biographical Archives - Graham Lawrence

The End

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 04:28:06 +0000

I can’t remember if it was Hannington Point or… Whatever. But I remember clearly the Vic had an all day licence and the spring weather, or was it summer or autumn or winter, was warm clear and fine. It was good to be sitting on the small grass verge outside the Vic drinking beer so […]

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The Face

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 04:05:39 +0000

Andy and I sat around a small table close to the fire or fake fire in the large lounge of the George surrounded by people of all ages and backgrounds. We were quiet and enjoying the occasional memory of school or occasional exchange of work story or comment on the football. It was a warm […]

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Sweeping Up

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:24:16 +0000

It is almost two years now, and I suppose it is time to record the actual true events before they fade or my memory decides to exclude such things that don’t fit with preconceived and taught ideas typical of someone raised in the rational and heartless late 60’s and 70’s. It also seems fitting as I sit […]

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Gerry the Deminer

Wed, 17 Jul 2024 04:31:05 +0000

Gerry had issues; Gerry was haunted. Neither were going to ever go away. What actually caused the issues or haunting would never ever be known by anyone except Gerry. It is the natural way of some things. I was in a bar, in Jomtien, but to be honest it does not really matter where that […]

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Cock

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 04:29:41 +0000

So, there was I crawling on all fours around a damp dark smelly room, dressed in rubber boots and rubber gauntlets, looking for cock. ***** It was a warm sunny day with clear skies except for the occasional tiny white cloud bouncing in the sea of blue. The warmth hit me and a first drip […]

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Cowboy

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:33:15 +0000

Manchester Andy, now there is someone to remember from the Cowboy days. He had an art degree, two in fact. He was also a real practicing artist producing paintings and sculptures at a prodigious rate. The styles of these were quite conservative and maybe not to everyone’s taste. Not being an artist, I am far […]

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Cuz

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 09:34:04 +0000

I met Jenny Lawrence, cuz, while working in homelessness in a winter night shelter for young adults in Sydenham, South London. The shelter got an extended life beyond winter under a Housing Association, and it would carry on as a homeless shelter for a few years. The building was pretty impressive for a homeless night […]

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Help

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 08:52:55 +0000

I knew Neil about twenty years ago. I did not know him well. I did not know him badly. He had had a long and interesting life and had seen dark times, but come out the other side a positive and kind person, which if you knew his story is quite an achievement. I was […]

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The Excitement of Life in the Time of Covid

Sat, 04 Sep 2021 07:49:47 +0000

Mundanity becomes everything Graham Lawrence 22nd August 2021 And so, after around 18 months of this covid pandemic, things are really not getting any better sitting in a small apartment in Bangkok. Every wander to the supermarket or market to get food is just an exercise in walking past the bankrupt, boarded businesses, the increasing […]

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