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Monday 08 January 2007
"His eyes locked on me. He came towards me. Somebody helped me to reach out further - I finally got him. He would not die!"
Tuesday 09 January 2007
"The schoolmaster jumped up and ordered us all to stand in a row around the classroom."
Wednesday 10 January 2007
"It was a traumatic day...As I grew up I realised what a very lucky escape I had..."
Thursday 11 January 2007
"The elation I felt that day was great. I had finally been accepted in the class. It had taken so long for this to happen."
Friday 12 January 2007
"Fat Harry said 'When we came to this house, we got the same cups & saucers you use. Other houses keep special cups for binmen.' "
Monday 15 January 2007
"This might have been the only thing he ever did for me - and it makes me forgive him for everything else he did to me."
Tuesday 16 January 2007
"Everything clicked about nature's one-ness. I felt a powerful sense of the integration of nature and life."
Wednesday 17 January 2007
"I was quite shocked when I heard she was 25-ish, she looked a great deal older. Quite a lined face and, I recall, sort of straggly brown hair. "
Thursday 18 January 2007
"That was the moment when the penny had dropped. I had won this competition."
Friday 19 January 2007
"I lost all love and respect for my father that day. I was only 7. That was the last day I saw him."
Monday 22 January 2007
"There was a peace and quietness there. It was as if no person had ever been there before."
Tuesday 23 January 2007
"The doctor told me to count fingers. I didn't want to tell him I couldn't see. I just pretended I could see fingers"
Wednesday 24 January 2007
"I don't think I ever said that it was such a big deal to me."
Thursday 25 January 2007
"He would rather be in the air than wallow in the mud of the trenches."
Friday 26 January 2007
"It was like the death of a family member. Everything changed that day. The future started and a whole new way of life."
Monday 29 January 2007
"I was skidding. I wasn't aware of the boys shouting. I was doing my best to try to control the car"
Tuesday 30 January 2007
"It feels like I am making progress. Now on my own it feels like my place, that I have a future."
Wednesday 31 January 2007
"It was a big surprise for me. I thought maybe in this pub they don't like Polish people... I wonder why they sell Polish beer?"
