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December 9th 1974
“Started to write in Dairy again. Occasional Holiday from School. Went to Southampton and bought Xmas Cards Pressies. Wrote some Xmas Cards to people” Somewhat ironically given the content of this entry, this would prove to be my last scribblings in … Continue reading
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June 21st 1974
“Went into eastleigh + School in ‘school uniform’ – Back to work” No, I don’t know why “school uniform” is in quotes. Had it been altered or amended in some way? Self-vandalised as a show of post-exam teenage anarchy maybe? … Continue reading
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January 23rd 1974
“TD2 -> Easy” Ooh, a day of cocky nonchalance about the exams! What’s the betting it blew up in my face?
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January 21st 1974
“Economics -> Hard” / “Geog (Europe World) -> Hard” The mocks continue to mock me back!
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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 … Continue reading
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January 9th / 10th 1974
• “French -> hard” • “Eng Lang” -> hard” / “Ad Maths -> ha hard” Yes, I wrote “ha hard” for Advanced Mathematics. My lack of seriousness about these exams is somewhat troubling to say the least!
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January 8th 1974
“BACK TO SCHOOL – MOCKS BEGIN AFN” / “Eng Lang 2 -> hard!” / “Tim B gave me £2.50 for Heep Live” For most 16-year-old kids in 1974 the start of their Mock GCSE O-Levels would be an important turning … Continue reading
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January 4th / 5th 1974
• “Revision done mainly Physics” • “Didn’t go to work – Revised (ha-ha!)” Do you feel – like I do – that the scribbled addition of “ha-ha!” somehow undermines my utter conviction to the revision process in 1974? The fact that I … Continue reading
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