MINUTES FOR MEETINT 23rd Jan 2025 Venue Coral Star Restaurant 10.30 to 12.30

At venue - Rick, Mike, Jordi, Patti, Glen, Richard, June, Jenny, John E nd Jackie.

Skype - Bob, Irene and Suzzanne.

Patti – Emily and the lost box.

A ghost hunter goes to a haunted house, where a daughter committed suicide after the disappearance of her baby. She finds a box with baby memorbillia, the ghost visits her to reclaim her memories and is laid to rest. Whoowah!!

Mike – Phone call from abroad

An American chap phones his Mom while he is in England on holiday, two countries divided by a common language indeed.

Jackie – Adopted

The story about how a black and white cat eased its way into her house and bonded with her other two cats and is finally adopted.

Richard – I couldn’t believe my eyes.

After a bitter parting with the drug addict son, he takes everything including the laptop with an unfinished novel on it. Then three years later, she finds the book has been finished and published. The son reappears and presents his mum with the film rights and royalties. She can’t believe her eyes.

Irene – Reconcilliation

A girl starts to think about biblical beliefs and Darwin’s theories on evolution which do you believe?

June – The Bellecs

Another part of June’s Breton Tales tells the story of the Bellac family living on a farm that they don’t really want. They have two daughters, the eldest has a disasterous marriage and tries to commit suicide, the younger one gets married and they build their own house stage by stage. Good Stuff June, get the book together.

John E.- Reconcilliation

A Divorced couple have a son, who becomes a drug addict. He is living with his grandparents and dealing from their house. The couple go to the house and dispose of the drugs. The son begs for the return of his drugs and he will clean himself up. But he doesn’t. There can be no reconciliation now.

Jordi – A roman road.

Jordi’s investigation into a long lost roman road in Cyprus, discovers a roman town where ancient stone buildings were ground up to make gravel, by builders. Interesting stuff as always, full of facts.

Jenny – A wasted life.

The story of a beggar in the street, he is a mess and abandoned by his family. A sad story told in rhyme.

Glen – Rita

H, Rita’s husband gets offered big money to post bills advertising boxing matches fifty pounds for three nights work, big money in the fifties. This opens his eyes to better things.

A very well attended meeting, unfortunately I can’t remember what the prompt was for next week.