A group of Ashford boys are chatting in the school yard. “So what do you think about the new uniform?” Tom asked. The rest expressed their disapproval, most of whom were transferring to Central Comprehensive to avoid having to wear it. “Lucky buggers.” Tom gulped. “You’re not staying here are you?” John asked. Tom nodded […]
The Hairbrush & West High School
Sarah and her best friend Jessie entered West High School for the first time. The two girls had grown up together and played together since they both could remember. They hung together around the gates, nervous as they awaited the bell. They looked around and saw other older students. Girls with larger chests and boys […]
Growing up is hard to do Scene 2
The concept of dresses for boys was as new to Peter as it was most people. His mother was only aware of the changing fashion due to an article on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour a month or so previously. Like many boys, Peter was adamant that he’d never wear a dress, and his mother […]
A Mothers Paddle in the 1940s
Click Here to Listen to the Audio In the late nineteen forties, it was common practice for parents to punish their offspring with spanking. However, I reached a certain age in my formative years realizing I had never had one. It appeared that all my friends spent many a time having their bottoms smacked over […]
A Surrogate Sister
My brothers and I were all concerned about our mother. A few years ago she was a normal happy mother, full of the joys of spring, so to speak. But after the doctors told her that she could no longer have children, meaning she wouldn’t have the daughter she’d always longed for, she fell into […]
Double Trouble
Neither myself nor my brother could believe this was happening as our mother opened the double doors of our wardrobe to reveal a resplendent display of skirts, blouses and dresses. “You honestly don’t expect us to wear those do you?” Peter asked. “Well after you two have had a bath, you won’t have any choice […]
Growing up is hard to do
Peter’s childhood was relatively normal; he played army with his friends, climbed trees, had a train set and loads of action figures and liked nothing more than his trusty old jeans with a hole in the knee, a zip up hoodie and his thoroughly worn in trainers. His mother, Helen is an architect and his […]
Jenny’s Room: prologue
I never understood my sister… or girls in general. It seemed as long as something was pink, they liked it. Growing up, my toys were trains and tanks, aircraft and spaceships. Action man, Batman, Spiderman, guns and skateboards and remote control cars. My sister however had dolls, a dolls house, and yet more dolls. She […]
Abigail’s Party
“Peter!” shouted his mother from the foot of the stairs. “What?” Peter shouted from his bedroom. “I need to go into town to get some things for Abigail’s party on Saturday.” “OK.” he shouted back. A moment later his mum shouted, “Well come on then, I haven’t got all day.” “Can’t I stay here?” he […]
A Suitable Punishment – part III
After spending most of the previous week dressed as a school girl, Jon is finally allowed his own uniform back. He and his sister Mary head for school. As they neared the school gates, Jon expected the jeers and taunts he’d received the previous week. Fortunately nobody batted an eyelid when he and his sister […]