Flamenco

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Thanks Michael for the early morning good laugh..(-:

Posted by Jim Morris on Mon 13 Nov 10:26:23

You're welcome Jim. Let's not take life too seriously, if we can.....

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 13 Nov 11:15:14

Your humour just cracks me up Michael!!!

Posted by Louise Naimian on Mon 13 Nov 13:15:33

That's good Louise.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 13 Nov 15:02:05

There isn't a lot of movement there for flamenco Michael, I don't think there'd be a ten from Craig, but great drawing and a great tale 😂

Posted by Linda Drury on Mon 13 Nov 15:30:26

😀😀😀😀😀

Posted by Adele Elgood on Mon 13 Nov 16:23:03

My word Michael, you can turn your hand to anything! Love it and the story!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Mon 13 Nov 16:37:15

Thank you ladies.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 13 Nov 16:39:54

Thanks Kirstie. Yes, I was a bit of an exhibitionist then. My bones ache these days.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Mon 13 Nov 17:07:35

Lovely vibrancy

Posted by Michael Myles on Sat 25 Feb 21:46:08

Hang on Studio Wall

13/11/2017

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1966 and I'm the off duty Landrover driver in Gibraltar. The great Flamenco dancer, Pedro Nixon (on extended shore leave) had taken ill and I was asked to stand in for him. I was told we were the only dancers within miles who had the physical prowess to carry off the performance. Luckily, I had learned Flamenco while studying at the Royal Ballet School. My hair was quite wild in those days.

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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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