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Behind the screen
In this business I just take my time, when I find the right thing I check it out, I research and then I pounce and buy and ship out quickly. That was…
Feb 15, 2021
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John Barclay
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Behind the screen
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“I will fly a helicopter!”
The Be-useful Transport Company of Coatbridge was run by Brian and Elizabeth Maybury. They’d operated the small transport and delivery company for over…
Feb 6, 2021
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John Barclay
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Some Friday Nights
It is a tricky job to slit the cellophane on a still living pizza with a modelling knife. Jeremy could easily do it, but Beatrice actually did it for…
Feb 2, 2021
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John Barclay
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Some Friday Nights
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Bananas
23rd August, the day I found out I'd eaten far too many bananas for my own good. “I've always liked them, always had an appetite for them. Maybe I…
Feb 1, 2021
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Bananas
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January 2021
The Peddler
There was a loud, sharp and unexpected knock on the door. I opened it and a small, dark, middle-aged man looked up from the zip of his anorak and began…
Jan 31, 2021
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John Barclay
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The Peddler
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Thelonious Monk in Starbucks
Thelonious Monk in Starbucks. He was there, the great man, they were serving coffee, he was looking like he was looking for a spare piano. He should…
Jan 31, 2021
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How it all began
“A bag of groceries (inc. French stick) is lying abandoned on Pilrig Street. Yours if you hurry!” I'd just got the peculiar text message from a friend…
Jan 31, 2021
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John Barclay
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How it all began
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We're just working things out at the moment
Welcome to Impossible Songs and Scribbles by me, John Barclay. Freelance retiree, occasional critic, unlikely grandparent, terrible musician, known to…
Jan 2, 2021
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John Barclay
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We're just working things out at the moment
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