2nd January, 2014With a new year comes new possessions, and for Tommy and Brenda that meant a sparkling new house after he had gotten his long overdue new contract. And not just a house but a bona-fide mansion! It was a definite upgrade from the council flat they’d lived in, which was now being occupied by a bunch of squatters who planned to protest the new Hi-Speed rail link that threatened to destroy most of Shyton’s appalling countryside.
Tommy’s new house had a lavish garden with an immaculate lawn, the kind that you’d enjoy tea on. They also had their own gardener called Tom. The lushness was out of this world. Petunias, nightshade, oak trees and manicured lawns as far as the eye could see… if you were short sighted—about an acre, in all honesty.
I visited with them and spent time u
