Hounslow Heath.
Eye operation to correct developing squint. Hounslow eye
clinic tests - get the lion into the cage. Littlestone Holiday Camp,
New Romney, Kent. Taunton - Golden Egg restaurant,
Cheddar Gorge and Jacobs Ladder with grandparents Frank & Ellen Vicary. Guild
and Watneys (Mortlake) Christmas parties. Circular house. Dr Who.
Sunday School, St John's Church. Stan &
Val motorbike and sidecar. Car called
"Lola". Father Xmas at Selfridges.
Hamlyns Toy Shop, London. St Johns Road recreation park. Don & Margaret, Kingston. Hanworth Carnival. ABC Cinema Hounslow. Saturday morning pictures. Sherbert
Fountains, Black
Jacks and Fruit Salad sweets from Wally's shop near the
school. Pint of winkles from the stall at The Bell in
Hounslow and dad winkling them out with a needle while
watching the football pools results. Collecting fossils.
Swimming at Hounslow Victorian Public Baths. Hounslow old
Town Hall and Library. Budleigh Salterton,
pebble on back of head from baby sister. Guinea pig Honey
and dog Sheba. French students Giselle and Claudette. Family
meals in the roof table at the Crooked Billet, Staines.
Minadex medicine. Grandad's office in Watney's Brewery, St
Johns Road, Isleworth. Down Scout Camp. Pete Willis
houseboats on the moorings at Isleworth. Minadex medicine
and Lyons Golden Syrup. Making and painting Airfix model
aeroplanes and historical characters.
Watch with
Mother, Rag Tag and Bobtail, Andy Pandy, Bill & Ben the
Flowerpot Men, The Woodentops, Twizzle, Captain Pugwash,
Play School, Jackanory, Squiddly Diddly, Top Cat, Blue Peter, Magpie,
Vision On, Robinson Crusoe, Tales from Europe (Singing Ringing Tree),
Black Beauty, Banana Splits, Crown Court, Dr Who, The Man from UNCLE,
Batman, The Avengers, The Prisoner.
Sound of Music, Jungle Book, Carry on Doctor. Daktari,
Tarzan. Opportunity Knocks and Open the Box.
1970's
Paper round in
Spring Grove Road area with Grandad helping on Sundays. Holidays in the
West Country (Looe, Polperro). Hounslow
market, Brentford market, Wembley market, Murray Park Disco.
Hounslow Bus Garage and Hounslow East Underground - trains
into London. Battersea Park fun fair "wall of death"
revolving drum. Market research at the Tankerville. Fullers Passport,
Ian's white Cortina,
First drinks in the Three Pigeons, Richmond. 3 pints for 90 pence.
Long hot summer. Cheeky Pete's Disco, Slade "Merry Xmas everybody" at WERFA
pavillion. Reading Sugar Ray Robinson and books about mercenaries.
Holidays in Roy's parents caravan at Pagham. 3rd Osterley
Sea Scouts, boathouse and dens, Reigate Fort camping and
survival skipping. Heston disco "Come up and see me, make me
smile." Marc Jordan house in Chiswick, trips on British Rail
from Isleworth to Chiswick - gunpowder and "blakies".
Blowing up plastic tanks and soldiers with fireworks and
blank ammo at Richard Hooper's house. Scout camp in
Derbyshire with 12 mile overnight hike (Duke of Edinburgh
Award). Punk Rock.
Punk photo session in Redlees Park. Inwood Park. Greenhams
Playing Fields, football on Sundays. Dog collars from
Woolworths. Working in the Prep Room and shelf stocking at Littlewoods.
Butchery dept of Macfisheries, Richmond. "Punk
Rock Rotten Razored" Sun headline. Trampolining at Isleworth
Explorers, Clash at the Rainbow, "Tell you what mate, don't
kick the door." "Change at Balham you wooden headed c*nt!".
Clash and Richard Hell & Voidoids at Hastings Pier Pavilion,
The Visitors at Isleworth Polytechnic, 1000 a side Punk
Football Match, Brighton (Windsor Tavern pub - excellent
juke box). Siouxsie & The Banshees on John Peel show Xmas
1978. Ascent of Ben Nevis, Scotland. Young World Greece and
Turkey holiday. Walking into Richmond along the tow path and
via the old toll bridge at Isleworth. Penguins swimming club
back crawl "too fast". Second hand bookshop at
Osterley. The Flower Pot Pub near Henley. Family walks in
Osterley park (Grandparents and Sheba).
Top of the
Pops, Mad magazine, The Tomorrow People, Grange Hill, Kung Fu, Fawlty Towers, The Professionals, The Sweeney,
Dads Army, Porridge, Monty Python, A Clockwork Orange, 2001 A Space Odyssey,
Apocalypse Now, Taxi Driver, The Godfather.
