This wondrous vehicle was grander than my father’s Ford Escort respray and more welcome than a Shankill black taxi when the buses were off. There were mouthwatering delights from floor to ceiling, apart from at the entrance to the driver’s cab and a small window at the back. Tony Macaulay is a bestselling author, leadership consultant, peacebuilder, broadcaster and suicide prevention advocate from Northern Ireland.

His debut novel Belfast Gate (so it is, 2019) is a satirical comedy drama set in 2019 about a group of Catholic and Protestant women who start a campaign to take down Belfast’s 50 year old peace walls. We’d love to see young people who can sing, dance and act and the roles will be cast depending on their strengths. The Breadboy bread bin is available in an array of colours, from rich almond, to modern black and stylish purple, through to vibrant shades of green and is made from high-quality, colour-coated steel with a chrome stand. My father had decided when the Troubles started that the sash his father wore should remain as a relic in the roof-space.It's like a home-coming reading all those wonderful expressions so long forgotten and imagining characters that are so true to life.

The Bee Gees fill the airwaves, everyone is in love with Princess Leia, and Breadboy s love of peace and pets is soon rivalled by his interest in parallel universes and punk. And author Tony Macaulay is hopeful that a young unknown talent from the west of the city will rise to the challenge and star in the show. It tells the story of how ordinary people not only survived, but tried to live with joy and hope during a traumatic time in our history. He said I was a good, honest boy because I went to church after getting saved at the Good News Club on my holidays at the caravan in Millisle.I had hung up my dirty canvas paper bag for good because it was time for me to move on to bigger and better things. While other boys may have wanted to wear dark glasses like the brigadier in the UDA, I longed to wear a leather jacket like the Fonz in Happy Days, except my mammy wouldn’t let me. He is now a regular speaker on Northern Ireland, peace building and creative writing at universities and colleges in Europe and the USA.

He always wore old-fashioned slacks with braces and a shirt and tie under his white coat, just like my chemistry teacher, except Leslie’s white coat was bakery regulation rather than scientific attire. It is hoped that Paperboy might yet still get to tour the States, where there is much interest in Belfast and the stories of ordinary people living through strife. In the 1990s he developed and implemented youth programmes on conflict resolution, and in 2008, following his experience of living and working on the peace lines, he developed a discussion paper proposing a process for the removal of the peace walls in Northern Ireland. Ventilation holes in the back of the bin allow just the right amount of air circulation to keep your bread in the best possible condition.It was on a visit to Kigali in 2017 that he met Juvens Nsabimana co-author of his latest book Kill the Devil: A Love Story from Rwanda. Leslie hadn’t asked for a written reference from my previous employer, Oul’ Mac, the newsagent, which was lucky because it might have presented a difficulty. This theatre production has received support from the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council which aims to promote a pluralist society characterised by equity, respect for diversity, and recognition of interdependence.