The years around Simon Macbeth Roundhay 20th birthday revolved entirely around women. They became the most important part of my life. From the age of 18 to 22 I would go out six nights a week, get drunk, and usually take a different woman back home. This went on for years really, right through untilRead more about Simon Macbeth Roundhay, All Change, Chapter 13: Part 1 of 5[…]
After a long time doing this, Simon Macbeth Roundhay began to change and wanted more. Encounters that had been driven purely by physical desire became meetings motivated by a desperate need for company. I needed someone to talk to and found it easier to get friendship and comfort from women. The thrill of the cattleRead more about Simon Macbeth Roundhay, All Change, Chapter 13: Part 2 of 5[…]
Simon Macbeth Roundhay had lied at the interview, telling them I had two or three-years experience working in kitchens. The manager fell for that. I can be quite convincing, manipulative, and deceitful when I choose to be. Amazingly, I lasted at Joseph’s Well Tavern for three months before I got sacked. Even more astonishingly, IRead more about Simon Macbeth Roundhay, All Change, Chapter 13: Part 3 of 5[…]
Simon Macbeth Roundhay had £100 to my name at the time. I went to MacDonald’s and bought a Big Mac Meal, sat down with my £97.20, change and pondered the future. I remember talking on the phone to my sister, panicking about what I would do if loads of people phoned me up the nextRead more about Simon Macbeth Roundhay, All Change, Chapter 13: Part 4 of 5[…]
Without this third client, Simon Macbeth Roundhay wouldn’t be where I am now and I’m really grateful for all of the work they gave me. My recruitment agency would not have taken off or gone anywhere. If I had walked out and refused to work on that first day at Elmwood, I would not haveRead more about Simon Macbeth Roundhay, All Change, Chapter 13: Part 5 of 5[…]
Simon Macbeth never heard of or spoke to Ella again. For many years afterwards she was someone I thought about a lot. If I’d pulled out all the stops, I’m sure I could have got back in touch with Ella, but I never did. Ella was everything I was looking for in a girl. SheRead more about Simon Macbeth, Leeds – Free At Last Part 3 of 5[…]
Ella was 23 years old when Simon Macbeth met her. Our relationship never developed into anything meaningful, not to her anyway. We became close friends, but she started seeing someone else who worked at Butlin’s and I developed a jealousy not seen in Wales since sheep farming took husbands away from wives. I found out aboutRead more about Simon Macbeth, Leeds – Free At Last Part 1 of 5[…]
Simon Macbeth had started the day by walking around with a stupid self-satisfied smile on my face and ended it feeling completely fed up. When I escaped work just before midnight on New Years Eve, I couldn’t find anybody I knew in our regular haunts. I’d got no way of finding them until at halfRead more about Simon Macbeth, Leeds – Free At Last Part 2 of 5[…]
Simon Macbeth regrets not taking my feelings for Ella further, but then a change in the way I lived my life then would have meant I would be a completely different person today. It is a regret of mine, but then again it’s not. The worst thing you can do with your life is toRead more about Simon Macbeth, Leeds – Free At Last Part 4 of 5[…]
Around two years after Simon Macbeth worked at Butlin’s, I picked up a telephone to phone her, but I was told that there was no one there called Ella. She had moved on. That was the only time I ever tried to reach her. The Ella thing is not something that interferes in my life,Read more about Simon Macbeth, Leeds – Free At Last Part 5 of 5[…]