High Jinks in Haslingden

Recently I was invited to lead a workshop with Hasiwriters a group who meet in Haslingden Library.

I've taught in various venues over the years and I like to arrive in good time, knowing that very often there might be something to sort out before the session starts. This time the 'something' was a room full of young people enjoying a drumming workshop next door…

Fortunately Joan and Joan, two members of Hasiwriters, were on hand Online Generic pharmacy to sort things out and we were able to move to the Reference room – very convenient for us but perhaps not so convenient for the poor people trying to work in there.

This was my first workshop with the group and I was delighted so many people turned up. (I was also delighted with the very superior chocolate cookies on offer.)

The first task was to write about a famous person in an unlikely place and situation.

This seemed to capture people's imaginations: Janet had the Queen shopping at Haslingden Tesco; Jim imagined Sir Alex Ferguson taking up floristry; Gordon wrote a lovely piece about Nelson Mandela on St Kilda and Barbara put Queen (the group) on Mars – including a playful line about Freddie Mercury.

The other task concerned a marriage breaking down on account of the wife's excessive fondness for a pot-bellied pig. Joan, Gail and Theresa entertained us with their responses but the prize for naughtiness went to Irene who read her piece with gusto, amid gales of laughter.

The evening concluded with a photograph: