![]() ![]() I learnt the bugle and formation marches but they also taught us how democracy worked. In those days we were all being trained up for the next war. I didn’t mind a bit of discipline – I’d been in the Boys’ Brigade. I don’t know where my life would have gone, but I would have been OK. My generation missed National Service by one year, thank goodness. We were just starting to get paying jobs in social clubs. And every night I was out playing with the band. One reason I got slung out of school is that I didn’t want to know about anything other than music. ![]() I was 11 when I saw Elvis, but it was Lonnie Donegan that really hit me. My imagined future was nothing other than becoming a rock singer. Perhaps I was quite an aggressive bugger, but I don’t think I was a bully. I was bullied at school so my flight or fight switch was always on – if I ever felt threatened, I learnt to get the first blow in. #Roger daltrey wife fullThose teenage years were full of angst, full of energy, full of testosterone and full of paranoia. The singing, laughter and camaraderie was so much fun, even though it was hard graft. Some guys were just out of Malaya and Korea, two wars we often forget about. Calling it a factory is a bit much, it was more like an asbestos shed with 20 blokes turning out early computer cabinets, which were as big as tanks. By 16, I was working in a sheet metalwork factory in South Acton. I was sent to the youth employment officer, who got me a job as an electrician’s mate on a building site, but I never saw a wire, I just bled pipes. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |