Started at SHS - uniform, games kit,and all that. It was another world. Plus I really wanted a skirt, not trousers. No chance!

Had walked by the school with Mum years before and I thought the kids all looked like adults, that's how much older than me they were.Mum said I might be going to that school one day. and so it turned out to be.

I remember we played a huge game of 'football' - loose rules - no pitch, just kicking the ball around - no teams, all in it for ourselves, The aim was to score a "goal" in the designated place- often between gate posts. It used to go on for as long as we had, often violent.

The ball was tennis ball sized too.