Waratah Park Death - MW2017 - Non Writer

a reply to: SprocketUK

That's the one. Me mum worked for him in the 60's and 70's. Still got letters and signed phot's from the era.

Kind regards,

bally

a reply to: hutch622

Nah, yeah, nah, haha, You don't hear it enough nowadays. It's politically incorrect as it was in the early 1900's. I love it and use it at traditional Aussie BBQ's but at work I just get a weird look.

bally

a reply to: bally001
That's pretty cool. could only have been better if ya said Les Hiddings was in charge of your scout troop

a reply to: SprocketUK

That's pretty cool. could only have been better if ya said Les Hiddings was in charge of your scout troop

Ballys a bit of a legend himself . Ask him about his tv adventures . And Les , great show but our traditional owners were the real stars .

a reply to: hutch622

Hahaha, oh no, not the bush mechanics again.

You bugger, I won't sleep tonight.

originally posted by: hutch622
a reply to: SprocketUK

That's pretty cool. could only have been better if ya said Les Hiddings was in charge of your scout troop

Ballys a bit of a legend himself . Ask him about his tv adventures . And Les , great show but our traditional owners were the real stars .

Really?

We talking Joe Mangel sort of famous or that bloke who cooks the fish on the Rex Hunt show sort of famous?

a reply to: SprocketUK

We talking Joe Mangel sort of famous or that bloke who cooks the fish on the Rex Hunt show sort of famous?

See Ballys post above .

a reply to: SprocketUK

More like Russell Coit mate. Nothing striking.

bally

a reply to: bally001


I'm a writer myself and I think you've got talent.

You remind me of Frank McCourt who wrote Angela's Ashes about growing up in Ireland. He was good at expressing his culture through language as you are.

Is this a true story? Or partially true? Or just total fiction?

originally posted by: bally001
a reply to: SprocketUK

More like Russell Coit mate. Nothing striking.

bally

Adds ya to the tip top secret list of celebs known to visit ATS

a reply to: MRuss

Well, nice comment Russ. This is fiction, totally. I more lean to SciFi and thought about this topic for a few days and wanted to write something familiar to me but different. I grew up in an era where there was no indoor gaming apart from billiards or snooker. And I wasn't allowed to go there so me and the mates spent all our spare times outdoors getting up to mischief.

But certainly, nothing as reflected in the story. There was nothing better than a game of footy or cricket in the street. Or bike riding round the beach. Occasionally we bumped into the tougher kids and got whooped but that was about the most violence I handled in those days.

So the setting is similar, language perhaps toned down (T's and C'). The violence and conditioning reflects what I have seen much later in my life. I never saw a dead body until I was 27 and that was in a morgue.

Thanks mate,

bally

a reply to: SprocketUK

Lol. Nah. Not that flash. Like I said more like Coit but he got a series. Just a couple of minutes for me.





bally

a reply to: bally001

Good, raw murder story with a vengeful twist at the end. Very believable.

I liked the pacing of the story, the blurred rush at the end was quite effective! Well done.

a reply to: bally001

I don't know what I liked more, the story itself or all the Aussie jargon.

Very good Bally

a reply to: AboveBoard

Appreciate those comments. Wasn't sure the topic was for me.

kind regards,

bally

a reply to: FauxMulder

Glad you liked it from both perspectives.

I'll spend this evening reading other entries.

From looking at some of the titles. I dunno where to start.

Kind regards,

bally

a reply to: bally001

Dark.

Nicely done!

a reply to: DBCowboy

Thanks DB,

kind regards,

bally

a reply to: bally001

A whole new section I hadn't noticed here. Great writing man.

a reply to: PillarOfFire

Cheers Pillar.

Kind comment.

my regards,

bally