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      • No Need to Look for Love
      • 'The Love Quartet' >
        • The Tannery Wager
        • 'Fini and Archie'
        • 'The Love Bridge'
        • 'Forgotten Love'
      • The Priest's Calling Card >
        • Chapter One - The Irish Custom
        • Chapter Two - Patrick Duffy's Family Background
        • Chapter Three - Patrick Duffy Junior's Vocation to Priesthood
        • Chapter Four - The first years of the priesthood
        • Chapter Five - Father Patrick Duffy in Seattle
        • Chapter Six - Father Patrick Duffy, Portlaw Priest
        • Chapter Seven - Patrick Duffy Priest Power
        • Chapter Eight - Patrick Duffy Groundless Gossip
        • Chapter Nine - Monsignor Duffy of Portlaw
        • Chapter Ten - The Portlaw Inheritance of Patrick Duffy
      • Bigger and Better >
        • Chapter One - The Portlaw Runt
        • Chapter Two - Tony Arrives in California
        • Chapter Three - Tony's Life in San Francisco
        • Chapter Four - Tony and Mary
        • Chapter Five - The Portlaw Secret
      • The Oldest Woman in the World >
        • Chapter One - The Early Life of Sean Thornton
        • Chapter Two - Reporter to Investigator
        • Chapter Three - Search for the Oldest Person Alive
        • Chapter Four - Sean Thornton marries Sheila
        • Chapter Five - Discoveries of Widow Friggs' Past
        • Chapter Six - Facts and Truth are Not Always the Same
      • Sean and Sarah >
        • Chapter 1 - 'Return of the Prodigal Son'
        • Chapter 2 - 'The early years of sweet innocence in Portlaw'
        • Chapter 3 - 'The Separation'
        • Chapter 4 - 'Separation and Betrayal'
        • Chapter 5 - 'Portlaw to Manchester'
        • Chapter 6 - 'Salford Choices'
        • Chapter 7 - 'Life inside Prison'
        • Chapter 8 - 'The Aylesbury Pilgrimage'
        • Chapter 9 - Sean's interest in stone masonary'
        • Chapter 10 - 'Sean's and Tony's Partnership'
        • Chapter 11 - 'Return of the Prodigal Son'
      • The Alternative Christmas Party >
        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
      • The Life of Liam Lafferty >
        • Chapter One: ' Liam Lafferty is born'
        • Chapter Two : 'The Baptism of Liam Lafferty'
        • Chapter Three: 'The early years of Liam Lafferty'
        • Chapter Four : Early Manhood
        • Chapter Five : Ned's Secret Past
        • Chapter Six : Courtship and Marriage
        • Chapter Seven : Liam and Trish marry
        • Chapter Eight : Farley meets Ned
        • Chapter Nine : 'Ned comes clean to Farley'
        • Chapter Ten : Tragedy hits the family
        • Chapter Eleven : The future is brighter
      • The life and times of Joe Walsh >
        • Chapter One : 'The marriage of Margaret Mawd and Thomas Walsh’
        • Chapter Two 'The birth of Joe Walsh'
        • Chapter Three 'Marriage breakup and betrayal'
        • Chapter Four: ' The Walsh family breakup'
        • Chapter Five : ' Liverpool Lodgings'
        • Chapter Six: ' Settled times are established and tested'
        • Chapter Seven : 'Haworth is heaven is a place on earth'
        • Chapter Eight: 'Coming out'
        • Chapter Nine: Portlaw revenge
        • Chapter Ten: ' The murder trial of Paddy Groggy'
        • Chapter Eleven: 'New beginnings'
      • The Woman Who Hated Christmas >
        • Chapter One: 'The Christmas Enigma'
        • Chapter Two: ' The Breakup of Beth's Family''
        • Chapter Three: From Teenager to Adulthood.'
        • Chapter Four: 'The Mills of West Yorkshire.'
        • Chapter Five: 'Harrison Garner Showdown.'
        • Chapter Six : 'The Christmas Dance'
        • Chapter Seven : 'The ballot for Shop Steward.'
        • Chapter Eight: ' Leaving the Mill'
        • Chapter Ten: ' Beth buries her Ghosts'
        • Chapter Eleven: Beth and Dermot start off married life in Galway.
        • Chapter Twelve: The Twin Tragedy of Christmas, 1992.'
        • Chapter Thirteen: 'The Christmas star returns'
        • Chapter Fourteen: ' Beth's future in Portlaw'
      • The Last Dance >
        • Chapter One - ‘Nancy Swales becomes the Widow Swales’
        • Chapter Two ‘The secret night life of Widow Swales’
        • Chapter Three ‘Meeting Richard again’
        • Chapter Four ‘Clancy’s Ballroom: March 1961’
        • Chapter Five ‘The All Ireland Dancing Rounds’
        • Chapter Six ‘James Mountford’
        • Chapter Seven ‘The All Ireland Ballroom Latin American Dance Final.’
        • Chapter Eight ‘The Final Arrives’
        • Chapter Nine: 'Beth in Manchester.'
      • 'Two Sisters' >
        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
        • Chapter Nine
        • Chapter Ten
        • Chapter Eleven
        • Chapter Twelve
        • Chapter Thirteen
        • Chapter Fourteen
        • Chapter Fifteen
        • Chapter Sixteen
        • Chapter Seventeen
      • Fourteen Days >
        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
        • Chapter Nine
        • Chapter Ten
        • Chapter Eleven
        • Chapter Twelve
        • Chapter Thirteen
        • Chapter Fourteen
      • ‘The Postman Always Knocks Twice’ >
        • Author's Foreword
        • Contents
        • Chapter One
        • Chapter Two
        • Chapter Three
        • Chapter Four
        • Chapter Five
        • Chapter Six
        • Chapter Seven
        • Chapter Eight
        • Chapter Nine
        • Chapter Ten
        • Chapter Eleven
        • Chapter Twelve
        • Chapter Thirteen
        • Chapter Fourteen
        • Chapter Fifteen
        • Chapter Sixteen
        • Chapter Seventeen
        • Chapter Eighteen
        • Chapter Nineteen
        • Chapter Twenty
        • Chapter Twenty-One
        • Chapter Twenty-Two
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January 31st, 2012.

