A Wren looking up at my mess deck window

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That's what you think Michael.

Posted by John Graham Inkson on Tue 20 Sep 16:59:04

She looks as though she has lots of cheek Mick, good job you didn't let her in! lol Good pose well done.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 20 Sep 17:09:40

There's nothing wrong with my memory John. Thanks Fiona, yes, another close call.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 20 Sep 17:18:45

Those were the days and I'm not talking about your close call.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Tue 20 Sep 17:26:30

Fabulous watercolour! Great story

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Tue 20 Sep 17:39:22

Thanks Derek and Gudrun.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 20 Sep 17:49:56

Oh my Michael you were in demand. She would have a very bad influence me thinks. I like your painting though great pose. (What a hussy!)

Posted by Carole Swingler on Tue 20 Sep 19:40:17

Thanks Carole. Wasn't she just? I'm ashamed of the affect I've had on women.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 20 Sep 19:43:19

Last time I saw her she had a nice tidy front garden- Nice washes.

Posted by Malcolm Coils on Tue 20 Sep 20:53:37

Thanks Malcolm. Yes, the best bits always come with the final strokes.

Posted by Michael Mcmanus on Tue 20 Sep 20:56:08

That's what happened long after Michael knew her Malcolm.

Posted by Derek Snowdon on Tue 20 Sep 20:57:12

Hang on Studio Wall

20/09/2016

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Watercolour. A Wren (Women's Royal Naval Service) looking up at my mess deck window late one evening. I heard a stone strike my bedroom window, looked out and saw Jenny looking up. 'Unlock the door and let me in Mick', she pleaded. I told her to go away otherwise I would call the naval patrol to apprehend her. The cheek of it. In the end I had to call the patrol.

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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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