Handbags   (The sad, the bad and the ugly. Non-productive stuff here.)

41 years ago on Dec 19th I flew from Manchester to Heathrow.. Dec 20th left London to fly to Boston MA..
I was 31 when I left and am 72 now, shaking my head at how long I have been here.. doesn't seem real...
My first job leaving school was a Hairdressers Apprentice, earning just over 10 shillings.After a few weeks, my Mam said it wasn't enough and I had to go work in the mills, were I earned 3 pound 50....
It will be Christmas in 3 weeks, a time, when more than any other time, I think back through all the Memories of Christmases past when I was growing up in England and as hard as times were back then, I wouldn't trade them for all the glitz and over the top gifts that seems to be what Christmas is about now..
Times have changed, but I still have my lovely memories...