Tuesday 13 May 2008

Nostalgia corner ... Writing with a proper pen requires decent paper, and on my bookshelves I found this, one of a boxful rescued from the cupboards of a Glasgow school a few years ago. It's the kind of jotter I wrote in at primary school: an 'F0' (you can guess what we called it) was completely blank unlined paper inside with no margin. And good paper too. If I remember rightly, C0 had a margin, F1 & C1 and F2 & C2 had lines, and F3 (or was it F4?) was graph paper. Note the cheery message on the cover of every one.

Even in the 1970s, we found the idea of following a 'hoop' or 'playmate' into the street a bit laughable. But it does show how back then it was accepted was that cars had permission to take over the city and make it a dangerous place.

The Red Red Rose CD should be back in stock next week with its new cover.