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Patricia Minson lives in West Cornwall. She writes in a variety of genres and is currently working on a hybrid novel incorporating tales based on her Victorian ancestors living in York, memoir and poetry. Patricia is a citizen journalist, writer on the online Medium platform and she recently became a published poet.
Maria heard her mother shouting at her father1, not an uncommon happening, 2well before she saw her pa staggering down the side lane. 3She knew better than to get between her warring parents. 4John and Mary-Margaret Flannigan 5lived a cat-and-dog life. 6
John Flannigan was a man who’s catholic piety concealed a violent temper.Maria remembered the time her pa set fire to her ma’s apron as she dozed in her chair. Maria threw a jug of milk over her hysterical mother and putShe slathered Mary-Margaret’s burns with a mixture of brimstone and treacle, then bound them with linen, but her mother’s arms still bore the scars.
