OFF ill from school. I was wrapped up in a light throwover and feeling sorry for myself. My illness: I honestly can’t remember as I had a number of sick days off from primary school between 1974 and 1981… the common cold, a dodgy tummy, a smashed-up finger (accidentally slammed in Mr Livingstone’s car door), […]
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The household: two adults and six kids. Time period: 1970s through to the mid-eighties. The television situation A regular flow of second-hand black and white television sets. My dad knew a chap called Zaki: TV repairman and seller of television sets on life support. Zaki’s trademark comment was “It will be five pounds to fix it, […]
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