She patted his cheek gently, “Now you get out of those dirty old boys clothes and get into the tub and stay in it till I come for you, understand?” “Yes Aunty,” Taquin felt a little better, Margaret was so calm and certain. he was surprised when she patted his bottom as he turned to […]

  One thing was clear – Pat actually missed the petticoats!  He was relieved that he did not have to wear stays any longer…but it appeared to be a reasonable trade-off. So, somehow, in a few days, Patrick didn’t hesitate as he trampled Gram’s prize flowerbed, visions of soft petticoats and friendships in his mind. […]

The evening was by no means finished yet as my mum announced that on the way home she had to collect some papers from her friend Mrs Johnson. Now Mrs Johnson had two children; a boy Brian who was fourteen and a girl called Joan who was my age, played violin in the GHS orchestra […]

He glanced around the shop as the assistant continued totting up the bill. The two mannequins in the window were silhouetted against the daylight. He stepped closer as he tried to remember which was the boy and which was the girl as he realized how similar their outlines were. Both women glanced over at Michael […]

  “Uncle Jack still works full time, however, Aunty May retired from her part-time job when she turned 45 two years ago”. Cousin Sarah moved into her own place four years ago when she was twenty-one. “This sounds like a good idea to me”, father stated after eating. “Aunty May is home all day and […]

His mother turned to see her son whimpering behind the door. “What does it look like?” she replied. “We’re making some changes… This will be Jenny’s room from now on.” she said as Jenny looked at her brother’s face, streaked with eye-liner and his shoulder clad in nothing but the thin strap of her favourite […]

“Petticoating.” mum replied. “If you haven’t worked it out, it means dressing naughty boys in girls clothes until they can behave themselves.” she explained. “Now… why don’t you two jump in the bath before you get ready for bed?” “BED!?!” we protested in unison. “It’s only half past five.” “And by the time you’ve had […]

The girls had them over the proverbial barrel for years. Audrey had her brother Peter tidying her bedroom and polishing her school shoes whilst Melanie’s little brother Paul was brushing his sister’s hair and putting it in plaits every night, painting her toenails, running her baths and fetching her snacks. Then, on the rare occasion […]

It didn’t take long for the four girls and Patty to become good friends, and soon they were talking about exchanging clothes and the like – it made Patty very excited. Later her sisters joined them now and then.  Unfortunately for Patty, even though Mary was slightly larger then she, they could not use Mary’s […]

In town I was sent into the cafe to buy the milk and so I stepped out of the car and tugged my skirt down at the back as I had seen girls do. As I walked the few steps along the pavement I glanced into the shop windows and saw the reflection of this […]