Not even remotely rock & roll.

[hirez]

A somewhat surprising memory: the first time I consumed fish & chips from a chip-shop was while on a religious retreat in Staveley in 1977.

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[jarkman.livejournal.com]

A which what ? I think that merits further elaboration.

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

I had them almost every Friday from when I was weaned...one of the few advantages of a roman catholic upbringing..

[ms-siobhan.livejournal.com]

ps Icon LOVE - huge Sweep fan :-)

[moral-vacuum.livejournal.com]

Before you retreated from religion.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

'I planned to attack, etc'

[hirez.livejournal.com]

That hand puppet is one half of my Whitby duelling kit.

[hirez.livejournal.com]

CoE was mostly non-optional when I were a lad, and one went along with it because, well, everyone else was too.

(Even though there was a background noise of 'Wait a minute, this doesn't quite feel right..' Hm. Where have I heard that before?)

So there was the youth group and badges. And a week at a remote corner of the Lake District with a handful of other likely types, all shepherded by vicar + offspring + offspring's partners.

It's remarkable how something so not-sinister can be looked at with C21st eyes and rendered really rather suspect.

I still can't stand the 'Saturday night fever' soundtrack.