Saturday, July 30, 2011

Dates of significance

April 4th 1957
Shakespear Road, Gt Yarmouth.

Kano Nigeria - lived there until 7 years old

1959 - Brother was born: Keith Richard

1964 - Returned to England
Lived in Norwich for a short time until house ready.

1965 Moved into the home I grew up in - 14 Westgarth Gardens, Bury.
Went to the following schools:
Guildhall Feoffement-Silver Jubilee - King Edward V1 Upper
1st love of my life - aged 13 years old - Stephen Codling
Idolized Simon Hathaway in my Sr. years at school....he didn't like me though!!!
Worked part time in Marks & Spencers in the summer
1974 - Paris Air Crash - Bury rugby team on board a plane my Dad should have been on - but he didn't go....thank you God. Dad lost so many of his friends though - it was one of the saddest days when we heard the news - TV and news reporters came to our door - my Dad had to give information to the wives that were now widows. Nick from school was also on the flight - he'd taken a last minute spare ticket......sadly only 16 years old.
Left school 1974
Worked at Lloyds Bank - Buttermarket, Bury.
1975 - Lost my close friend Tracy Woodhouse in a car accident: Sue also died.That was my first experience with death and losing someone close to me that I remember.
Other friends - Venetia Plumb, Gillian Peak, Mandy Dargen, Sue Foreman,Cheryl Watson, Janice Ambler, Steph, Gill, Peter Hoxley, Ian Clements, Wendy,
Night job in a pub
Left home in 1976 - moved in with friends Judy, and Julie.
1st real lover - Russell Wright.....should have married him : ) - but I found out after two years of loving him, that he had a wife and two kids back in the US. My first heartbreak.