Hoi Les, Clocker, Kev et al

[Biggles]

Did you have to wear short trousers even in the winter?

That would have been harsh - the winters were really cold back then.

[Skweeky]

How far did you have to walk to school? How much was the rent for your first flat?

[Biggles]

How far did you have to walk to school? How much was the rent for your first flat?

First school was about half a mile I think. Second one was a couple of miles and I cycled.

No idea - it was back in 1975. £10 I think but shared with a couple of other people. Can't remember if that was a week or a month. Month I think

[Skweeky]

Awwww, wee Les on his own. Where was this flat?

[Biggles]

Awwww, wee Les on his own. Where was this flat?

Oban - with two mates. I confess I spent most of 1975 stoned out of my tree. Most of it is a blur

[Skweeky]

Oban?? What on earth made you go there?

[Biggles]

Oban?? What on earth made you go there?

I went to High School there. My folks moved away because my father's job entailed 4 yearish stints at various lighthouses around the country. I went back because I liked it there.

What happened to you in Oban

[Skweeky]

Nothing. I wasn't aware anything COULD ever happen to anyone in Oban.

So your dad was a lighthouse keeper?

[Biggles]

Nothing. I wasn't aware anything COULD ever happen to anyone in Oban.

So your dad was a lighthouse keeper?

Well they made him give it back when they caught him but yes.

[JPaul]

At 4 I could walk out of my back door, through the garden, over a wee bit of land and pretty much into the school. Not a street crossed, about 100 yards from my door to the school gate. True story. Home for lunch and then back to school.