It was 1967.  The days of the mini skirt and Vidal Sassoon hair cuts.  I had THIS very cut.
I was twenty one and prided myself on my fashion flair.  You know what they say about pride coming before a fall don’t you?  Hold that thought.
I can’t believe, now, that I actually wore my skirts so [...]

This video took me ages to do, so I hope it’s worth it.  It was hard to find photos at the right ages and there may be a few years missing.  I don’t think there are any in my late 40’s there.  It’s hard to tell as I didn’t change much until I hit my [...]

Do you remember Carol from my Oh Carol post?  Well I was sorting through some old photos today and look what I found.
Yes that is a toilet roll on the wall.  We were clowning around, as we did in those days.  Well, we didn’t want to do a boring thing like work now did we?

Don’t [...]

When I was in my mid twenties, I joined our company net-ball team.  I enjoyed playing as I was quite keen on sports.  Companies throughout London, and the surrounding areas, played against each other and made their way up (or down) the league tables.
Being based in the centre of London, our home ground was at [...]

A little bit of background information, just to set the scene.
Back in the early to mid sixties, and before the mini-skirt hit the scene, some of the fashions were ridiculous. The skirts were just on the knee and so tight that you couldn’t walk properly.  In order to climb even the smallest step, you had [...]

I was sixteen.  My boyfriend, John, had invited me to a special night out.  His Father was a Freemason and it was their annual ‘Ladies Night’.  This meant a new posh frock, and all the trimmings.
I spent ages putting my make-up on and getting my hair just right.  I slipped into my dress and examined [...]

Part 3 (final)
It wasn’t very long before our marriage finally ended.  There appeared to be no reason for this.  We didn’t argue,  and had no problems.  Money was plentiful.    There was nothing obvious to cause it to happen.  It just slowly ended.  Jim moved out and I was left with the other two, who very [...]

If you haven’t already, you might want to read part 1 before reading this.
Part 2
Somehow we managed to clean the flat up and make is habitable.  Once we got our furniture in, it looked OK, though not as nice as our first flat.  We had made all our furniture to fit our previous flat and [...]

Jim and I had managed to find a nice little unfurnished flat, in a very nice part of London.   We had by far, the best and most expensive flat in the large house.  We were both on good salaries so the cost was not a problem.   One problem we had was that we were continually [...]

Part 3
Months went by.  I don’t remember how many but eventually I was to go to court as a witness for the prosecution.  I’m not just talking about any court here, this was The Old Bailey in the center of London. The main court for England and Wales, and where the more sensational cases were [...]