31/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Some of our best lessons ever learned are learned in one's childhood and endure with us for the rest of one's life. Unfortunately, the truly bad experiences which some children experience at the hands of others also stay with them and unless that bad experience is reprocessed in one's memory bank, it can and, often does lead to emotional disturbance.Take a leaf out of the character Ali Barba's book and exchange your bad old experience for a fresh new one to retain in your memory bank. Such isn't an act of self-delusion, but rather one of rationalisation, re-framing and self-survival.Please click here to learn more about the process of emotional disturbance and 'Anger Management' that I founded in 1972."http://www.fordefables.co.uk/about-me.html
 William Forde: January 31st, 2012.

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January 30th, 2012.

30/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"What became of last year's promise when you vowed your eternal love and said we'd wed in the spring. Now the daffodils have sprung, but you have kept low and your empty words have not grown to fruition. What shall I tell our child when he asks, 'Mummy, who is my daddy and why isn't he here with us?' Shall I tell him the truth and shatter what hope he has left or simply say like others before me, 'He was killed in the war and died fighting for his queen and country.'"William Forde: January 30th, 2012.

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January 29th, 2012.

29/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"When a feather falls to ground and breaks the earth asunder, the Gods shall smile down upon the fragility and softness of mankind to resist a higher force." William Forde: January, 29th, 2012.

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January 28th, 2012.

28/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"If you eat me Mr Fox I will only give you stomach ache and you shall still require more food to satisfy your appetite. But.......if you spare me, I shall tell you where the fattest chickens roost." William Forde: January, 28th, 2012.

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January 27th,2012.

27/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"When creatures feud and the wildlife roars its disapproval, then all the world becomes more barbaric in its instinct." William Forde: January 27th,2012.

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January 26th, 2012.

26/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"When handsome men drink alone, the women of the world have much to answer for." William Forde: January 26th, 2012.

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January 25th,2012.

25/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Never bite off more than you can chew." William Forde: January 25th,2012.

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January 24th, 2012.

