Our family played a lot of board games. This was the 70s and early 80s when computer games might just about mean tennis being played by two sliding blocks on a TV screen or going to an arcade. A time of three TV channels. Long school holidays and wet weekends lead to boredom. We playedContinue reading “Now There’ll Be No Turning Back”
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When That Cloud Arrives We’ll Live On
As a family we always had pets. There was a lot less to do in the 70s and we lived in towns with plenty of green areas. Our first pet was Daisy – a long haired cat that we got while we still lived in Luton. She came with us to Royston and then toContinue reading “When That Cloud Arrives We’ll Live On”
All the Work Shutdown
Another one Michael likes. I mean really likes. We took exams at university seriously. Despite tutors saying that our failure would reflect worse on the admissions tutor than us, as Cambridge did not accept people who could fail. First year exams were particularly scary as we did not know what it would be like. So,Continue reading “All the Work Shutdown”
He Ain’t Heavy
Apparently, I was desperate for a little brother – I am not sure that was true, I only have my mother’s word for it. My parents repeatedly told me this as Mike and I ripped 50 shades of crap out of each other. My parents were both only children, which is why they wanted aContinue reading “He Ain’t Heavy”
There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis
Kirsty MacColl is now most famous as one half of the vocals on Fairytale of New York. She had a solo career too, at least she did until she died in 2000 in a powerboat accident. The circumstances of her death were murky. The powerboat should not have been in the area and was ownedContinue reading “There’s a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He’s Elvis”
Five Miles Out 