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June 13th 1973

“Maths Second Paper 9:00am – Quite hard but easier than mock” Do I detect a certain cocky confidence here? This isn’t going to end well, is it?

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June 12th 1973

“Masses of Maths done for O-Level tomorrow” A-ha! – so that’s why I did no revision yesterday then… I planned to do it all – “masses” in fact – today! This kind of diary entry really doesn’t lend itself very … Continue reading

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June 11th 1973

“Not much done in the way of revision” Nice to note that I am taking my upcoming examinations seriously isn’t it?

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June 7th 1973

“Bog broke at school. Melody Maker news – ELP split from Island, now on Manticore/WEA. Magninimous amount of revision achieved” Who broke the bog?  Did I break the bog? Did the school only have one bog? All these questions and … Continue reading

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January 18th 1973

“Found out that I had passed mock by the jammy margin of ½% – PHEW!” / “games – didn’t score but set up 3″ / “Larst Monty Python – Funny – Charwoman – BOOM!” Blimey! Talk about “skin of my … Continue reading

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January 17th 1973

“No maths results yet” / “Only free days to go until I buy Moving Waves – Focus” / “More copying up” / “Asked Rob if I could borrow two Deep Purple cassettes of his” I was obviously ‘sweating’ on my … Continue reading

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January 16th 1973

“2nd Maths Mock o’level – BLOODY hard” / “After two weeks of solid revision, had to do piles of copying up” / “Got Quid for Focus ticket” / “Got Tarkus tape back from Precision” A diary entry that has made … Continue reading

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January 15th 1973

“Found out that I’d got 26/60 right in multiple choice. Calculated that this was 48.3 recurring %” Do you detect a certain element of irony in today’s diary entry regarding the results of my mock Maths O-Level? Bloody smart-arse

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