Beyond the Green Hills (2014)
“‘Liverpool’, it said in huge, red letters. Through the open doors, across the oil-stained concrete floor, rose the side of the berthed vessel, a dark cliff face pierced by a small entrance, around which passengers and stewards, porters and delivery men came and went, dwarfed by the scale of the ship and the departure shed.
She smiled at the taxi driver as she counted out shillings and sixpences. He’d been so friendly, said the sunshine was great and what a pity we didn’t get more of it and ...asked if she’d seen Island in the Sun when it was at the Astoria. That’s what he’d like, a nice tropical island. Harry Belafonte he could take or leave.
‘Here y’are, miss,’ he said, swinging her case off the luggage platform as if it were a handbag. ‘See ye enjoy yer holiday. Ah hope ye get good weather.’ ‘Thank you very much. I enjoyed the ride down,’ she said warmly, as she picked up her case and turned away.
No need to tell him she was not going on holiday.MoreLess
She smiled at the taxi driver as she counted out shillings and sixpences. He’d been so friendly, said the sunshine was great and what a pity we didn’t get more of it and ...asked if she’d seen Island in the Sun when it was at the Astoria. That’s what he’d like, a nice tropical island. Harry Belafonte he could take or leave.
‘Here y’are, miss,’ he said, swinging her case off the luggage platform as if it were a handbag. ‘See ye enjoy yer holiday. Ah hope ye get good weather.’ ‘Thank you very much. I enjoyed the ride down,’ she said warmly, as she picked up her case and turned away.
No need to tell him she was not going on holiday.MoreLess
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