Southend U3A

Writing for Fun

October 2016

Darker forces in Swinging London - Vivian Burdon

‘The world is going to hell in a hand cart and you want to go to the cinema!’

‘Only because you said you wanted to see ‘A Taste of Honey’ at the TAP.’

‘Oh yeah. Did you know Shelagh Delaney was only 18 when she wrote that. And . . .

She also wrote ‘Sweetly Sings the Donkey’.

‘So?’

‘So . . . Lindsey Anderson’s surreal film based on that short story is called ‘The White Bus!’

‘Oh yeah! Cool!’