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Oh Boy, how embarrassing. The artist as a
young man. Well, dark hair and no glasses. This self portrait taken in
about 1968 in my new home, 9 Mereland Avenue, just off Fog Lane Didsbury. |
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...and this is the house, a semi detached to
which I did numerous unsympathetic alterations in the name of
modernisation. Such is life. That little mini took me all over the country
servicing 'It's a Knockout', Floodlit Rugby and 'The Good Old Days'
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you can't get much more boring than the back
of a house, but this was it, a miniscule kitchen opened out onto a compact
garden which backed on to Fog Lane park: with it's noisy peacocks! |
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This is yours truly building a compact igloo
with the help of some neighbours kids in the park behind our house. |
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This was Mandy, a lovely cat which moved with
us around the country and our family, living to a ripe old age. |
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Sledging in Lyme Park near Disley. |
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Come to think about it, we did have a few
snowy winters in the early 70's in Manchester |
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Woodford Air Display was always good for an
acoustic thrill when the Avro Vulcan Bomber came over the crowd. Not too
many yards to the gallon. |
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and then it just showed off its colours. |
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This was home for our family from 1972 to
1977. 42 Adelaide Rd. Bramhall. Nice house, small garden and not much room
on either side, like about 3 feet! I wonder who lives there now? |
