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6 May 1982
Thur May VI Old boys day. Watched the 1st Soccer XI get wasted by the old boys 5-2, but it poured with rain. Mum and Dad’s wedding anniversary. MAGS was the only school I attended which had an Old Boys … Continue reading
10 March 1982
Wed Mar X Nothing much today. Winter Sporst sorted out at MAGS. ‘Jupiter effect’ day I remember thinking that this was all a bit weird. We had barely been back at school for six weeks, we were still playing cricket … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, New Zealand, Sport
Tagged 1982, Auckland, Football, Jupiter Effect, Mount Albert Grammar School, rugby
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30 January 1982
Sat Jan XXX Morning spent shopping. P.m. Went swimming for the last time*. Went to Mt. Eden (dead Volcano), with Parkes’. Climbed down into crater and got Mr Robinsons rock samples. Then to One Tree Hill. There were three trees … Continue reading
Posted in 1982 Diary, New Zealand, School, Sport, Teachers
Tagged Auckland, Mount Eden, Mr Robinson, One Tree Hill, rugby, Sweating
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Tropic of Runcorn
Helen and I only ever lived in two houses – the third home that we had together and the last one. The former of those was in Runcorn and we occupied it for all of eight months. We moved there … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Things
Tagged Birds, Google Streetview, Helen, Landlord, rugby, Runcorn, Warrington
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Grandmotherly Fashion Statement
The 80s were a decade known primarily for crimes against fashion. Mullet haircuts, enormous shoulder pads and wearing suits without socks were what made the decade memorable for all of the wrong reasons. Another fashion atrocity was the ridiculously brightly … Continue reading
Posted in Family, General Stuff
Tagged 1980s, Ashamed, Atrocity, Black, Bold, Breast, Brightly, Color, Colored, Colour, Coloured, Complicit, Cords, Crime, Dead, Decade, Embrace, Enormous, Evil, Eyesight, Fashion, Gran, Grandmother, Haircut, Heart, Jumper, Kilt, Knit, Knitted, Memorable, Mike Reid, Mullet, Noel Edmonds, Pad, Par, Patch, Pattern, Photograph, Reason, rugby, Sartorial, Shame, Shirt, Shoulder, Socks, Square, Strip, Stripes, Stunned, Suit, Sweater, Tartan, Vertical, Vivid, Week, White, White Stripes, Wrong
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The Sad Story of Simon
Every school has a Simon. The sort of kid who doesn’t quite fit in, who seems to be in a permanent daze and whose conversation appears to be completely at a tangent to whatever anyone else is talking about. Simon … Continue reading
Posted in General Stuff, Scotland
Tagged Assembly, Bicycle, Binswood Hall, Carry On Films, Detention, Dignity, Dopey, Driver, Mr Vardon, North Leamington School, Respect, rugby, Scholars, School, Teachers, Women, Women Drivers
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Breaking Dad
My parents have been friends with the Powells for longer than I can remember. I certainly don’t know how the relationship began, but I can see why it did – a shared sense of the ridiculous, two families of adopted … Continue reading
Posted in Bad Things, Family, Happy Things, Injuries
Tagged American Football, Bob Powell, Dad, Mum, rugby, Val Powell
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