I loved November the 5th when I was a boy. My school book from 1982 reveals as much:
In case you can't decipher my 5 year-old's handwriting, it says:
Tommorow it's bonfire night I have got some sparklers I have got some fireworks at home I am not haveing a bonfire in my garden I like bonfire night becose I like the rockets that fly in the air last bonfire night my daddy took me and my brother outside my house I think bonfire night is nice I think my grandma and grandpa are comeing over to my house my daddy has got some standed fireworks.
I was also an obsessive infant taxonomist and used to get very ANNOYED if I wasn't allowed to go and collect all the dead fireworks the next morning and write down what they were called. It can be no surprise I became a palaeontologist (though perhaps I should have worked in this area of research).
Luckily, in 1982, I was evidently allowed to keep my records:
On friday I went outside I was wearing my splash suit I had 4 sparklers my brother and me and dad watched the[m] this is what I had Catherine Wheel Tornado Roman Candles Niagara Magic Circle Diamond Cascade Animated Fountian
And no, I'm afraid I'm not sure what a splash suit is either.
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| A tall man with an arrow hat lights a bonfire with a lollipop. |
In case you can't decipher my 5 year-old's handwriting, it says:
Tommorow it's bonfire night I have got some sparklers I have got some fireworks at home I am not haveing a bonfire in my garden I like bonfire night becose I like the rockets that fly in the air last bonfire night my daddy took me and my brother outside my house I think bonfire night is nice I think my grandma and grandpa are comeing over to my house my daddy has got some standed fireworks.
I was also an obsessive infant taxonomist and used to get very ANNOYED if I wasn't allowed to go and collect all the dead fireworks the next morning and write down what they were called. It can be no surprise I became a palaeontologist (though perhaps I should have worked in this area of research).
Luckily, in 1982, I was evidently allowed to keep my records:
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| I was probably not standing that close to the fireworks, but health and safety was more relaxed in the 1980s |
On friday I went outside I was wearing my splash suit I had 4 sparklers my brother and me and dad watched the[m] this is what I had Catherine Wheel Tornado Roman Candles Niagara Magic Circle Diamond Cascade Animated Fountian
And no, I'm afraid I'm not sure what a splash suit is either.
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