1978 July week 28

Sunday 9th July
Sam’s 18th

Party in Stafford
Got up at 9.15
Sam opened his pressies
He got a bracelet, a Pentax K1000 camera (it is so good), silver camera case & £105
Millions of his relatives came down
Went for a ride in his Aunties Daimler = smart
Went to bed at 11.30 = dead tired
Oh we also went for a meal at Tillington Hall in Stafford = dead good

Monday 10th July
Got up about 10.30
Woke Sam up with a wet sponge ( I am all heart)
Played tennis for a couple of hours
Had a shower
Then went looking for a place called Gayton
Twice stopped to rest!! (don’t ask!!)
Finally got there after getting lost = it was just a road with shops round it = great???
Played tennis again for a bit on the Green
Went to the Woolpack & came home to watch ELO on TV (can you believe how high that blokes voice is??)

Tuesday 11th July
Got up at 9.30 & we went into Stafford
Bought some shampoo & conditioner for 3p & 14p respectively
Came home at 1.45
Went for a long, long walk by the canal = great
It was about 4 miles there and back
Weather = boiling hot but windy
Went to the Woolpack & the Scaracen’s Head
Went to bed at 11.00

Big explosion of propane gas in Spain at a holiday camp (how random??)

Wednesday 12th July
Got up at 10.00
Had a shower
Packed and Sam’s mum took us in her MG to the station
We got the 11.30
Got home at 2.00 pm
Went to Southport
Got my wages £8.00
It is Orange Lodge Day
Bought Sam a battery for his Pentax K1000 camera
He came round at 7.00 pm
Went to play footy on the beach
Walked on the sandhils
He left at 11.00
Phoned ‘J’, she is going out with ‘onion bum’ (must phone ‘J’ and find out why we nicknamed him this??)

Thursday 13th July
Sam goes to the Grand Prix at Brands Hatch (from what I remember the GP used to alternate between BH & Siverstone in them days)
Got up at 9.00 am
Did my washing from my stay in Stafford
Posted a letter for mum
Phoned Bev but she was working
Watched TV
Bev phoned from work, I am working tomorrow
Watered the garden
Sam phoned from Brands Hatch it cost him 20p for 5 minutes
Had to phone his parents for him as he couldn’t get through .
The line was terrible

Friday 14th July
Worked for 9.30 – 6.30 = busy ish
Watched TV
Washed my hair & watered the garden
Sam phoned at about 10.00pm he said there were a lot of people waiting so didn’t stay long
I miss him

Saturday 15th July (7 months)
Worked from 9.30 – 6.05 pm
Weather = mixed
Watched TV again
Sam phoned it cost him 40p.
He and his mate he has gone with aren’t on very good speaking terms
‘J’ met me at lunchtime & we went to a flea market
Had a bath = no connection (& in Sam’s hand ‘Oh I don’t know about that’ Cheeky!)
Missing Sam