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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 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

Thursday 14th March – Friday March 29th 1968

Came home from school, didn’t do my homework. Had a bath and washed my hair, then Tanks came round for me to go to judo.

Stuart and David came round later on but they didn’t come on the mat. While doing judo a man was taking films with a cine-camera to show to some…

Recently discovered fifty year old diary of a UK kid in the sixties Tuesday 12th March 1968

All the people that didn’t have the B.C.G. injection before had it today, people like Nut and Ray.

In the evening Nut came for me and we went to Woking Army Cadets. Tanks didn’t come because he has a cold. Up there we learned about and held things like anti-tank guns and machine guns. Then we went…

Sixties UK diary Memory Lane

Recently discovered fifty year old diary of a UK kid in the sixties Thursday 7th March 1968

My two mates didn’t come to work again, so I got another extra shilling.

In the evening everyone went to Judo, except Webbs, I don’t think he’s going anymore. As we mucked around again, Conker threatened to leave and go to another club.

It’s only about two weeks until we take our grades, that’s…

Sixties UK Diary Memory Lane

Recently discovered fifty year old diary of a UK kid in the sixties Wednesday 6th March 1968

Two of my mates didn’t come on the job, so I got a shilling extra again.

Went round the club, on the way there Tanks and I got soaked because it was raining and snowing at the same time. We paid our club money (two shillings) and went in and dried our hair a bit.

Caroline was there and she…

Sixties UK Diary Memory Lane

Recently discovered fifty year old diary of a UK kid in the sixties Tuesday 5th March 1968

Two of my mates didn’t come into work today, so I got an extra shilling, the same as yesterday.

At Army Cadets we went out in the fields and we had to look for, and take back some cadets that we could find without them escaping.

I went on the lathe in woodwork again, and once again my job split,…