Tameside Short Stories List of Titles These 65 short stories were recorded for the Tameside Talking Newspaper by the ‘Writers Reign’ Story Group. Recordings need to be checked before broadcasting to review content which, in a few instances, includes mild swearing and sexual themes. The stories can be downloaded for your use. Tameside Page 1 Stories 1 to 12, Tameside Page 2 Stories 13 to 24, Tamesidse Page 3 Stoires 25 to 36, Tameside Page 4 Stoires 27 to 48, Tameside Page 6 Stories 49 to 60, Tameside Page 7 Stories 61 to 65. The list of titles with timings are: The Letter - read by Donald Brooks and written by Mavis Bailey (5’35”) Mission Accomplished - read by Alison Irrgang (Saga) (8’15”) Second Fiddle - read by Donald Brooks and written by Celia Meade (8’42”) Atlantic Crossing - read by Alison Irrgang and written by Mari Wallace (Saga) (5’42”) An English Barbecue - read by Donald Brooks and written by Nora Green (8’49”) If Only - read by Phyllis Abbott and written by Nora Green (8’52”) Numbers Up - read by Phyllis Abbott and written by Paul Ricketts (8’23”) Duologue Part One Mother - read by Phyllis Abbott - written by Celia Meade (6’51”) 8b Duologue Part Two The Daughter - read by Alison Irrgang - written by Celia Meade (11’00”) Len - read by Donald Brooks - written by Gerald McDermott (8’24”) A Brother Like That - read by Peter Bramall - written by Dan Clarke (4’38”) How Many Times - written by Laurie James and Read by Donald Brooks – 7’24” It's all Greek to Babs - read by Alison Irrgang - written by Lin Wycherley (8’07”) No Honour Among Thieves - read by Donald Brooks - written by Arnold Johnson (7’24”) Waiting for Reg - read by Phyllis Abbott - written by Jemma Dagnah-Mulvany (8’25”) Billy's Trip - read by Donald Brooks - written by John C Kearney (9’37”) Assault - read by Alison Irrgang - written by Andrew Connolly (9’13”) Aunt Sadie - read by Donald Brooks - written by Roberta Fletcher (7’21”) The Liberace of Laburnum Street - Read by Donald Brooks, written by Andrew Connolly (8’13”) Keep it in the Family - read by Alison Irrgang and written by Arnold Johnson – (9’25”) Death in the Barn - read by Donald Brooks written by Arnold Johnson – (8’07”) The Gun - read by Alison Irrgang written by Arnold Johnson – (7’04”) Too Many Things - read by Phyllis Abbott written by Katherine Whitehorn-SAGA – (4’06”) Apricots and Iron Wills - read by Donald Brooks written by Nimmi Rajiv – (8’30”) Payback - read by Peter Bramall and written by Leon Rafnson – (9’44”) Daphne - read by Donald Brooks and written by Celia Meade – (9’07”) Going to the Messiah (Anon) - read by Peter Bramall. A Lancashire dialect monologue.– (6’03”) Release - read by Donald Brooks and written by Nimmi Rajiv – (9’17”) Eggs - read by Donald Brooks and written by Peter Bowker aged 77 of Mevagissey - An extract from a Saga Magazine Series called ‘Humble Treasures’ where people talk about what they consider to be one of their treasures. – (3’36”) I.Y. Strauss - written by Celia Meade and Read by Alison Irrgang – (8'36") The Torn Curtain - written by Edith Strafford and Read by Phyllis Abbott – (9’25”) An Afternoon with Melissa - Written by Mavis Bailey and Read by Donald Brooks – (7'44") The Story of a Star - written by Richard Everett and Read by Phyllis Abbott – (6'26" ) Blackheart - written by Jayne Charlton and Read by Donald Brooks – (10'31") A Christmas Cracker - read by Peter Bramall and written by Andrew Connolly (13’32”) The Fortune Teller - read by Alison Irrgang and written by Andrew Connolly (10’58”) The Outcast - read by Peter Bramall and written by Mavis Bailey (12’06”) Date with Destiny - read by Alison Irrgang and written by Dale Edgar (15’05”) Tomorrow - read by Phyllis Abbott and written by Sylvia Walker (18’08”) Claribel's Little Remedy - read by Peter Bramall and written by Sylvia Walker (15’14”) Swan Song - read by Donald Brooks and written by Val Johnston (15’43”) The Legacy - read by Peter Bramall and written by Celia Meade (16’34”) A Perfect Gentleman - read by Phyllis Abbott written by Patricia Hartshorne (11’26”) According to Gord - read by Peter Bramall - written by Sylvia Walker (16’28”) Gladys’s Awakening - read by Phyllis Abbott - written by Celia Meade (14’06”) Change - read by Alison Irrgang - written by Catherine Whitmore (12’34”) Don't Cry for Me Argentina - read by Peter Bramall and written by Mavis Bailey - 9’17” Homecoming - (A Ghost Story)- read by Peter Bramall written by Mal Howard (SAGA) - 15’20” Circle of Destiny - read by Phyllis Abbott written by Celia Meade -16’14” When we Meet again - read by Phyllis Abbott and written by Edith Strafford - 13’22” The Dark at the top of the Stairs - read by Alison Irrgang and written by Mavis Bailey - 14’51” First Hate - read by Peter Bramall written by Andrew Connolly - 12’47” Sabrina Sykes - Read by Alison Irrgang and written by Arnold Johnson – 12’22” The Qualities of Murphy - read by Donald Brooks and written by Celia Meade – 18’34” Dancing Hands - read by Phyllis Abbott and written by Celia Meade -16’11” In the Steps of the Master - read by Alison Irrgang and written by Lin Wycherley – 21’04” The Cubicle of the Damned - read by Peter Bramall and written by Andrew Connolly – 19’53” The Island - written by Mavis Bailey and Read by Peter Bramall - 11'32" Jigsaw - written by Mavis Bailey and Read by Alison Irrgang - 11'44" Performance of a Lifetime - written by Mavis Bailey and Read by Alison Irrgang - 11’35” Recompense - written by Edith Strafford and Read by Donald Brooks – 14’22” Reflections in Black and Grey - written by Leon Rafnson and Read by Alison Irrgang-16’41” Strange Visitor - written by A.W. Colclough and Read by Peter Bramall – 12’16” The Lost Child - read by Phyllis Abbott - from Saga Magazine (14’10”) Icon - A Christmas Story read by Alison Irrgang and written by Victoria Hislop for Saga Magazine -18’07 An Interim Gift - written by Nimmi Rajiv and Read by Peter Bramall - 21'02"