in my biscuit tin

The shop was an important part of my life with Sue. As a dietician she was always keen for us to eat healthily and in sourcing foods came across a healthfood shop in Southport. How the conversation arose I don’t know but it turned out that they were planning to go big by franchising their operations, centering around the brand and their repackaging machine. They wanted to try out the franchise in Preston which suited us geographically and meant they could deliver stuff easily. They had premises in mind and just needed someone to take it on. I wasn’t enjoying… Read more: Millwheel

Before the end with Sue, there was Julia. my relationship with her lasted 2 years, much of which was conducted over the phone, with her living in Brighton. I felt a moving on, and after the summer camps, I wanted something before Autumn came and at the last minute booked on a weekend in Roeburndale called Despair and Empowerment. I took my drum and a sleeping bag and the weekend was amazing. It was about how we can do our bit for the environment without getting bogged down in our despair because of the state it is in. BUT there… Read more: Relationships

I started my job with Rockware Glass in September 1976 with a couple of weeks management training and then projects at their various factories and the finally a proper job, but in St Helens. Not exactly where I’d planned to end up – a grotty northern town, but hey ho! I found a horrid little flat and had my first very cold winter there. I was up and down to Guildford regularly, then my car died, and I had to use the train. I was very naughty and left early to catch the train from Lime St station in Liverpool.… Read more: St Helens

I started University on October 3rd 1972. My accommodation was in halls on site in West 1 room 13. I struggled. The room was one of 14 on a floor with a shared kitchen and mostly final years. I was so out of depth. I spent a lot of time on level 3 where I made some friends and a room became vacant. I plucked up huge amounts of courage and asked the warden for a move. It wasn’t a problem. I moved to West 3 room 13 and never looked back. They were mostly freshers and we got on… Read more: Uni

Secondary School was Lincoln Boys Grammar School. I, along with 6 others wore shorts for the first year, before I got long trousers!! I was still in the same class as Charly and we also had another friend Richard Thornhill. I enjoyed school and always did my home work in an organised manner and was always around the middle to lower third of the class but never bottom. We had each lesson in a different class room, assembly, pe and football rugby cricket for each of the three terms. Later hockey was an option, but they usually mad me play… Read more: Lincoln School