{"id":88,"date":"2021-04-01T08:50:12","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T08:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=88"},"modified":"2025-02-10T16:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T16:28:09","slug":"les-brookes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=88","title":{"rendered":"Les Brookes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I was born in Devon, but Cornwall beckoned from just across the Tamar, many of my ancestors were Cornish and my mother transferred to a nursing home in Saltash the day after my birth, so I think of myself as a Celt. I could say a lot more about my background, but I\u2019ll skip all that David Copperfield kind of crap. In any case, it can be found in brief on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lesbrookes.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a member of CW for many\u00a0years now, if an irregular attender, I\u2019ve been grateful for the support, as well as impressed by the ability of listeners to comment helpfully on a piece after a single hearing \u2013 a skill I have yet to acquire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Works<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"display-post-types\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#dpt-wrapper-464 { --dpt-text-align: left;--dpt-image-crop: center;--dpt-border-radius: 5px;--dpt-h-gutter: 10px;--dpt-v-gutter: 10px; }\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">#dpt-wrapper-464 { 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href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=488\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Small Town Blues<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"314\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/small-town-blues-id-156.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Small Town Blues by Les Brookes\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 159%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=488\" rel=\"bookmark\">Small Town Blues<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" data-title=\"beryl &#8211; by les brookes\" data-id=\"443\"  data-category=\"by les brookes short stories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=443\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beryl &#8211; by Les Brookes<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/les-brookes_SHORTSTORY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 140%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=443\" rel=\"bookmark\">Beryl &#8211; by Les Brookes<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" data-title=\"requital &#8211; by les brookes\" data-id=\"422\"  data-category=\"by les brookes short stories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=422\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Requital &#8211; by Les Brookes<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/les-brookes_SHORTSTORY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 140%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=422\" rel=\"bookmark\">Requital &#8211; by Les Brookes<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" data-title=\"tracking james -by les brookes\" data-id=\"407\"  data-category=\"by les brookes short stories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=407\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tracking James -by Les Brookes<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/les-brookes_SHORTSTORY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 140%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=407\" rel=\"bookmark\">Tracking James -by Les Brookes<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" data-title=\"wimbledon to wood green &#8211; by les brookes\" data-id=\"406\"  data-category=\"by les brookes short stories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=406\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wimbledon to Wood Green &#8211; by Les Brookes<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/les-brookes_SHORTSTORY.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 140%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=406\" rel=\"bookmark\">Wimbledon to Wood Green &#8211; by Les Brookes<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" data-title=\"such fine boys\" data-id=\"404\"  data-category=\"books by les brookes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=404\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Such Fine Boys<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"346\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/such-fine-boys-id-82.jpg\" 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data-category=\"blog blog les brookes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry-wrapper\"><div class=\" dpt-featured-content\"><div class=\" dpt-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=582\" class=\"dpt-permalink\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Point of View<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\" dpt-thumbnail\"><div class=\"dpt-thumbnail-inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"558\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Les_Brookes_BLOG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Les Brookes\" context=\"dpt\" \/><\/div><span class=\"dpt-thumbnail-aspect-ratio\" style=\"padding-top: 140%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\" sub-entry\"><h3 class=\" dpt-title\"><a class=\"dpt-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cambridgewriters.org\/?p=582\" rel=\"bookmark\">Point of View<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .dpt-entry -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"dpt-entry has-thumbnail\" 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