1/. I remeber as a lad of 16-17 going to the cinema in the town with my best mate and my dad in his van 3 of us up stairs eating popcorn we all loved a good Eastwood western, cant see boys doing that these days .
2/.The home I lived in surounded by fields a valley and woods the beach and the cliffs , I could not wait to get outside to play.My dad smashing my air rifle in two because I was stupid with it .
dad never growing up and after the war living his lost youth through me .
3/.My staffies jumping on me to go out for a walk and returning covered in mud from head to toe then trying to catch them for a wash they thought it was a game falling asleep on the foor in front of the fire with champ No2 asleep on top of me .
4/.My mates being more crazy than me and laughing at life camping holidays with them along with trying to be the worlds best date to all the girls at a party . Then taking them home stonned .
5/.Smashing myself to bits on my bike as a child trying to do 100mph down a hill and ending up in hospital for a while .
6/.Standing up to bullies at school.
7/.My maternal grandfather ( who spoke little ) handing me a members card for his local mens club when I hit 18 out of all his grandsons , I treasure it.
8/.Buying Simon & Garfunkles I am a rock and playing it till the street got sick of it with my bedroom window wide open and my dad asking me to stop it . Buying cream flairs so tight I could not bend and going through the hippy period .
9/Saying to my mate after his girl dumped him plenty more fish in the sea I will get you a date tonight and met my wife while we where waiting our turns to go to the loo in a tiny pub
10/. The birth of my daughter more than anything.
