January 11th 1974

“Physics -> quite easy” / “Had to sit through a 3 hour bloody Bio exam”
OK, how could I have ever found Physics to be “easy”?
This fondness for the subject kind of creeps me out 35 years after the event, as I can honestly not admit to knowing a damned thing about it now.
Was I actually a [...]

June 19th 1973 (I)

“Physics <- Hard. Started to rain. Had to sit all way through B10 exam in afternoon/ david Bowie – Guildhall”
Despite being #1 in the class in the subject in 1972, I couldn’t even tell you what physics involved these days.
Wikipedia describes it thus:- Physics (Greek: physis – φύσις meaning “nature”) is the natural science which examines [...]

June 18th 1973

“EXAMS START – Morn – English Lang. <- Quite Easy. Done some physics. Went into Eastleigh after school”
We now proceed with a number of boring diary entries, mostly concerned – it would appear – with my exams.
I can’t remember a THING about sitting down and taking these tests. Not the process, the procedure, the content, [...]

March 23rd 1973

“Got sent out in Physics thanks to Dave B” / “Rode my bike from school so’sat I get home earlier for work” / “Nig started work wiv me over Lancaster & Crook”
I wonder what misdemeanour I got sent out of Physics for? Seems as if this Dave B character was real perpetrator and I was [...]

February 5th 1973

“Gra lent me Made in Japan – Deep Purple – Brilliant!” / “Have decided to buy Who Do WeThink You Are with first wages” / “Found out that I was 2nd in Phys”
Over the years, my personal fascination for live albums has diminished considerably.
However, in 1973, I determined Deep Purple’s “Made in Japan” ”brilliant“. Hmmn?
The tracks [...]

The 1973 Diary (II)

This shows how hard I worked as a 15-year-old schoolkid!
Here’s my school timetable, at least (presumably) for January – July 1973. (The diary makes no reference to a timetable from Sept 1973 onwards… maybe it was the same schedule?)
I had Economics (as in ‘world financials’, not ‘home economics’ and all that cookery nonsense) to kick [...]

February 8th 1972

“18/20 Physics Homework”
Description:- Physics is the science of matter and its motion, as well as space & time along with concepts such as force, energy, mass, and charge.
Nope, means absolutely nothing to me now.
I think my understanding of “charge” is different these days?
Likewise “mass”