What Peter Asked
Memory · 1962
I do not remember Peter asking whether I would be staying. I was a baby, so my contribution to the record is limited.
The Friday I Arrived
Memory · 14 September 1962
I know I was born on a Friday because the date on my birth certificate works out that way. Mum also said Friday, although she gave me two different times over the years and once moved the whole thing into the afternoon. I have kept the morning version because that was the one she used most often.
Copnor
Memory · c. 1965
My earliest memory may not be mine.
Sundays with Nan Wells
Memory · Late 1960s
We visited Nan Wells on Sundays often enough for the routine to feel fixed, though I cannot say whether it was every week.
Denise from Two Doors Down
Memory · Late summer 1969
Denise lived two doors down and knew the street already. This gave her authority.
The New House in Portchester
Memory · August 1969
We moved to Portchester in August 1969, a few weeks before my seventh birthday and before I started at Castle Lane Junior School.