Age 11 - 16
Big school time! With evening bigger school uniform – you’ll grow into it said my mother! Blossomed at art, failed miserably at maths, but my teenage years were a blast, even if if the qualifications weren’t impressive. And as for Mary Whistlethwaite who took my virginity in the sports hall…. Read on
Note from Legoflife - This chapter again is self explanatory; it should cover memories from 11 years old to 16 years old. Each story or post can be allocated to one or more category, i.e., a story about falling in love for the first time at school would be tagged to appear in “school, “Love” as well as this "age 11-16" chapter - its your choice. NB WHATEVER chapter or category section you tag a story in, it will automatically appear in chronological order in the main “timeline’ category section as well as this 'Age 11-16 chapter section’
Sea Cadets
Joined Sea Cadets as a pre curser to me going to join the navy. (That didn't happen) Within 6 months, I walked after being told to clean the toilets with a toothbrush. Shortly afterwards I met Rob ...
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judoka
The sport I loved the most. Made national team aged 15-19 AJA. Also National champion aged about 38 but that was BJC MAC
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You aint gonna believe this - French Horn!
When the musical instruments were given out in senior school aged about 11, I had chicken pox so by the time I got back to school, all the cool instruments like the trumpets were gone, so I ended u...
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Best Mate
Stuart Cristian and myself at this age did everything together, Golf, caddying, football, cricket, wagging school! My mom loved him and he came on holiday with us which is where this baby faced pho...
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Kaiser Bill
Looked like a small Doberman. Very Loving and was a great dog who lived to a ripe old age. Never scared of a scrap with dogs twice his size.
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Queens Silver Jubilee
Street party in Cobden Street Walsall 1975. Of course I wore my England football kit, although it was the cheaper imitation version not the expensive 'Admiral' badged version (my mom couldn't affor...
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Winston
The single most disobedient dog ever. A rescue job, he was crafty as a cart load of monkeys - he would escape from the back garden and run and run and run and run the streets of Caldmore/Palfrey un...
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