School days 

1. Nursery. I don't remember a great deal from my Nursery Days but when I was 21 my Mum gave me a memory pack which had a School Concert Programme listing me as the Conductor of The Nursery Orchestra. I do remember waving my arms around in front of the rattles and shakers. I'm not sure if I got the job because I couldn't play anything in time or because they thought I looked cute with a bow tie on. Ironic that I became a Music Teacher and ended up conducting School Orchestras and Bands for many years.

The Garden in the Nursery was adjacent to the Dominican Monks which may have given me a start in religious leanings. I took a message over one day and I remember being given a custard cream. Thinking back that was a sign of the times as I'm sure children if nursery age don't go on errands anymore. I even remember going to buy my Dad's woodbines when I was probably only six or seven.