Sept 1 (Fri)
Slept at Ju's last night. Woke up with a rotten hangover. Lads were ok last night, mostly from Hulme. One lad we were talking to called Pete Knox was q nice. Just sat his 'O' levels. Dinner at Julie's. Beautiful weather. Saw Roy Dunkerley!! (Again) Came to our house. Did nothing (as usual). Going to Ju's with Evelyn tomorrow.
Sept 2
Got my odd money - relief, relief! Met Evelyn in town at 11.30. Then we went to Ju's. Evelyn's ok, but she does go on about Dave so much. Love? Who knows? We were so bored though. In the end we all went into town and were going to look for Julie's new shoes but Evelyn went home. We got shoes. Ju is sleeping at our house tonight.
Sept 3
Norma said that she's got a job for us at the shop she works in (A boutique down Middleton). It's an awful shop, but we could do with the money (me especially, it's Norma's birthday on Sept 13th) Helped dad wash car, made cakes. Got United ticket off Carol (for Bobby Charlton's Testimonial) Start work tomorrow.
Sept 4 (Mon)
People in the shop today were Norma, me, Ju and Brenda, the manageress. Brenda's awful and she sits around all day doing nothing herself but giving orders to us. Not that we do anything useful. It's so boring. After work we went swimming. All the clothes at Vernon's fall to bits if they're touched, honestly. And Brenda's got no idea how to run a shop*
Sept 5 (Tues)
Shop again. It's not dead bad but I'd hate to work here for a long time. There's no sense of achievement to gain by making price tags or anything. Met Norma's friend Stella today. She's nice. Brenda in too. She's not nice. Stella's getting married to an Arab. She's half Jewish - complicated. Looking forward to tomorrow.*
Sept 6
Norma, Stella, me and Ju in today - not Brenda, luckily. It's been great today, really terrific. We've actually been doing real work. We weren't ordered to, we chose to. Sorted loads of jumpers and blouses. Yesterday we sold 4 things and got £9. This time we got £20-odd without Brenda's help. All this time Ju's been sleeping at ours, but school tomorrow.
Sept 7 (Thur)
I've decided I'm doing very well with my diary. Started school. Yeuck! Form - UVN. Mr Higgins is our form master. Great. Got new timetable 'n' everything. Dead boring and frightening. I was trembling before Russian. I didn't understand a thing in maths. Just started reading 'Beyond Belief' about the Moors Murders. Norma brought mine and Ju's wages. Only £3.50 each.
Sept 8
Feel as though I've been at school for 6 weeks already!!! A normal day but everything seems to be so far ahead of me, I'll have to study a lot before the 'O' levels. New music teacher called Mr Butterworth. Seems nice. Guess what part I've got in Macbeth!!? I'm one of the rotten witches! (Remember Hansel and Gretel at junior school?) Huh. Got Norma's present.
Sept 9 (Sat)
Worked at the shop again. The shop made over £100 today (mainly things I sold, I'm sure). I do nearly all the boring work. Norma saw me and Ju in Middleton yesterday, but I didn't tell her I'd got the bag! Got her some Sandalwood perfume oil - gorgeous. Also I'm looking for a Charlie Brown book. Got her wrapping paper for walls. Julie slept the night.
Sept 10
I hate Sundays. I've cried 3 times today (once at a film). It's just that dad, Norma and me were all arguing. She's 21 this week! Can't he see? It all upset me. Done homework. No revision. Mocks* soon.
Sept 11 (Mon)
School again. Yeuck. Getting on quite well with S. Arranged for people to get me pressies for Norma. e.g S - joss-sticks, K - a snoopy book. Read some more of 'Beyond Belief' Went to the dentist's and had 2 teeth out for Mr Aron. Mr Cooper's dead nice and funny. My teeth are aching like mad!! Homework
Sept 12
Wrapped Norma's pressy up. Norma had a nasty nose-bleed before we went to bed. We're all going out tomorrow to celebrate her birthday. Family, Julie, Kate and parents, Stella, Lynn (Norm's friend), Auntie Emma and Auntie May. Had bags of homework to do. Did nearly all - thrills. K got book. S couldn't get joss sticks. Spent £3.31*
Sept 13
I gave Norma her present and she was really chuffed with it. She's had a lovely day. I don't think it could have been better. She kept giggling. 13 of us went to have dinner - very posh. Norma's got a new maxi-dress - Victorian - gorgeous. She looked really great. It was a nice night. Slept at Julie's (my bed occupied)
*Commentary
Sept 4 - oh I'm so embarrassed that I wrote this! What teenage arrogance and naïvety is this!? First day at work in my life, and I think I know more than the boss!
Sept 5 - I added a note at a later date to this day's entry. 'on 5.9.72, the horrible kidnapping of the Jews, by the Arabs, took place at Munich, eventually ending in about 11 Jews being killed. WHY?'
Sept 10 - I have edited this. I find I can't always expose my family dynamics to an audience, even though both my parents are dead. The 'mocks' refers to mock 'O' level exams.
Sept 12 - ever the little accountant, I had used a space above the entry to tot up what I had spent
£2.25 bag
.25 map
.30 scent
.20 book
.10 sweets
.03 shama? (can't read)
.06 soap (?)
.12 paper
total £3.31
I also added a note above this entry 'I love my sister. She's great!'
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