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Sunday 14 June 1987
…My tooth that had been loose for ages has just come out. I pulled it and it came away in my hand… Two days into Mrs Thatcher’s new government and already I was worse off.
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Thursday 18 June 1987
…Had to get a bus to school because the car is being repaired, so we arrived very early indeed. And then the very first thing at school was maypole practice which was terrible. We had to do Maths till...
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Friday 19 June 1987
…Just 10 more days left at primary school. I have been at school for seven years, 20 terms, six summer holidays and 10 school trips. There have been three headteachers, I have had 14 different...
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Saturday 20 June 1987
…I am still worried about going to Woodbrook. All those people staring at you. Laughing at you. Teasing you. IT WILL BE TERRIBLE, I’M TELLING YOU… No pretence or bravado here. I was genuinely concerned...
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Monday 22 June 1987
…Wimbledon is starting tomorrow not today. There was no play whatsoever due to some unfortunate circumstances that fell from the skies above: RAIN! No Wimbledon and also no Test Match between England...
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Wednesday 24 June 1987
…Last ever PE lesson at this school. Down the years it has always been deadly boring, taking in commando rolls, hockey, basketball, gymnastics, flopping about, messing around and loads more things. I...
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Friday 26 June 1987
…Had a rehearsal for our leavers’ assembly. It was TERRIBLE. Everybody was shouting and talking while [our teacher] was trying to keep order. It will be a DISASTER. In the end we gave up and read more...
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Saturday 27 June 1987
…Went shopping. I bought Whizzer and Chips, two second-hand books about 007, a little hedgehog pencil sharpener and rubber and nothing else. Mum forgot to record the first 10 minutes of last night’s...
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Monday 29 June 1987
…So we enter my last week at primary school. I have just looked back using my diary to see the sorts of thing I did in my class on a Monday. There used to be a terrible maths test every … Continue...
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Tuesday 30 June 1987
…It might have been my last Tuesday as primary school but it was also my first Tuesday at secondary school. This morning I was at Woodbrook for an induction, and there is another one – DREAD! –...
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