So you left school and home at 16? It seems so young to be thrown into the world. But maybe in a society where children were sent to boarding school attitudes were different.
I was 14 at this time....I would have thought you were so cool. You didn't feel cool and as you rightly say it would be so interesting to have our present mind in our one time body. I was thin with no boobs and long dark hair and never thought any man would ever find me attractive...my ma used to tell me to hold my shoulders back and smile and that any boy would be lucky to have me but I didn't believe her...those teenage years can be cruel indeed. ps what was Jack Straw like?
We should have met - I liked skinny girls with long, dark hair and no boobs, in fact, a few years after this I made a point of going for just that sort, though a little older than 14. My tastes became wider a little while later. I have no recollection of Jack Straw at all, aside when I was introduced to him, it was with his successor - a man called Digby Jacks. I recall making a joke about all NUS leaders having to have the word 'Jack' somewhere in their name.
I remember the man of straw standing on a wall in Blackburn to be above the crowd of ten during an election because he woke me up with his megaphone at an early hour . . . I went back to sleep. I'm ashamed I didn't go out and heckle.
You were a handsome brute ..... Did you have your pick of the ladies ? XXXX
ReplyDeleteThe one leaning up against the wall fancied me, but I was terrified at the time. Oh to have my present mind implanted in the young body.
DeleteHaha !!!!! If only we knew then what we know now !!!
DeleteBy the way ..... You have aged beautifully and are still a handsome brute !!! XXXX
I had a lot of fun when I was 16
ReplyDeleteI had a lot of angst.
DeleteI had O Levels, immediately followed by A Levels...
DeleteI had O-Levels (2) followed by angst.
DeleteSo you left school and home at 16? It seems so young to be thrown into the world. But maybe in a society where children were sent to boarding school attitudes were different.
DeleteSo did I.
DeleteI left home at 15. In those days, people could afford to.
DeleteHands up all in favour.... but not Mr Stephenson. I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteI think that they were all asking permission to speak. I did very little - if any - speaking.
DeleteI was 14 at this time....I would have thought you were so cool. You didn't feel cool and as you rightly say it would be so interesting to have our present mind in our one time body. I was thin with no boobs and long dark hair and never thought any man would ever find me attractive...my ma used to tell me to hold my shoulders back and smile and that any boy would be lucky to have me but I didn't believe her...those teenage years can be cruel indeed. ps what was Jack Straw like?
ReplyDeleteWe should have met - I liked skinny girls with long, dark hair and no boobs, in fact, a few years after this I made a point of going for just that sort, though a little older than 14. My tastes became wider a little while later. I have no recollection of Jack Straw at all, aside when I was introduced to him, it was with his successor - a man called Digby Jacks. I recall making a joke about all NUS leaders having to have the word 'Jack' somewhere in their name.
DeleteI find we are similar in odd ways. I had crush on Sandy Shaw you can't believe.
DeleteIt's much easier to have wider tastes.
DeleteStill putting their hands up to answer a question - that shows it wasn't yesterday.
ReplyDeleteWhat ever happened to Jack Straw?
I seem to remember he had something to do with New Labour... There was a lot of talking then - 23 hours a day, literally.
DeleteThe mature student with the bald head looks a bit out of place
ReplyDeleteI am told (I didn't remember) that he was the legal advisor to the NUS.
DeleteThe thought of 8 year olds boarding at prep school just makes me so sad.
ReplyDeleteDotheboys Hall...
DeleteI remember the man of straw standing on a wall in Blackburn to be above the crowd of ten during an election
ReplyDeletebecause he woke me up with his megaphone at an early hour . . . I went back to sleep. I'm ashamed I didn't go out and heckle.
Sounds like Corbyn.
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