From the archive... Easter '83

My love of decorating started at an early age... Here I am aged 4 and a bit helping out Dad and my spaghetti legs brother Matty! Note the standard safety wear of the era... leather effect slipper to prevent nasty splinters from the big plank of wood on my delicate little feet.



To this day I still cannot really concentrate with my mouth closed. How exciting though... being able to spray a massive water pistol inside the house... right at the living room walls! How often do you get to do that?! Hmmm, I'm sure dungarees were not even in fashion in 1983, especially when sporting such a charming paunch... I'm convinced it is the result of wheat intolerance, well thats my story and im sticking to it!



I only worked out how to smile on photographs by the age of about 25. Clearly here I was not too cluey... safety first though... one hand on the rail at all times.