IT'S PLAYTIME

Every day, when it struck 11.15am in the nursery, something terrifying happened…

Claire Kirk

We pay up to… £300 For your story. Turn to page 56 for info I hung my coat up as the nursery manager, Alison, came through the door. She looked so shaken. ‘Is everything all right?’ she asked. ‘Last night I heard a baby crying,’ she said. ‘But it was only me in the building.’ The nursery had only opened recently, and we were still getting sorted. I'd interviewed for the nursery chef job and been offered it on the spot. It was in a very old house that had been converted. It had three rooms downstairs and two stairwells — one for staff only — leading up to the kitchen, plus a converted loft. But we had no under-twos enrolled yet, and this had happened at 7.30pm when Alison…

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