tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post4055984435464331704..comments2023-10-14T10:14:51.072+02:00Comments on NOW CLOSED: Discovering Diamonds: Chips and Ice Cream by Richard Tearle - A Story Inspired By A SongHelen Hollickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04292983846350273039noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-77806782146885027482019-12-30T17:43:21.530+01:002019-12-30T17:43:21.530+01:00Young love! I adore the postscript. Made me smile!...Young love! I adore the postscript. Made me smile! Cryssa Bazoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339300665743449764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-7270713466656736642019-12-09T15:04:40.598+01:002019-12-09T15:04:40.598+01:00Thank you Judith - loved yours today as well - my ...Thank you Judith - loved yours today as well - my period!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-68275374121841205172019-12-09T10:35:43.860+01:002019-12-09T10:35:43.860+01:00Loved the trip to the seaside! Very evocative of m...Loved the trip to the seaside! Very evocative of my teenage years that I can only just recall. But I didn't guess the song.Judith Arnopphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10734149908148034800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-23692816164662849492019-12-05T13:13:23.069+01:002019-12-05T13:13:23.069+01:00Thank you Chris!!! after two 'weepies'in p...Thank you Chris!!! after two 'weepies'in previous years (so I'm told!) I thought I'd better give this one a happy ending!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-13958667528331175612019-12-05T10:28:04.967+01:002019-12-05T10:28:04.967+01:00Lovely story! I'm glad there was a happy endin...Lovely story! I'm glad there was a happy ending. Couldn't guess the song (I'm more of a classical music/opera person really) though I do remember that one from my youth!Chris Torrancenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-89431866895123651962019-12-04T13:27:31.442+01:002019-12-04T13:27:31.442+01:00Oh thank you so much, Alison!! The 1960s were my e...Oh thank you so much, Alison!! The 1960s were my era, I admit, and writing in those little 'reminders'draws on my own memories (that Triumph Herald is a case in point!!). My book? Life has rather got in the way lately - perhaps a New Year's Resolution to 'try harder' is necessary! Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-86669202727645038112019-12-04T12:57:11.254+01:002019-12-04T12:57:11.254+01:00A tingle down the back...
You always write so vivi...A tingle down the back...<br />You always write so vividly, Richard: "sparks flashed like fireflies around the overhead contacts". and your voice is so well-rounded and evocative. Ten bob notes, 99s, dodgems, the two colour Triumph Herald – ah, scenes from my childhood! And the song is perfect.<br />So when IS your book out?Alison Mortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638794898163576730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-12006672724132294672019-12-03T22:57:23.899+01:002019-12-03T22:57:23.899+01:00So do I! The funfair is being/has been rebuilt but...So do I! The funfair is being/has been rebuilt but there are a lot more things going on there in the nature of what you mention. Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-66160046224857552019-12-03T22:52:00.833+01:002019-12-03T22:52:00.833+01:00Now I double-wish Dreamland was still like that - ...Now I double-wish Dreamland was still like that - when we went to Margate last year, it was an exhibition/conference centre.Penwrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06031587909414196797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-22339338128823623902019-12-03T21:15:17.326+01:002019-12-03T21:15:17.326+01:00Great!! Thank you!Great!! Thank you!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-23114042373004044872019-12-03T21:06:42.795+01:002019-12-03T21:06:42.795+01:00What a fabulous atmospheric story, Richard. I was ...What a fabulous atmospheric story, Richard. I was right there on the dodgems, on that beach. Superb!!Clare Flynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13191842671977243950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-43472316427732836462019-12-03T20:46:55.586+01:002019-12-03T20:46:55.586+01:00Thank you and so glad it brought back good memorie...Thank you and so glad it brought back good memories ....Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-44971842462498682792019-12-03T20:35:02.881+01:002019-12-03T20:35:02.881+01:00I completely didn't expect it to set in one of...I completely didn't expect it to set in one of the landmarks of my own childhood! I thoroughly enjoyed my trip down memory lane, thank you!Little Angelic Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636466826438530446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-90664170416542409032019-12-03T20:08:58.745+01:002019-12-03T20:08:58.745+01:00Aww - how lovely!! Practice makes perfect!Aww - how lovely!! Practice makes perfect!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-89488049586529888052019-12-03T19:59:11.933+01:002019-12-03T19:59:11.933+01:00Thank you Paul! Yes, I do have an affection for Ma...Thank you Paul! Yes, I do have an affection for Margate, 'tis true!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-39842952286562711312019-12-03T19:43:41.938+01:002019-12-03T19:43:41.938+01:00Most enjoyable - made me smile as I remembered my ...Most enjoyable - made me smile as I remembered my first real boyfriend - I was fourteen, he was some years older and we sat on the beach eating ice cream and trying out our kissing skills. Anna Belfragehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159728310623757488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-84695349285195098352019-12-03T18:04:41.580+01:002019-12-03T18:04:41.580+01:00Evocative, touching, warm, authentic - I loved thi...Evocative, touching, warm, authentic - I loved this. Richard's affection for the place, characters and time shines through. Paul Marrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02885711464264826447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-66064384440460056102019-12-03T17:34:50.705+01:002019-12-03T17:34:50.705+01:00Wow!!! Thank you! Hope the memories it brought bac...Wow!!! Thank you! Hope the memories it brought back were good ones!!!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-39188306569530005752019-12-03T17:19:57.310+01:002019-12-03T17:19:57.310+01:00Perfect Richard! Could have been Clacton or Walton...Perfect Richard! Could have been Clacton or Walton - my first kiss on the Dodgems! Loved this so much. It's a keeper. :-)Elizabeth StJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05976229912277633888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-1304234249650858312019-12-03T16:52:20.481+01:002019-12-03T16:52:20.481+01:00Thank you Jane!! It's changed a lot over the y...Thank you Jane!! It's changed a lot over the years - and on the News at the moment thanks to the Turner Prize tonight. Transfomed the town ....Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-75310164508429650262019-12-03T16:09:05.252+01:002019-12-03T16:09:05.252+01:00I didn't guess the song, but when I heard it I...I didn't guess the song, but when I heard it I went all goosy. Ten shilling notes and those big half-crown coins, the dodgems . . . I grew up in a holiday area so never been to Margate, but somehow, perhaps I have now. Thanks, Richard.J.G. Harlondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15983203276374903009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-91285849210750548382019-12-03T12:25:56.687+01:002019-12-03T12:25:56.687+01:00'gos' should be 'gods' - you'v...'gos' should be 'gods' - you've captured the time (human and epoch) & place perfectly.Jean Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423822543543008594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-62599914303362538122019-12-03T12:19:32.789+01:002019-12-03T12:19:32.789+01:00Thank you, Caz!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!!Thank you, Caz!!! So glad you enjoyed it!!!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-43328235541013947622019-12-03T12:18:31.698+01:002019-12-03T12:18:31.698+01:00Oh, my word, that was great!! I was living the par...Oh, my word, that was great!! I was living the part. It made me smile, it made me dreamy and it made me cry a little. Simply wonderful. Well done Richard!!Cazo28https://www.blogger.com/profile/07690584496682852781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4804142297590807485.post-64946521583241641712019-12-03T12:14:54.386+01:002019-12-03T12:14:54.386+01:00Gosh!! Thank you so much!!Gosh!! Thank you so much!!Richard Tearlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13593521217135620570noreply@blogger.com