jotter – We Saw a Chicken …

my blog from 1976

Discovered a cache of old jotters at my parents’ house, so first I give you steam trains.

in which I invent disemvowelling

I have made a new code where I miss out all the vowel's places like: Hll my nm s Stwrt Rssll

computer fire 1977!

Last night one of my Dad's computers went on fire but they put it out

the vertical hold was off, I remember

On Monday our family got a colour television. It is a Murphy television and it is white and it has ITA1 and ITA2 and B.B.C.2. And it keeps on going funny. And it is very big.

the mail to cro(y)don

When I sent my first letter to Brooke Bond I sent it to: Brooke Bond Oxo L.t.d. Leon House high Street Crodon Surrey

Early concern for Alan Longmuir

Did you know that one of the Bay City Rollers is resigning?

unfortunate frog pyre

Once we got tadpoles and they grew until they were little frogs. And there was lots of little frogs about the house and they all got killed so we made a little crematorium of matches then we lit it and then pooh what a pong! if any frogs get killed please burn them. (Please feed them live plankton.)

the unfortunate princess

Tonight my Daddy is going to get his Austin-Princess.

quite an extensive record collection

I will show you list of our LP's

I think the ‘P&L’ refers to Peters & Lee.

steam trains

steam trains are usually green, or are they?

I want to be an e(n)gineer!

I am six-and-a-half (nerly 7.). When I am growen up I want to be an egineer.

plane tree trimmer

I made a plane that could chop off the branches of trees

vauxhall viva CGG 306K

Two weeks ago my mummy got a Vauxhall Viva estate