Chapters
- Was your llife ever in danger?
- When did you first fall in love?
- Do you believe in fate?
- Where are your parents/grandparents from? Do they speak any other languages?
- How has being a parent changed you?
- If you could give your younger self advice, what would it be?
- What was the most profound spiritual moment of your life?
- What country that you’ve travelled to has surprised you the most?
- Preface
- January
- What did you want to be growing up?
- What’s the first major news story or political event you remember living through as a child?
- May
- What do you remember about your family home?
- What are your memories of primary school?
- June
- Were your parents strict?
- Have you taken part in any demonstrations?
- July
- Remember your first car?
- Why Bee?
- Have you lived through any wars?
- August
- What are your memories of university/college?
- September
- Have you met any famous people?
- October
- Etc …
- November
- What’s the most important piece of advice anyone gave you and why?
- December
- Describe your father and write one favourite memory about him.
- Conclusion
- February
- Describe your mother and write about one favourite memory with her.
- March
- Did you have any serious accidents as a child?
- What was/is your relationship with your siblings? Has this changed?
- April
A Life Well Lived
What’s the first major news story or political event you remember living through as a child?
At junior school I remember vague references about the Suez canal; it was closed, No idea and not really interested. John Yeadon told me the King had died and I was upset. Think it was fear of change. When I was 20 John Kennedy was assassinated the day after I was married, I had married John Boys on my day off and returned to work to hear of the brutal demise of the American President.
Wedding day with John Boys
I voted for Maggie Thatcher because she was a woman and believed she would open the gates for women into politics. How wrong I was. I have always been interested in politics and once naively ran for office at the West Wiltshire District Council standing as a Liberal Democrat. I won the seat and was sadly very disillusioned once in office.