I can also recall this incident very clearly. It was when I was 13 and in secondary school. We were going on a day trip to what used to be Windsor Safari Park (It’s now called Legoland, I believe). It…
This incident happened during the school summer holidays. At the time, I was in the Boy’s Brigade, in it’s hey day, the equivalent of the Scouts’ movement, and for one week every summer, our group of boys went on holiday…
I never got many Valentines cards when I was a child. I was the school nerd, an idiot in my youth, and was virtually ignored by the girls, even the so-called uglier ones. So I didn’t have a proper girlfriend…
When I’m not compiling material for this website, I have a roadsweeping (street cleansing) job during the day. I work the early shift from 6am to 2pm- that means I have to get up at 4.30am, get washed, dressed and…
Unfortunately, I didn’t get to do some of the things like most children did when I was young. I was the school nerd, had problems making friends and just played the fool (I didn’t act it, I was the fool).…