My friend Elaine was going to come to my home after she finished work but I was asked to work on reception in the afternoon, so she suggested she  meet me after work and we’d go have something to eat and a few drinks. I was very tired from my problem and working all day Friday but looked forward to the night out. We went for a chinese buffet, it was very nice and I loved the prawns afterwards we went for a drink in the Irish bar across the road from where we’d eaten. The bar was very busy, we stayed for a couple of drinks but then when it got 3 deep all around the bar I said let’s find somewhere else. We didn’t go far, the bar next door had a singer and karaoke on so we went in there. We stayed ’til about 12, I had to work the next morning, we rang a taxi and waited well over half an hour so rang another, my usual company, they came about 5 mins later. Elaine came back to mine to wait for her husband to pick her up, we had a drink while we waited so it was about 130 in the morning when I got to bed

I don’t know how but I got up for work, think I was still tipsy, had to talk myself through work but I achieved a lot and was glad when 12 o clock came. I went to bed for a sleep in the afternoon, I was going out again Saturday night to my friend Jeans 30th birthday party they were having for her daughter and surprise 60th for her husband  so needed to recharge my batteries. I woke up about 530, it was an effort and took me a while to come to but eventually dragged myself  out

The party was at the police club by the river, very nice, lovely views over the river. I arrived later than I wanted I had few hiccups then the taxi was late, said he didn’t know where I lived as it wasn’t on the sat nav, they all get it wrong. Jean was at the bar when I arrived she was pleased I’d made it, I sat with Jean,  Betty and her husband, Jeans brother and family and jeans neighbours. We had a nice hot buffet, chicken curry and a beef stew as well as a cold buffet, then profiteroles and gateau, yum   Usually Betty will get up and dance but she couldn’t this night but Jean and I had a good dance. It was a lovely partyand I really enjoyed myself. I think it was about 1am when we finished, unfortunately I was working again Sunday morning.

Again don’t know how but I made it into work, at least it was only 3hrs today.

This weekend, typical, not working and not out so cleaned my windows when I got in from work Friday, food shopping Saturday and easy day Sunday with some vodkas thrown in, well a girl has to have some nice things after working all week 

Thursday my friend Elaine called into work to give me my birthday card, I didn’t know she was coming so it was a nice surprise, she said that she was going to the travel agent to book a holiday. I asked why and where are you going, she said she didn’t know she was just going to see what she could get and then started asking me questions on procedures, what you have to do at the airport and such. I said I can’t go at this time why don’t you wait for the new holidays to start and I can go too, but as she was on holiday and she wanted to go somewhere. So I said why don’t we do a weekend, I’m off Friday, so Elaine said for your birthday, I said yes if you like.  So that was it, the plan was in motion. I was doing my old lady friend Winnies hair after work so I had a look in the paper and on line when I got home. We’d decided on Blackpool and Elaine found a company that did packages. We chose a 2 night package, Friday and Saturday with entrance to a show bar. The agent that was doing the booking was great, she said she’d call back when she had a hotel for us and booked a show either the Thursday night or first thing Friday morning.

On Friday morning I was woken by my phone ringing, it was the travel agent, she had a hotel for us but the show we wanted to go see there wasn’t any places left and there had to be a minimum of 5 people. So she made another suggestion for us. I felt like my phone never stopped ringing and beeping with text messages back and forth, but it was exciting. I bathed and washed my hair packed my case and met Elaine in town about 1.15. She was with her dad she’d arranged to meet him as it was his birthday also and she wouldn’t see him, he’d bought 2 bottles of wine for us too. We left her dad and went for the train. When we got to the station our train was ready to leave so the man at the ticket office said to pay on the train but the guard wouldn’t let us so we missed it, grrrrrrrrrrr. It was an hour before the next one so we went and had a drink in the bar, which passed the time nicely.

We shared one of the bottles of wine on the train journey, so we were in good spirits when we arrived. We got a taxi to the hotel, Phil the owner was in the bar when we arrived,  we got chatting to a guy staying there and he bought us a drink then we went to our room to get ready to go out.  We showered and changed then got a taxi to take us the cabaret bar. We got there earlyish so we had seats, it was a male strip show, oh my what an eye opener, they were brilliant on the pole too, the compere was a drag artist with an acid tongue and wicked sense of humour, what a blast we had.

I woke up the next morning bouncing then the headache started and i began to feel ill, we went for breakfast, I had some cereal and toast. We waited about an hour for the cooked breakfast, sausage, bacon, egg, beans & tomato, then went for a sleep afterwards.

I felt better after a sleep and we got ready and went for a walk along the prom, it was a lovely day, hot and sunny, I couldn’t believe how nice it was. It was a lovely afternoon, we had some fish & chips and did some people watching, fascinating all the different fancy dress outfits. We went back to the hotel about 5pm to get ready for the night. We had a few drinks while we were getting ready then went to the wicked cabaret again. We had a good night again and I got another birthday bottle and Tony the compere bought me a drink too, so we were slightly tipsy again

We got up the next morning went for breakfast, then got ready to leave for the journey home. What a brilliant weekend, Big Thumbs Up, I had the best time, fantastic and soooooo glad we went

Thursday 23rd July, I was disturbed at 12.30am by what sounded like the bins being thrown about, then I heard raised voices. I went outside my flat to see what was going on, it was them, I shouted down to shut up, I’m sick of your carryings on. I was told by Mr Duffy to fuck off and mind my own business, I said I wont it is my business you’re affecting my home life, my peace and making my life hell living here. She ran up the stairs to me, sorry, sorry, it’s him, I said why don’t you go home, why do you keep coming back. I was then subjected to a barrage of abuse, she ran up the rest of the stairs, I thought she was going to run into my flat but she sat at the top, moaning and wailing, I’m sorry, I said your apologies mean nothing to me, you apologised in February but you still carry on. Mr Duffy continued to threaten and abuse me, I was called everything, a fuckin cunt, fuckin twat, fuckin bastard, fuckin slag, fuckin lesbian. I shouted I was calling the police, I’m not here to be threatened and abused. She begged me not to, please retract it and then ran down to him, Frank, Frank she’s called the police, Frank stop it you’ll get arrested. He just said fuck her the fuckin cunt and continued his abuse.

The police operator told me not to speak to him to talk to her, the police were on their way but she didn’t know how long it would take them. Then Mr Petitt, a neighbour from the  flats at the back of us ran upstairs, I’m so sorry Heather, I shut the door and went to write the numbers the operator had given me down.

They were still shouting, he’d lost his keys so they couldn’t get in the flat, I rang the police again as the abuse was continuing and I was starting to get scared, she said they’d been, I said well he’s still shouting abuse in the street. Mr Duffy had to break into his flat, the operator said she send the police back out if it didn’t stop. Eventually it did, I had to get up for work the next morning after another night only getting a few hours sleep.