Great news! A new tale from Chelmsford.

Are you looking for a short story that will let you sit for five minutes, maybe ten, with a cup of tea, and take you back to the Sixties? When Marshall and Snelgrove reigned supreme in Oxford Street, when Littlewoods had a cafeteria, when there was a cinema near Oxford Circus. Look no further.

It’s 1962, Marie is planning some last minute Christmas shopping in the West End. On the platform of Chelmsford Railway Station she bumps into her old flame, Johnny. They travel on the train to Liverpool Street and arrange to meet for lunch at Schmidt’s, the German restaurant in Charlotte Street. But Marie is engaged to Bill. What choices will she make?

If you have a Kindle and 99p, treat yourself. Take a break. Make that cup of tea. Roll out the Rich Tea, and enjoy. After all it’s Christmas!

It’s available here

You might remember Marie and Johnny from A Sense of Occasion, the Chelmsford Stories. If not, you could catch up with them here – at the special low Kindle price of £1.99!