The first evening class began on Monday, 8 September 1980, six days before my eighteenth birthday.
Life entries from the 1980s
Entries from the 1980s
I met Alan at Fareham Civic Hall on Friday, 17 October 1980.
The tutor at evening class said I needed to practise at home if I wanted to improve my speed.
We bought the Chevette in 1983 after agreeing that buying a car counted as large spending, so both of us needed to know about it.
The Fareham flat was our first home together. We had the tenancy before the wedding and moved in properly after Shanklin.
We married on Saturday, 12 May 1984, at Fareham Register Office.
We left for Shanklin on Monday, two days after the wedding.
Claire was born on Friday, 28 March 1986, in Portsmouth.
We moved to Havant in May 1987, when Claire was just over a year old.
Michael was born on 11 July 1989 in Portsmouth.