About

1972: Born in the North-East of England

1974: Demand to be taught to read so I can understand the TV listings in the newspaper and find out when sport is on the TV

1976: First memory – trailer for the autumn season of World of Sport. Was particularly impressed with the lumberjack sports

1976: Can definitely remember seeing James Hunt win the F1 World Championship

1977: First book I chose for myself, a Peanuts book (uk number 5 I think)

1978: Saw my first arcade machine, what I now know to be a cocktail cabinet Breakout machine in Schiphol airport in Holland.

1980: First football sticker album, Panini’s Football 80

1982: First computer for Christmas, a ZX81

1983: First console, Atari VCS

1984: First computer I truly loved, BBC Micro Model B

1986: First time I heard House Music. Love Can’t Turn Around by Farley Jackmaster Funk (on TOTP). I didn’t know what it was, I just knew it was for me

1991: Moved to Wales to study. Mostly had a great time but it was very wet

1995: Moved to Swindon. Once fell off my bike drunk just before I attempted to navigate the magic roundabout, which frankly saved me from any further injury

1997: Moved to Oxford. The gleaming spires

1998: Moved to Bicester. No gleam nor spires.

1999: Moved to Oxford again and stayed for quite some time.

2021: Moved to Northallerton. Back to the North-East. Colder than I remember, but still fun.