One such quiet afternoon must've been in August 1977 or so. Yeah, '77 seems right as I'd seen a clip of STAR WARS on the BBC News the night before and I was transfixed.
Anyways, back to the quiet afternoon. I'd been to the dentist and my Nan had got me a pile of Look And Learns to read.
It had been pouring down with rain most of that day, making the morning's shoppnig to Wood Green more hassle than it usually was, sopping wet and stuck on the 144A as it took the scenic route back to Edmonton.
By the afternoon though and as we walked home, it had stopped. The pavements, gardens and flowers were dripping with rainwater and the skies had those smoky grey only prevalent in the 70s. The rain had brought a cold air with it but for that walk home, in that damp freshness, everything seemed to be alive, shimmering and vital.
Shame that the only thing worth reading in the Look And Learn was The Trigan Empire!!
GAAHH! i MEANT 'shopping' and 'skies had THAT smoky grey colour...'
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