Tales from the Cliff Edge

The Very Popular Poems of Patricia Jantz.

Patricia Jantz spends all day on the West Cliff writing poems and hymns on her portable typewriter.  She may be a bohemian given to wearing flowing dresses and Indian print chiffon scarves and to smoking Turkish cigarettes  but her name is known throughout the world. An earthquake ensues when she is invited to broadcast on the BBC.  Featuring Holly Cooper as Patricia Jantz (by kind permission of the Cliff Edge Operatic Society) #Bournemouth #WestCliff 

A Smugglers‘ Tale - Pay Attention to Details

Dorset smugglers have had a tough time over the recent past.  Perhaps things will get better from now on.  But for the Law nforcers things have always been difficult.  The key is to pay attention to the details of the operation in hand.  An absolutely true tale as told to Peter John Cooper.  IMPORTANT;  The apostrophe is in the correct place in the title because there is more than one smuggler.  In fact there is a whole gang of them.#Bournemouth #WestCliff 

Angus

Why does Angus not come when he's called?  Perhaps he's hard of hearing or just deliberately obtuse.  Either way there's a sharp twist and something of a sad ending.  A new story by master story-teller Peter John Cooper.#Bournemouth #WestCliff 

Crinoline

The most dangerous piece of clothing ever invented?  A sharp gust of wind and an unwary lady could be blown over the cliff edge to have her brains dashed out on the promenade below.  And what’s more it represented a prison for intelligent young ladies who yearned to escape the social restrictions of the Victorian age.  Today’s story is about one such young person who turns the mad fashion item to her advantage.  It is called “Crinoline” and is read by Elinor Rose Cooper.

Come on You Kids - Keep Up

This story could have taken place any time over the last 10,000 years.  During all those ages people have been wandering along the beach, erecting their windbreaks and lighting their barbecues. Mainly just trying to find a bit of peace and quiet. Do you visit the sea side every year?  Do you try to find the same spot and get annoyed when people try to take over your particular space?  Another Tale from the Cliff Edge by Peter John Cooper

Busy Bee Finance

Every so often Nigel from Busy Bee Finance would call on his elderly lady clients. They would spend an hour or two with a cup of tea, and a slice of cake whilst listening to Wimbledon on the TV. Nigel would make suggestions as to how their finances could be better managed. When he suddenly stopped calling, Mary could not help wondering if Nigel could have been too good to be true.

 

 

Fireman Smallbone- Lord Save Me

Leonard Smallbone was an ambitious lad.  He was a passed fireman on the ramshackle LS&M Railway.  But there was only one ambition higher than the top link of the driving ladder and that was the eventual marble staircase into the celestial paradise.  He was wont to call the railway company Lord Save Me.  And for his colleagues this made Leonard Smallbone something of a self-righteous prig.

 

The Ambiphonium

Have you ever heard an Ambiphonium snuffling about in the gorse bushes at dead of night? Or creaking among the branches of the tall pine trees? How does an Ambiphonium work? Is it Dangerous? Why hasn't David Attenborough made a documentary of it yet? The answers to thse questions and more may be found in this off-beat story by Peter John Cooper

The Murderer who Swam - Weird Tales from Bournemouth #28

They call me Lucky. They think I have lived a charmed life. But this is another life. I am another man. All that… it was a virtual existence. Here, the reality, the greater part of my life I swim.  Another story by Peter John Cooper

Ooberoo: Delivering Missiles Direct to You.

Do you have pizzas delivered to your door?  Would you appreciate a delivery from the government sponsored Ooberoo? SciFi, Futurism set on the West Cliff Bournemouth from storyteller Peter John Cooper