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Mostly you will find, here, transcribed entries from the secret diary that I used to keep as a teenager between 1970 and 1975. I try to be honest with my transcriptions, but, just occasionally I do edit, to protect myself or others from embarrassment or some other emotion.
Also, though, I like to do a brief review of the books I have been reading, so these are interspersed throughout. I reserve the right to write blog entries, also, about other random things.
Why do I keep this blog? I don't know. I am an academic and one of my research interests is around how people construct their own identities. The diary transcriptions, and what I write about my books, are very much about revealing something of my identity.

Saturday, 23 January 2010

My diary January 1970

Jan 1st 1970
Wrote letter to S at 12pm. Finished 1000 piece jigsaw. Saw film with Marx brothers at midnight. Very Good
January 2nd 1970
Gave Lady a bath. She didn't like it! Did 2 jigsaws with Norma. George Best suspended for 28 days. Dad bought liquers (3 boxes)
Jan 3rd 1970 Saturday.
Went up-town with Norma. Bought a sketch-pad. After dinner mum was in a grumbly mood so we did a lot of work. I tidied bedroom. Saw scary film about psychic quadruplets.
Jan 10th Sat
Did nothing much. Thought a lot about Lady dying. I don;t want her to die. Knitted a long scarf.
Jan 13th Tue
Had a rotten day! Why does everything have to be so boring? Same routine over & over. Ju and Jenny are away. Nearly lost temper with S
Jan 17th Sat
Went up town with Norma and Dad. Got some seeds, soil and woll. Knitted Norma a hat and scarf set.
Jan 23rd Fri
Went to S's with Ju after school. Norma thought I was with a boy. Like S's mum. Sensible. My mum would like her.
Jan 24th Sat
Went with Julie to a panto rehearsal. Saw gorgeous lad called Steven. He's 20. Moustache. Tall. UNITED BEAT CITY 3-0 FA Cup! Went mad in town.
Jan 26th Mon
School! After school went up town with mum. Decided with S will never raise money for the swimming pool again. Not worth it.
Jan 27th Tue
Ju was ill. Sat in sick room with her. Saw Pamela G. She said a girl at school was pregnant.
Jan 28th Wed
Great day. Art competition at school. Stayed up dead late learning rotten poem for English.
Jan 29th Thurs
Worried about whether to tell S about M or not. Didn;t do poem in English. S in giddy mood. Found new way to wear blouse.
Jan 30th Fri
Still haven't told S. After school Auntie Emma came from Sheffield. I hate her. She thinks I'm a baby and ignores me. Audrey and Fred came.
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  1. Gail25 January 2010 at 01:21

    So chuffed you've decided to blog! I laughed out loud at this. It's amazing how engrossing and intriguing small snapshots of total strangers can be. Who is Susan Q? Did Norma *like* hat and scarf sets? No! Don't tell! It would ruin the mystery.
    I turned 8 in 1970. I was in my second year of school (we started late in South Africa). I got kissed for the first time - by Grant Scholtz, the class hearthrob. He was in love with Trevlyn Kleeve, though, not me. Good lord! I haven't thought of that in *years*! I wonder what happened to them.
    I have VOLUMES of diaries I kept between the ages of 15 and about 19. Perhaps I should dig them out and have a read. Perhaps not. I am too fearful of overwhelming embarrassment.

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  2. Carol Stott25 January 2010 at 04:31

    I think I remember Lady. I take it she did die sometime between then and now. My Beauty died too - lovely black spaniel :(

    Have you got all the stuff from when we went to see Elton John?

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  3. Jackie T29 January 2010 at 09:21

    Gail - get those diaries out! Once I start reading them, I cna;t put them down - they take me right back to being emotional and insecure (no change there then!)
    Gail, meet Carol. She was my schoolfriend
    Carol - I think I have. And I have loads of Manchester United / George Best stuff. We'll have meet up and share - when you have been seen by Max and come off the ceiling!

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  4. Carol Stott30 January 2010 at 03:31

    Yes definitely. I've got loads of Elton John stuff. It seems I used to cut his name out whenever he was mentioned anywhere in print (@!?) so I have thousands of little bits of paper that say 'Elton' on them, stored in a grubby old envelope. I gave a lot of my Man Utd stuff away to a friends son, when my friend died. (Kiggy - do you remember him - he died a few years ago?). I'll root stuff out though. I love your blog. You've inspired me to have a go xx

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  5. Jackie T30 January 2010 at 04:33

    Carol - No - I don't remember Kiggy. Have you started a blog yet? But do you think we are just having a crush on blogging, like we did with Elton and George?

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  6. Gail30 January 2010 at 13:22

    Found new way to wear blouse?! You *have* to elaborate...

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  7. Jackie T13 February 2010 at 05:39

    How can I remember the new way I wore my blouse 40 years ago!? I can't remember what I was wearing yesterday! Actually - if I had to guess, I would think I knotted it at the front - which may have been a 70s kind of thing to do. However, I do remember that I used to make a fair number of my own clothes. Living in a cotton town in Lancashire (Oldham), there was always a good supply of cheap cotton fabrics on the market. I don;t think I could do it now, but I used to make bluses, skirts, and I even remember an appalling pair of cream calico hot-pants (with matching hallter-neck top!)

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