I used to contribute to the BBC NI’s Talkback messageboard where I had the unusual experience of having fictional yarns wiped en masse; some judicious quotes from “Wind in the Willows” met a similar fate.
Our wonderful array of place names featured in my make-believe cast of characters, incidents and locations. There was Port Moon Trust; a couple of politicians: the liberal Ben Gore and the conservative Croyer Hill; local newspapers: the Tonduff Times and Ballintoy Bugle; the rhythym and blues singer: Big Tom from Turfahun; and the bodice-ripping “Pleasures of Plaiskin” – available in a plain wrapper in “Burning Passions” – a religious bookshop at the front with a massage parlour at the rear. The barber in “A Clip Behind the Ear” often regaled his customers with tales of the exploits of the local squire, Patsy McCash of Cashlaun Castle.
I wonder what Patsy has been saying about the activities of his old friends up at Stormont, Ben Gore and Croyer Hill ....
I wonder what Patsy has been saying about the activities of his old friends up at Stormont, Ben Gore and Croyer Hill ....
