Devizes Road

I explained to you it should not have been moved

That’s how you lose things

Quiet girl

I moved it and let that be an end to it

Ellen Dunne replaced the lid of the marmalade pot and secreted it in the small cupboard above the kitchen table

I have not finished with that

You have now

Have you heard of Roger Smith?

Should I have?

He was a footballer

Scored twenty-two goals for Swindon Town  

Is that why he is in the newspaper?

No

Then why is he in the paper?

He’s dead

Sad

How old was he?

Seventy-eight

Not much of an age given that grannie is nearly a hundred

Take your jacket off you are in now

I will take it off in my own good time

Do it now or I will not cook for thee

When your mother was alive

She would have told you to take your jacket off at the table

Do not think you are not too old for me to put you over my knee

I would like to see you try

You have a bad mouth my girl

With you around no wonder

Have you got my sandwiches ready for tomorrow?

I have an early start

Corned beef would be nice

You will get what you are given and let that be an end to it  

 

 

 

A Kitchen Sink Drama written by a Working Class Intellectual whilst on his travels in the West Country on a freezing December day in 2017.