Heather.
Heather befriended me on a bus in Blackpool, where I was on holiday for 2 weeks with my mates when I was seventeen. I told her that my main pastime was sketching and painting and she said she was an artist too and invited me to her hotel to see her etchings. I told her I wasn't interested in that sort of thing but she insisted. When we got to her room she admitted she had lied and said she only wanted to model for me. I was mortified and told her I was strictly religious and had been taught by nuns but she took no notice and said she would sell the sketches at a local market and share the money with me. As I was short of money I agreed. After 8 days I realised I was wasting my holiday as she just wanted to stay in the room and be sketched. I realised I had been very silly and naive so I telephoned her and told her I wouldn't be seeing her again. She verbally abused me. I got none of the money.
About the Artist
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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