A Life Threatening Event...
by Mike Christmas
We all acted cool, pretending to ignore him whilst keeping our eyes planted firmly in the corners of our heads, watching his every move. "He doesn't look dangerous", said Chris. "No, not with that Ryan Giggs hairstyle!" We all looked at Brian blankly. We never could understand anything he said! We figured it must have been the effects of eating banana and sugar sandwiches!
It's funny how you can spend virtually everyday for five years wandering the streets with someone as bosom pals and then, 25 years later, suddenly think "I wonder what's happened to old Bonze?" But that's another story. One thing I'm glad of, though, is that he still has his nickname but I've totally lost mine!
Mission Impossible.............by Sue Barnes
Status: Married (to date have served 21 years of life sentence)
N.O.K.: Husband = Rodge (48); 2 strapping 6' sons (aged 16 & 19, so would be interested in hearing from ladies of suitable age as we cannot afford to feed them for much longer!!)
Occupation: Personnel Officer for a well known supermarket chain (the one with the fetish for smacking the bum pocket of jeans!)
Hello! Are you still there?
Well, after dispensing with the boring formalities, it's nice to 'meet'
you once again. Can you spare a few minutes for a little "regression"
please?
When THE VIDEO arrived on
my door mat, my immediate concern was that my dear hubby was suffering
a mid-life crisis and had taken to ordering "naughty" videos but, horror
of horrors, it was worse! THE VIDEO contained a multitude of spotty youths
wearing flared trousers - AAGHH! - with long hair flowing down their backs
(and that was only the fellas!) There were references to Argyle Youth
Club of the 60's and 70's and slowly it all started to come back to me
.... the names from the past such as Paul, Mike, Brillo, Brian, Phil,
Bonzo, Martin, Clive .... and so the list went on. But what about us girls?
At this point I would like to complain to the Producer of said VIDEO for
blatantly 'doctoring' film to suggest that our skirt/dress lengths were
THAT short! Never!! Females spotted on the VIDEO included
Rita, Jenny, Lynette, Jo, Pauline, Jane and many others whose names elude
me. (The truth is I need Bi-focals but won't publicly admit it!)
Now come with me for a little "regression" .... relax .... breathe deeply
.... here we are at Churchill Gate, on the edge of the Mendips, and there
we are LOST!! - thanks to the expert navigational skills of one Air Cadet
Propert! For me, the arrival at the top of the high gorge at Burrington
Combe, only to be told we had to climb down, was one of the lowest spots
of my life! A challenging day for a vertigo sufferer!! Let's move on!
Ah! We're back at Argyle and it's 4.30AM! It's the
24 hr Table Tennis Marathon. We were really organised, even down to getting
the Corn flakes for breakfast. But we forgot one, little thing.
New table tennis balls! I recall driving my little blue Ford Anglia (81
SAE!) around at some unholy hour, trying to find a newsagents open (one
which sold T.T. balls!). The ones we were using had been repaired with
Sellotape!
Our Christmas "Do" was always
something 'special' wasn't it? I recall another "flashback" which involved
a drive to Bristol Waterworks Co., on Bedminster DOwn where we tried to
beg some "dry ice" because we wanted to create some "smoke" for the disco!
- No Luck!; so we had to puff on our fags a bit harder!
Well, I could go on, but that's enough excitement at my
age! I hope this little nostalgia trip has not deterred you from attending
the Reunion. I must away to get my bi-focals sorted so that I can recognise
you all!
See you soon, hopefully.
Sue
