette !

[HonaloochieB]

Actually Keef if AFN purchased the bread for the sandwich from Somerfield I'd do as she says.

You could knock nails in with them sometimes.

[AllforNun]

I would never raise a baguette to anyone let alone Keef, he fucking loves me anyway !

[Keef]

I used to rather like your posts, but then one day you seemed to change your persona, and it was a bad change.

[lindylou]

dear big bad woolf...I love you so much, I am truly sorry for anything I have said in threads. Truly! I agree. Life's too short. Anyway, will you marry me... or at least buy me a good-will-drink.. as we are now mates.

[AllforNun]

I know i flipped one day when the 51st "it's the Nunhead Regeneration stall" appeared on Nunhead green staffed by the student army of southwark council. We all go through changes, just look at Goose Green, or the new zebra crossing to the park from barry road or......actually over here we don't get any changes ? holy cow maybe i need to move across the way and blog from over there...ok right back in 2 hours i will settle down at a cafe in LL and see what happens, back soon x AFN

[Keef]

I live in Sydenham, but we have nicer houses, so I'm happy with my lot.

[AllforNun]

I love Sydenham without doubt a great housing stock, but Nunheads for me, and my lot is a lot that i love, in fact not so much a lot as a very considered choice !

[*Bob*]

Get a room, you two.

[AllforNun]

and there's a lot of empty ones over ED way !