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Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old kid in the sixties Sunday 31st March 968

This morning Dave came down from London to go somewhere with my dad to get some new tyres for his car.

In the afternoon I went over the recreation ground where I met Caroline and Angela. I stayed with them all afternoon watching the football and mucking about with Caroline, (fighting etc).…

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 Wednesday 27th March 1968

Today is the first day that the school play (The Blue Bird) is on. It’s on until Friday.

The army cadets were chosen, like they always are, to guard the school. I wasn’t picked to do it because I haven’t got a uniform.

Tanks and I went round the club, it was great again just like it has…

Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old kid in the sixties Friday 22nd March 1968

This week has gone very quickly like they all have lately.

After school, Nut came up the news office to see if he could have my job and I could take Nigel’s. He got the job and I showed him what to do. I also got two shillings for mending the chain and brakes on one of the Evening News trades…

Recently discovered 50 year old diary of a 14 year old kid in the sixties Thursday 21st March 1968

It started hail stoning today, it’s been coming down quite frequently lately.

After my job, tea and some homework, Tanks, Roy, Ray, Bruce and Kenny came for me (Tanks came after them) and we went to Judo. At Judo, Ray and myself took a Line-Up, that’s where we have a sort of a fight, but…

Recently discovered fifty year old diary of a Woking kid in the sixties Monday 18th March 1968

I got up at 2:00 am to get a drink, I was feeling horrible, in the early morning I had a sore throat as well as a stomach ache. So my mum let me stay home, Linda didn’t go to school either. I didn’t go to Judo.

In the evening Bruce came round with his guitar and we played some tunes (me on the…

Recently discovered fifty year old diary of a Woking kid in the sixties Sunday 17th March 1968

This morning I went up The Green, Tanks was cleaning and doing up his bike, because he hopes to sell it so as he can get enough money to but Vernons.

After my dinner Chris came for me and we got a Green Line bus and went into Woking. We went to The Ritz, or ABC cinema for an ‘X’ film (our first…

Recently discovered fifty year old diary of a Woking kid in the sixties

Friday 15th March 1968

This morning I asked my mum if I could have the morning off school, and to my surprise she let me. So I just watched the tele and listened to the radio and done my TD homework all morning. I had no dinner then went to school.

In the evening I went to army cadets, and after some field craft we…