There were 5 of us who started together on that first term.
T had the bed by the cupboards, L was by the window, O was on the bottom bunk, I was on the top and M? M was in the middle bed.
Symes House looked as though it had been built in the mid 1960s (although the main [...]
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And suddenly I’m 8 again
Posted in blast from the past, dreaming, home sweet home, stuff i've done, the parentals, the way things were, tagged cliff richard used to be cool, hoorah to Christmas, is it sad to like Lionel Richie?, tell me about you on 16 December, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This song just came on the radio.
Suddenly I’m no longer at work.
I’m 8. Christmas is snowy. Presents are bountiful. Nothing is bad or scary. I’m not worried about anything. The holidays last forever. School isn’t until next year.
A wry smile plays on my lips. It can’t have been that good. We used to wear DMs, listen [...]
Do you wanna be in my gang?
Posted in blast from the past, happy happy joy joy, look at me, stuff i've done, the parentals, the way things were, tagged I was quite a sweet child really, I'm an angel really, I'm not sure my mother liked me much, my gang's better than your gang on 11 December, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In order to be down wid da kidz nowadays, you have to be part of a gang.
In London alone, there are 169 different gangs, each with their own patch, their own rules and their own way of doing things.
I was once in a gang. In fact, I used to be a gang leader.
It was a [...]
The days before computers
Posted in blast from the past, blogging about blogging, random, stuff i've done, the way things were, tagged I love to do lists, what did we do before computers on 27 November, 2008 | 8 Comments »
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