Hounslow
Pubs: Bell, Tankerville, George, Rifleman, Duke of
Cambridge, Cross Lances, The Chariot, Jolly Farmer,
The Coach and Horses,
White Bear.
Isleworth Pubs: Red Lion,
Kings Arms, Royal Oak,
Chequers Inn, Labouring Boys,
The Woodlands, The County Arms, Milford
Arms, The Bulstrode, Swan Inn, The London Apprentice, Town Wharf, Castle,
The Victoria Tavern, The Rising Sun, The Bridge Inn
(formerly the Iron Bridge).
Motorbikes -
Yamaha DT125 and Honda CB500 Custom. Eurasian Tour.
Laser Radio in the staff gym at BP Research Meadhurst Social
Club - training with Reggie (Keith Nunn), Steve Sims, Dave
Young. Latin American Tour. Bats in the cinema in Honduras.
Montezuma, Costa Rica. Iguazu Falls. Machu Picchu, Gateway of
the Sun, Waynu Picchu and Aguas Calientes hot pool, mountain
stream showers and cold beer. Judo with Kerry and Kim. Sunrise
over Jerusalem. Floating in the Dead Sea. 10 Para territorial army -
gaining red beret
and parachute wings. First parachute jump from a balloon at
800 feet. Dave Starbrook Judo School, Poole Royal Marines
depot. Morris Marina, Goddards office
removals on Saturdays. Trips to climb Snowdon. Skiing in
Andorra with Young World. BP Clare weekend with Reggie and
Sharpie. Princes Waterski Club and triathlon. Bournemouth
Bank Holiday weekends. Tracks weekends and holidays.
Portugal in Alistair's VW Combi. Bullfights and absinthe.
Robert E.
Howard and mountain climbing books. The Young Ones,
The Comic Strip presents, Red Dwarf, Have I got news for
you, Repo Man, Diva, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Bladerunner.
Twyford,
Berkshire and Hurst
(Cricketers and Green Man). "Brown Bomber" Datsun Sunny.
White Peugeot 305. Reading
Stadium "Running
for Fitness" and Circuit Training. Running around
Richmond Park. 1993 Tough Guy in
communal tent - Brighton boys listening to Nirvana for
inspiration. Gaudi architecture
in Barcelona. Jury Service at Isleworth
Crown Court (SA drug smugglers). Ascent of Jebel Toubkal, Morocco - 4167 metres. Portmeirion
and Butser Hill Iron Age Farm with
Spice. Tough Guy with Sharon
Thomas. Meeting Hilary on narrowboat weekend. The Grantham
Canal walk. Peacock Farm. "Great White Shark" Ford Granada.
Weekends in Nottingham. Skiing in Montgenevre. La Santa,
Lanzarote. Magaluf - Geo's Toilet Duck and Emporer's new
spaghetti. Torquay Haven weekend with Gio. Clearwell halloween
parties ("She was a witch"). Jacuzzi in the Golden
Pheasant. Watermans Arts Centre, Brentford.
Alan Partridge,
Paul Calf Diaries, Dinner Ladies, Thin Blue Line, Big
Brother (oh no!)
2000's
Cuba, Ascent of Kilimanjaro
19,563 ft (5,963m),
Ghana wedding and tree top walkways. Narrowboat holidays.
Salcombe South Sands holidays. Paris and Versailles 2005.
Tubes live at Nottingham Rescue Rooms. 6/11/05. Summer Sundae festival Leicester
'05 and '06. Kerala, Southern India.
Grannies parties at Backwell. 2007 Many Steps in rain sans
Choc Ice. GlastonBudget 2007 music festival rain stops play.
Patti Smith live in Sheffield (Plug) 24/5/07. Pet Shop Boys
at Royal Centre Nottingham 5/6/07. Narrowboat in Bristol
harbour. Farewell to Herbie 7/8/06, his wake and St Mary's
Church, Colsten Bassett. Arrival of Cadbury, 4 year old
chocolate Labrador on 31/12/06. Hilary's 50th at Bell Inn,
Walberswick. Beach trek to the Ship Inn at Dunwich revisited
with Cadbury, Cape Verde, Romany caravan in the Black
Mountains.
The Office, Shameless, 6 feet Under, Dr Who, Bodies, Lost,
The Worst Week of my Life, Love Soup, Green Wing, Saxendale.
Auf Wiedersehen Pet (latecomer to series), Cold Feet Complete DVD Box Set,
Beast, Heroes.
Live: Howling Bells, BoyKillBoy,
John Foxx, Patchwork Grace, Trashlight Vision (Sheffield
Corporation 31/7/07), Disarm, Deadeye, Patti Smith, Pet Shop
Boys,
New York Dolls, My Ruin, ButterflyPolite, Hanoi Rocks, Half
Man Half Biscuit.
