By Carolyne Mitchell Endless Opportunities Ma great great granda wis a miner Lungs choked wi black soot Each night a tin bath in front o the fire Scrubbed his skin clean to do it all again tomorrow Back broken Soul broken By hard work and stillborn weans Ma great granda wis a soldier Body racked …
Author Archives: FRETS CONCERTS
Norman Blake, Bernard Butler & James Grant at FRETS this Friday 4th March in the Strathaven Hotel
The next event in the FRETS calandar is Bernard Butler, Norman Blake and James Grant, who appear at the Strathaven Hotel this coming Friday 4th March. Anyone who was lucky enough to see Bernard, Norman and James at the FRETS at Celtic Connections concert in Glasgow (at St. Luke’s and Mackintosh Churches) will know how …
BREAKING THE HABIT
This was the writing prompt chosen by one of the members of Frets Words this week – we try to choose prompts taken from song/ album titles or song lyrics/ band names….something with a musical link since we are Frets Words, part of Frets Concerts…please get in touch if you want to join us and …
BREAKING THE HABIT
By Carolyne Mitchell There are 15 lampposts between my house and the train station, five stops before I have to get off for work, three bus stops between the station and work and 72 stairs up to my office. I used to count them out loud but mum said I sounded mad so I started …
ARAB STRAP in concert at FRETS on Friday 1st July in the Strathaven Hotel. Tickets on sale tonight at 7pm. Tickets for the ‘stripped back’ concert by ARAB STRAP on Friday 1st July will go on sale tonight ay 7pm. If you fancy coming to FRETS to see the group in the intimate environment of …
Frets Guitar Lessons
FRETS GUITAR LESSONS – A couple of 30 minute guitar lesson slots on Mondays have just become available at our modern bespoke Frets Creative building in Barn Street Mews in the centre of Strathaven. If you are interested in learning guitar or developing your playing, we cater for all ages and abilities. Lessons at Frets …
THE MATILDA BIRTHDAY SAGA
Happy 18th Birthday The Matilda Saga January 2022 Matilda turns 18 today, the 26th January 2022. She has been on count down since 27th January 2021. She plans 3 tattoos and a belly button piercing….this from a girl who leapt off the bed howling the one and only time she had her eyebrows waxed. Her …
The Blessed Oblivion
A Story by Helen Johnson The Blessed Oblivion (Background- Set in 1983- when little girls were going missing and I remember my friends and I feeling scared like never before…) The raspberry bushes were across the road and down the country lane towards the river. We went every summer to collect the ripe fruit, freshly …
LOOK AT THE SKY
A poem by Carolyne Mitchell Look at the sky you said I smiled as I looked at the double rainbow spanning the roofs And in your eyes I saw glitter And fairies And unicorns Look at the sky you said I laughed at the snowflakes as they began to fall And in your eyes I …
The Disco King by Helen Johnston
The Disco King I keep The Disco King in a suitcase under my bed. No-one knows he’s there but me. Packed in plastic, silent and shrunk. I go to work, travel home, unnoticed. Under the radar, innocuous and small. Whole days can pass, without words. Faded, jaded, of little interest to anyone. But come the …
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