Youthlines Qform - Old Rectory

A beautiful woman from the 1960s. A draughty old rectory where rocking horses in the abandoned nursery occasionally begin to move entirely on their own. Dusty windows unopened since The Abdication. Snatches of spidery sound from downstairs where Neville Chamberlain is announcing that Part Two of the tragedy is about to start in the main theatre. A Spitfire roaring overhead. A cold breeze in the churchyard beyond as the ground shifts in anticipation of more untimely deaths. A shudder down the spine of the agency model as she gets dressed, and a hurried exit by the photographer leaving without a word of farewell. Autumn leaves swirling round her feet as she hurries for the bus. A pony and trap passing with a coffin in the back. It is history and it repeats itself in a macabre mosaic across time.