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Your father passed me on the stairs on his way to work. "Can Fay come to South Bank with me?" I said "To what end?" He said. We were standing half way on the stairs. "End?" I said. "What purpose?" He said staring at me. "Watch amateur tennis and watched boats on the Thames" I said. He looked at his wrist watch. "I suppose she may" he said "but not to be late." He moved on down the stairs and I went up the stairs to Fay's flat. I knocked at her door and her mother opened. "Just seen Fay's dad and he said she can come with me to South Bank." I said. Her mother smiled at me. "I'll go tell her" she said. I stood on the balcony waiting. Down in the Square kids were pushing a go-cart and others were riding bikes. Fay came out on the balcony and stood beside me. Her mother had given her bus fare and coins for an ice cream. We walked down the stairs and walked through the Square and down the slope and waited for a bus. We held hands but no one seemed to notice us.
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Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 at 1:47 PM UTC
Her Father Said Yes 1960
Your father passed me on the stairs on his way to work. "Can Fay come to South Bank with me?" I said "To what end?" He said. We were standing half way on the stairs. "End?" I said. "What purpose?" He said staring at me. "Watch amateur tennis and watched boats on the Thames" I said. He looked at his wrist watch. "I suppose she may" he said "but not to be late." He moved on down the stairs and I went up the stairs to Fay's flat. I knocked at her door and her mother opened. "Just seen Fay's dad and he said she can come with me to South Bank." I said. Her mother smiled at me. "I'll go tell her" she said. I stood on the balcony waiting. Down in the Square kids were pushing a go-cart and others were riding bikes. Fay came out on the balcony and stood beside me. Her mother had given her bus fare and coins for an ice cream. We walked down the stairs and walked through the Square and down the slope and waited for a bus. We held hands but no one seemed to notice us.
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TerryCollett
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Jun 1, 2018
Jun 1, 2018 at 1:47 PM UTC
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