12 30pm super choppy sea Knott End

12 30pm super choppy sea Knott End, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

8.35am Knott End

8.35am Knott End, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

8.30am Knott End.

8.30am Knott End., originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

Edwards had his hair did

Edwards had his hair did, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

In 1969 I had a habit of wandering along river banks reciting poetry to myself.

david walking by a river in scotland 1969, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

sunday tea with mum and dad 1969

mam dad david sunday tea at nana roses 1969, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

St Johns sq, Blackpool, 6.45pm

St Johns sq, Blackpool, 6.45pm, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

Birley St, Blackpool 6.30pm

Birley St, Blackpool 6.30pm, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

dad 1969

dad 1969, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

My mum knew what she was doing when she chose my dad.

St Ives, Cornwall 1974

dave mam nana bella st ives, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

Look at those jeans! And those co-ordinated trainers! Marvelous. I love my Nanas string of pearls and my Mums twin-set. We showed 'em how to dress at the Hoseasons Holiday Village that year. My Mum reminded me that this was the holiday when my Dad took me on a pleasure flight on a little 10 seater plane and I was so terrified I had an asthma attack (and I didn't even have asthma!).

11.30 Newcastle to Carlisle train

11.30 Newcastle to Carlisle train, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

dave blackpool b&b 1975

dave blackpool b&b 1975, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

Every autumn we went to Blackpool to see the illuminations. We always stayed in a guesthouse on bed, breakfast and evening meal basis. This photo was taken by a photographer who visited guesthouses at meal times and took pictures then came back the next day with the prints in key rings, in cardboard frames and in funny little boxes which you had to hold up to the light to see the photo. This pose suggests I had just acquired a new Timex and I seem to remember that the little perspex box on the table held a magnetic beetle that you could drag across a newspaper and scare nanas. It's nice to see that the haircut in this pic was to become very fashionable a year later thanks to those lovely Ramones.

10am

10am, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

10.30am. A boy hung himself from this bridge when I was at school

10.30am. A boy hung himself from this bridge when I was at school, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

9.30am. 4candle

9.30am. 4candle, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

9am oh goody, skull racing on the Wansbeck despite half of it being frozen

9am oh goody, skull racing on the Wansbeck despite half of it being frozen, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

Butlins 1966

butlins 1966, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

Lightweights! Mum and Dad are only halfway through their breakfast and I've already finished.

9.30am Carlisle

9.30am Carlisle, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

9am Carlisle

9am Carlisle, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

Lake district 8.30am

Lake district 8.30am, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

St Annes station 6.45am

St Annes station 6.45am, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.

7.30 am. Mirror mirror Mon amour

7.30 am. Mirror mirror Mon amour, originally uploaded by fylde bus driver.