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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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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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