Wednesday, April 27, 2011

BMX Bicycles, Mildred and Ethel Could Display The Tricks

By James Murray


I once went on holiday for a week with some friends to Skegness one summer. It was just supposed to be a relaxed week but with maybe several nights out and parties thrown in. The weather was pretty hot all week, so we actually went to the beach most days to see what was about, which in most cases was donkeys, old aged pensioners and disabled people. Not exactly Baywatch I know. When this all got too much for us we went for a drink, or to the arcades or maybe if we were feeling really reckless to the bingo hall. It wasn't exactly the holiday we had intended but thought we would make the most of a bad situation.

Whilst we were in among the bingo halls 1 day, we befriended a nice little old lady called Mildred, she told us that there was incredibly tiny to complete in Skegness for men and women our age, that is certainly why quite a few young residents had looked to drugs or glue sniffing. She told us to hire some BMX Bikes from the nearby hire shop and then meet her by the beach at 1pm the following day. We thought that we might as well, our vacation ended up being pretty boring as much as that point and she looked trustworthy for an aging lady with fairly impressive facial hair.

Certain adequate, we met up with Mildred and her mate Ethel and then we came with some BMX bikes that we had hired from the nearby shop. Mildred also had her very own BMX and Ethel was on a skateboard. We rode around Skegness and had loads of entertaining, Mildred brought sandwiches cut into triangles so that we didn't go hungry, along with a thermos of Ovaltine too. On the way we obtained some a lot more of Mildred and Ethel's mates, like Ethel's boyfriend Percy who was riding his Penny Farthing.

We continued to meet up with Mildred every day for the rest of our holiday and she had truly made it an awesome week. One of my mates actually had a bit of a holiday romance with Mildred in the last couple of days, which is perfect as we were able to keep going back to Skegness for more fun with Mildred and her friends.

That was until she died final year, in a jet skiing accident. We were totally shocked by the news, but we often try and get down to Skegness whenever we are able to, for a drink and to stroke our own facial hair in tribute to her.




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