This Is Guernsey » Shaun Shackleton

Funny thing, time

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 10 May 2008 08:00:13 +0000

IN THE film, Rumblefish, Tom Waits plays the part of Benny, the owner of the local bar and pool hall in which the gangs hang out. (more…)

Let’s hear it for lethargy…

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:00:58 +0000

THE other day I cleaned out the wood stove. (more…)

Funerary funnies

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:00:10 +0000

GUESS who’s died,’ said Aunty San. My cousin and I looked at each other. (more…)

Shoulda, woulda, coulda

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:00:58 +0000

BUTLINS Filey, 1977. A family holiday for a week. Mum, dad, my sister and me. We went self-catering. Which I was glad of, really. (more…)

Resemblance of order

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 08:00:03 +0000

It’s strange when your kids don’t look like you, says Shaun Shackleton. Then again, that may turn out to be a good thing. (more…)

Make eggs, not war

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 09:00:33 +0000

I WAS never a big Easter egg fan. When I was a kid my mum couldn’t afford to splash out on expensive, flashy orbs of brown-coloured sugar and cocoa filled with plastic bags of multi-coloured sugar and gelatine. (more…)

Ad infinitum

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:00:18 +0000

THE Gaffer and I were on holiday at her sister’s in London when I got a phone call from Guernsey mate Jock McMonacle. (more…)

Annual turnover

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:21:57 +0000

THIS shows how good St Saviour’s School was. I was taught to read by Mrs Chantry. We started off on the little blue Janet and John books and then went on to the thicker, hardback books called Wide Range Readers. (more…)

Scouting for bad boys

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:00:13 +0000

WHEN you’re 12, you tend to go through quite a few best mates. (more…)

Fool for cats

Thisisguernsey — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:00:42 +0000

IT’S widely regarded that cats are supremely intelligent creatures. (more…)