My journals from 1984 until now
Wednesday 2nd of August 2006 – Latchkey is closing Got a phone call from Val yesterday afternoon, she sounded tearful and had some bad news… Your after school group has been in financial trouble for a while and needed £3000 to survive – I never quite understood why, I thought the government was helping fund … Read more
Saturday 29th of July 2006 – Our week together I dropped you in Manchester today, we got the train there at 12:15, arrived at Manchester at 14:37, in the wonderful Virgin tilting train (the only train company in England that’s value for money, especially considering that I only paid £40 return for the whole thing, … Read more
Saturday 27th of May 2006 – Serious Business Jeff, Mark and Greg organised their first club night at the Funky Monky in Camberwell on the 11th of May! I was in the flyer, well, a photo of baby me: It was a good night, busier than I expected it’d be. It wasn’t busy but it … Read more
Saturday 27th of May 2006 – Song to the siren/Sultan’s Elephant Went to Offline at Jamm on Thursday, while you were with you dad and someone I know through Urban75 played one of my favourite songs ever, Song to the Siren, by This Mortal Coil (this isn’t the original but it’s the version I love), … Read more
Tuesday 18th of April 2006 – One Night in Hackney On Saturday night I went out on my longest night out ever, we left the house at 7:30 to watch Sack Sabbath: a tribute band to Black Sabbath. This was in Leytonstone, at a lovely pub called Loaded Dog. Ozzy Oddbin (i.e. Ozzy Osbourne) looked … Read more