#fiftyyearsago

Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old Woking kid from 1968 Friday 5th April 1968

At the end of school today the staff beat the pupils at football two-nil. We broke up from school, we don’t go back until May the 1st, I think.

After tea Tanks came for me and we went to the discotheque round the club. Caroline didn’t come because she’s got a temperature and she’s ill in…

Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old Woking kid from 1968 Thursday 4th April 1968

This morning we had our second English exam, I think I’ve done quite well. In the afternoon we had our Chemistry, I copied Tanks mostly. After that we had our inter-house cross-country run. I usually come about 55th out of 60 runners, but today I really ran my best (I nearly fainted with…

Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old Woking kid from 1968 Wednesday 3rd April 1968

Math and Geography exams today. In the afternoon we went to a book exhibition in the school hall.

After my job and tea Tanks came for me and we went to the club. Round there it was awful, Caroline and Angela wasn’t speaking to us until I spoke to Caroline in the end. Just as it was…

Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old kid in the sixties Friday 29th March 1968

In art class today a couple of us went up the canal to draw.

Nut was fired from the office today because he hasn’t been up there since Monday.

I didn’t fo to the school play, I went to the discotheque round the club. Caroline, Angela and Joan also went. Tanks and I had our arm round…

Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old kid in the sixties Tuesday 26th March 1968

Nut didn’t come up to the office again today, I got extra money.

I didn’t do any homework.

Tanks wanted to go to cadets tonight and I wanted to go round the club. Tanks was going to go until he came round and told me he changed his mind.

Caroline, (her surname is Lambert) was round…