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December 5th 1982
Val’s birthday. Not only that, but Val’s 21st birthday. I know it doesn’t have the same significance socially + politically as of yesteryear, but still there’s something about it. Don’t you think? Luckily,... READ MORE
December 4th 1982
Val + I both went up to the pub at 8 today. Although Val doesn’t clean on the weekends, Gordon had asked her to go in today to work for him for a... READ MORE
December 3rd 1982
I’d expected to have been carrying on with my painting this morning, but they’d had several loads of sawdust delivered to cover up the bare, barren patches around the grounds + campsite. It... READ MORE
Persia in Oxford
I had spotted that the Ultimate Picture Palace, Oxford’s oldest cinema, was showing an Iranian film, “No Bears”, and had offered a tri to see it to the Iranian students in the class. ... READ MORE
December 2nd 1982
Far more satisfying today at work, because I was able to get on with things a bit better, I think. Not that it was anything very much – fetching some bricks, shifting some... READ MORE
December 1st 1982
Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to work we go… Val as cleaner extraordinaire, me as general maintenance man, who is just at the moment scared stiff that he will be laid off at any... READ MORE