Woman’s Weekly UK – 27 August 2019

Greattiming
RecentlyI foundmyself
hopingforanarticleabout
holidayingin theArabian
Gulf,asI willbecruising
there with P&O onOceana

£

Letter

ofthe

week

Writingsuccess

Ilovedyourarticle ontheold

comics

(2July).IlovedBunty,Jinty,Mandy

and

Pixie,butmyfavouritewas

Spellbound.

Itcombinedallthatwasspooky

and

mysteriouswith storiesthat

appealedtomy

imaginationand,evennow,

gothicliterature

isafavourite.Whensomething

unexplainable

happenedtome,Iwroteabout

itand,tomy

delight,itwaspublished.That

earlysuccess

encouraged metowritemore

andyears

later,Iwon theWoman’sWeekl

y/Warwick

Castleghoststory-writingcompetition.

Sincethen, I’vehadseveralmore

successes

butI’veneverforgottenthe

joy ofseeing

myselfinthepages ofSpellbound

.

C Fletcher, Essex

Where

I read

mine

Hereisa recentphoto
ofmeonholidayin
Bratislava.I wentwith
myhusband.I always
takeWWawaywithme,
andhavebeenreading
itsinceuniversitydays,
(some40-plusyears
ago).Thisisoneof
fourstatuesinthevery
beautifulBratislavaOld
Town,andisknownas
TheDandy,orGentleman.Ofthefour,itistheonlysilver
one,andtheonlyonebasedona realperson.I feltthathe
hada verykindface,andhewas a huge tourist attraction!
JillSelman,NorthAyrshire ✿Gota petpicthatmakes
you smile?Wecangive it a
good home

Here’sAlbert,mywire-haired

dachshund,dressedinhis

PeakyBlinders-stylecapfor

theBarkintheParkeventin

ourwonderfulLockePark.

Anne Collins, North Yorkshire

Paws for thought

Come

on

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in November.

Lastmonth

I boughtmy

usualcopy

ofWoman’s

Weekly(16July)

andwhat

doIfindon

readingthrough

it – anarticle

onthatvery

subject.Now

that’swhat

I callservice!

Thankyoufora great

magazine.Mygrandmother

introducedmeto it when

I wasa teenagermany

yearsagoand I’ve read it

eversince.

Olwyn French, London

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