I was all ways told I had my head in the clouds and was difrent to all my friends.

I had a drive to learn but as I was on Tegrertol and Phenobarbital for my Epilepsy I was all ways tied and still had days where would just shut dawn and cothers up I was clicking off

This affects the memory as you think you have everything under control but the inportan like is lost and I was finding I could read any thing you gave me but my spelling was terrible.

Maths was very hard as I did not have a calculator and I can not see past 100, I could see in my mined 99 but x and + past 55 could not see.

I had extra lessons but I had block's missing at school I was put in non exam but I still did maths English. Science and social studies pe.

The extra lessons we had got use out of school and into the community helping all ages.

Monday afternoon was for everyone in our year groups to go out to see the elderly and one old people home we put tropical fish in their sitting room and asked them wat colour would they like.

To sit in that room was so relaxing and the old friends there where not on sleeping tablets but the second home we went to every one was druged up.

Some one died every week here in 1982 the owner went to prison for embesalmen and neglecting clients

To be continued