My dad detests all sport and in particular football, but strangely he bought me a ball when I was 6 with Espana 82 all over it… and so it slowly began!
I was nearly 26 at the time. I was sleeping off the back of a night shift (I was a 999/101 call taker for Sussex Police) when my dad phoned me up and said about the first plane. I turned the TV on and within a few mins watched the second plane hit. Very chilling.
I was due back at work for...
Local: Athina B rocking up on the beach
National/international: John Lennon death - I was 5 and can clearly recall my dad video recording (Betamax) the Ceefax pages about it.
As a child I was petrified of Worzel, and still can’t watch it up this day.
I loved Summer Holiday though (still do) - it was before my time (I was born in 1975) but was brought up hugely on early 60s music etc.
Una was terrific in Summer Holiday and the movie was a MASSIVE success. Cliff did...
I think it was probably me who started a thread about this in October last year.
The doc told me I’d be suffering for up to 18 months, worst case scenario.
I tried insoles and a special sock with limited success, but what started to help initially was a spikey ball about the size of a tennis...
A few weeks ago, when much of the nation was celebrating England’s glorious victory over Germany at the Euros, I was coming to the end of 2 solid days of crying.
On 27th June, my best friend of over 40 years decided this World wasn’t for him anymore and after a rapid decline in his mental...