Monthly Archives: March 2016

Lydia -for Lydia Lawrence #amwriting #strongwomen

Posted on March 25, 2016 by beckydeans

Good golly miss Molly  Did you marry a man with a miner’s lamp and  No brolly?  Didn’t you know that the marriage bed came sprinkled with Soot? Did he blind you With a title, then tempt you with a butty?  … Continue reading →

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Friends of Codnor Common: History of Codnor Common:

Posted on March 24, 2016 by beckydeans

Codnor Common used to be a much larger area, stretching almost up towards Denby. The 1835 map certainly suggests as much. The whole area of Codnor was given to William Peverel, the illegitimate son of William the conqueror, after the … Continue reading →

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The Taking #BringBackOurGirls #amediting #VAW

Posted on March 23, 2016 by beckydeans

The Taking   We knew the soldiers were coming Hid in our beds, no one to protect us Goods on the shelf waiting to be stolen   Before, that day, we had lessons Cursed algebra, embraced Shakespeare Explored China, played … Continue reading →

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My poem about the Chibok schoolgirls. #amediting #bringbackourgirls 

Posted on March 21, 2016 by beckydeans

Yesterday I was reading the paper and a story caught my eye. It was about the 276 schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists in Northern Nigeria two years ago. I thought I had read that many of these … Continue reading →

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The theme of this International Women’s Day: Remember but Don’t Give Up!

Posted on March 8, 2016 by beckydeans

I am pretty sure the unofficial theme of International Women’s Day 2016 is don’t give up. After all, we have got so far. Pity we have so much further to go. As this is a writing blog, I’m sharing a poem … Continue reading →

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Would Teachers Waste?

Posted on March 1, 2016 by beckydeans

When teachers are too tired to write they photocopy pages of complicated, useless things That seem to last for ages.   They could have written notes themselves that we could understand. If we could read their writing in their very … Continue reading →

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