25/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Today would have been my mum's birthday. She died when she was barely 64 years old. She was perhaps the best story teller I ever knew and loved life to the full with a wicked side to her that was forgivable. I feel sure that it was her influence over my growing imagination as a child when she spoke about the nuns that taught her that confirmed me in the role of author and not that of priest." William Forde: January 24th, 2012.


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January 23rd,2012.

23/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"If anger be your only response to disappointment then you will forever act out the role of hammer."William Forde: January 23rd,2012.

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January 22nd,2012.

22/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"The destructive bombing of Hiroshima should be shown to every primary school child in order that mankind will never again sanction the use of atomic and nuclear warfare."William Forde: January 22nd, 2012.

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January 21st, 2012.

21/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Did twins ever look so sweet upon the rocks of Brighton Beach."William Forde: January 21st, 2012.

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January 20th,2012.

20/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Oh how man sinks beneath the depths of depravity with his quest to conquer foreign lands and establish his eugenic ideals of twisted thinking." William Forde: January 20th, 2012.

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January 19th, 2012.

19/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"When two women fall in love with each other and choose their fairer sex over that of the male species to mate with, this doesn't represent two less women for the men to share out, but just another two females for the macho man to put down." William Forde: January 19th, 2012.

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January 18th, 2012.

18/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Why does childhood fantasy have to end so early in today's modern world? Isn't it better for the reserved child to talk to gnomes and fairies instead of not talk at all? Adults should protect their children from the harshness of the cruel world and allow them to remain as long as possible in their orbit of innocence." William Forde: January 18th,2012.

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January 17th. 2012.

17/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"I will return when the sun shines down on all of the free world beneath its rays and the blades of grass sway ever so gently in the breeze of change and good fortune." William Forde: January 17th, 2012.

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January 16th, 2012.

16/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"I only took my eyes off them for a few minutes and burnt the cup cakes but, you didn't have to do that!" William Forde: January 16th, 2012.

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January 15th, 2012.

15/1/2012

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Thought for today:
" Oh child of industry long past, where went the youth you once rejoiced in when you were schooled and before you blackened your face and tarred your lungs climbing the factory chimneys?" William Forde: January 15th, 2012.

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January 14th, 2012.

14/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"I have often wondered if the purpose of the lone protester in Tianamon Square was to advance the movement of his cause by halting the tanks." William Forde: January 14th, 2012. 

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January 13th, 2012

13/1/2012

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Thought for today:
" For some, Friday the 13th of the month will always be unlucky and for others, no heed to its presence will alter their stars for the worse. And then there are those few unfortunates, whose negative stream of thoughts  constantly flood their mind. For these few, Friday the 13th will always bring bad luck their way: but I would add, so will any day and any date!" William Forde: January 13th, 2012.

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January 12th,2012.

12/1/2012

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Thought for today:
" There is a time to live and a time to die; a time to speak out and a time to hold one's tongue. However, no time should ever be off limits to say 'I'm sorry' or 'I love you,' and there should never be a time when one is not allowed to dance." William Forde: January 12th, 2012.

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January 11th, 2012.

11/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"When you took my heart and broke it in two and cheated on me behind my back, you not only stamped upon my most precious dreams, but you robbed me of all future identity and trampled on my past." William Forde: January 11th, 2012.

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January 10th,2012.

10/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Oh bicycle soar upon the sand while gulls squawk their disapproval and Southport Beach blazes ever so brightly in the morning sun." William Forde: January 10th, 2012.

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January 9th, 2012.

9/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"Stay still oh restless heart and allow the Tower of Babel to reach up into the upper chamber of your heavenly host; your one true love." William Forde: January 9th, 2012.

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January 8th, 2012.

8/1/2012

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Thought for today:
"When husbands die before their wives and their visits to the graveside become rarer and rarer, do the occupants of the unvisited graves weep to learn that they are so soon forgotten and that another man now sits at the head of the merry widow's table?" William Forde: January 8th, 2012.

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January 7th, 2012.

7/1/2012

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Thought for today:
" Only a child of innocence with unsullied and unprejudiced eyes can tell one poppy from the next and see their natural good from the bad. Only can such distinction be easily made in the eyes and heart of the young while they remain untouched from adult callousness and institutionalised cruelty of purpose." William Forde: January 7thy, 2012.

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