Part one. my friend had just moved house to live in Manchester and she was arrested because her new neighbours were suspicious of her accent that sounded a bit like an northern Irish person. It turned out that she was actually from West Scotland and never have been to visit Ireland in her life and none of her family came from Ireland either

Part two The last I heard from her she had moved back to Scotland. It was her neighbours who called the police, because her parents came to deliver late evening, which was in the dark because they have been travelling all day from Scotland, some of her personal items, which were DVDs, Videos, and Children's books as she had a young daughter

Part three Dave, at that time my friend and I were at Collage. We had arranged to meet up first thing on that Monday morning to do some studying before lessons, but she never showed, which was unusual for her not to show

So, Alison, this good friend of yours had just moved to Manchester where, presumably, you were both at college. It was just after one of the Manchester bombings which were December 1992 and June 1996. Neither of which seem to be the date to start college. Regardless of that she had been driving all night from Scotland with her young daughter and her parents had arrived late with DVDs, Videos and books. While she was about all this she had arranged to meet you on Monday morning. OK. Still possible. Her 'crime' was having a Scottish accent. Presumamably she could prove that she was from Scotland. That the DVDs (Lucky them - Having a DVD player as a poor student 10 - 14 years ago!), Videos and childrens books were not explosive I would guess is quite apparant.

All this time the little girl is either left on her own or the aging parents have to take her back to Scotland for a week while your good friend proves she is not Irish. Then, after you being so worried about her she moved back to Scotland which was, in your own words, the last you ever heard of this good friend.

Can I offer some advice, Alison. You are at liberty to ignore it. Look at what you have said previously before you post your next comment. If you are consistant and believable more people will atke notice. Can I also ask a question. Why, when this thread has been dormant for 10 months, did you decide to resurrect it?

Looking forward to your next installment.

Cheers

DtG