I don't know where to start, so I will start at the beginning I was born in Maidstone Kent UK, I was the youngest of five one brother, three sisters with Mum and Dad we lived in a very old house very small with a out side toilet, three houses away was a public house, across the road was another pub. When I was three we moved to a brand new house on the edge of town, It must have been heaven for Mum and Dad, upstairs was three big bedrooms with built in robes, also a big bathroom, with a toilet. Down stairs was two big living rooms and a big kitchen. Outside was a big front garden, at the back was a large garden which backed onto a public park, in the park was cattle and wild deer, I spent a lot of time in the park. I use to play out side in the road with the other lads, we played a rough game four boys would make backs then four boys would run and jump on them, if they stayed upright they called out, Hop peri winkle 123, but they often collapse there were many injuries, another game was Jack Catch all,. a posh hide and seek. We use to play games with the cigarette cards against the kerb, called kissers and Knock them down, you could lose or win a lot of fag cards. I hope this make sense, if not delete it Regards Hoolig
The Park. I use to spend a lot of time in the park that our house back onto.in the park were cattle and wild deer I use to collect the cow dung for Dads garden, I would wait till it dried then pick it up like a gramophone record I use to put it in piles at the bottom of the garden for Dad to dig in the soil. There was plenty of trees in the park, and branches were always falling down With a small axe I would trim them and drag them home, if they were too big Dad would bring a large axe and trim them, he had a trolley made from a pair of large pram wheels, with a strong axle he would put one end of the tree on the trolley pick the other end up and tow it home.
