by hiabx | Mar 16, 1979 | 1970's
March 1979 Today Gillian took Jamie and me to Sainsburys in Bowthorpe and left us to look at books in the newsagent. I saw this horrible book called The Howling with a scary lady wolf on the cover, I didn’t want to look at it but I kept doing it, in the end I turned...
by hiabx | Jun 20, 1978 | 1970's
June 1978 There’s this new film that all the girls at school are mad about, called Grease. Today Teresa Brown brought her soundtrack in to play during ‘Show and tell’. It’s quite good, I found the picture of the cow on the record quite hypnotic as it spun round and...
by hiabx | Mar 7, 1977 | 1970's
I’m worried that when I grow up, I’m going to have to ask strangers if they can help me tie my shoe laces. I’ve been crying about it. Daddy made me a pretend shoe with a shoelace, to help me get it right. What If I can’t? Will I get to twenty...
by hiabx | Feb 20, 1977 | 1970's, AutoBio
A new girl has joined Mrs Murray’s class. Her name is Denise, like the Blondie song. Today I found a pink toy car car with coloured windows, the Blondie song played in my head while I played with it. The car made me think of Denise but then I stopped playing with it...
by hiabx | Dec 28, 1976 | 1970's, AutoBio
December 1976 I got this fire engine from Nanny Ethel and Grandad Wally for Christmas. When I grow up I’m going to be a fireman. The ladder got stuck and I asked Mummy to help me pull it out, she used her teeth and screamed because she broke her tooth on the ladder....
by hiabx | Apr 7, 1976 | 1970's
Today Mummy took me to a school and we were shown around. When we got there we were standing in a corridor and Mummy was talking to a teacher. I looked at the end of the corridor and there were children in a Jim, jumping over boxes in their pants and summersalting....
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