Dear Diary

Dear Diary – Page 60d (1960’s)

Continued from Page 60c….

I took all the necessary documents to our local police station and ran into a couple of problems. Continue reading →

Dear Diary – Page 65a (1960’s)

Living in Peterborough, and with my parents living near the coast in Essex, going to visit them involved a 100 mile ride. Continue reading →

Dear Diary – Page 60a

Frances, my younger sister was “quite different” from Valerie and I. Perhaps it was a 3rd child syndrome (does such a thing exist?), or perhaps she just learned to express herself at a much earlier age, but she was certainly a topic of conversation numerous times in my earlier years! Continue reading →

Dear Diary – Page 81a

In 1969, we saw Brenda and Les quite regularly. Our evenings generally consisted of listening to their zany takes on life, together with Les’ latest musical creations on his guitar. He also had a great love of The Moody Blues, Paul Simon and many others, and took great delight in playing his records and then talking about the various pieces of music. Continue reading →

Dear Diary – Page 98

With our house contents sold, we moved down to Essex to live with my parents and, very soon after, I was packing my life into two large suitcases and two pieces of hand luggage! Continue reading →

Dear Diary – Page 97

Having been advised that our application to live in Canada had been approved, we had to make appropriate plans. Continue reading →

Dear Diary – Page 96

Continuation from Dear Diary – Page 95

B had another idea to make some money, and I could not fault either his enthusiasm or his tenacity! Continue reading →