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Ah, lovely stuff. I remember it well Michael, at the dawn of the Age of Aquarius. We were all sitting Watching flowers in the rain, and waiting for the Fire Brigade...(-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Wed 10 Apr 13:48:06

Exciting times Jim. Now we just have a nice sit down, a nice cup of tea and paint.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 10 Apr 13:49:41

Oh Michael those were the days. Our grandchildren are so staid in comparison. Very sexy portrait Michael.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Wed 10 Apr 20:23:10

Thanks Carole. Weren’t we wild Carole?

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 10 Apr 20:38:43

She has fire in her eyes Michael! I thought I recognised you Michael, I think it’s the John Wayne sway that gave you away...blimey, I could be a poet! She’s a beauty.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 10 Apr 20:43:24

Thanks Fiona. You and I are poetry in motion.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Wed 10 Apr 20:45:57

Lol.....x

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Wed 10 Apr 21:35:13

Sh, sh.....😇

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 11 Apr 05:03:30

Hang on Studio Wall

10/04/2019

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Watercolour. One of the girls I met in the 1960s when I was part of the Free Love Community Movement in the West Wight commune. I reluctantly left after six months as I objected to wearing flowers in my hair and had become seriously physically exhausted. I was then invited to Hollywood to become a stunt man for John Wayne.

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Michael Mcmanus

I was born in 1946. In the 1960s and part of the 70s I was an airman in the Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm. I joined Durham Constabulary in 1971. In 1999 I retired from policing and began teaching sociology and criminology at Durham University with emphasis on policing and researching crime. I am drawn…

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