Gayle Frances Larkin

Category: social care

  • When is a Spade Not A Spade

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    Gayle Frances Larkin
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    – Spoiler – Not in UK In 2014 my daughter and I for legal reasons went to live in a hostel in London. The accommodation was such that I contracted pneumonia whereupon I took myself to an A & E in a hospital. Here I was given a supply of antibiotics for so many days…

  • A New Narnia

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    In the early 1970s the late afternoon meeting of the local Legion of Mary was about to be closed. A very unusual question was asked: “Is anyone here prepared to go to a meeting of local churches to talk about the possibility of forming a safe meeting place for young teenagers?” Only one young woman…

  • An Unheroic Looking Hero

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    The dark street had intermittent lights. The buildings were all dark. The white Beetle hummed silently down the roads and streets until the driver reached the poorer part of the city. Here rundown houses had gardens poorly kept in check, but the final destination was the worst of all of them in the street noticed…