Yeah I know. I had a lovely upbringing, very supportive and in no way cosseting parents.

But I had a blast , I think.and roughly as Jarvis said, and I wish I had told her with all my heart and live:
"Mother, I can never come home again
'Cause I seem to have left an important part of my brain
Somewhere, somewhere in a field in Norfolk "

Posted By: Augustus Pablo on March 19th 2022 at 22:25:40

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Favourite area of London ? (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 20:20:40
- Early years, used to live in Bavaria Rd, off Hornsey Rd. (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Mar 19, 23:10:50
- Woolwich (n/m) (General Chat) - promethian1, Mar 19, 22:49:21
- Blackheath (n/m) (General Chat) - helvegtheowl, Mar 19, 22:16:16
  - Oh yeah that’s nice. A bit of a surprise but a feel like a release (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:20:14
- Marylbone (n/m) (General Chat) - pinkney, Mar 19, 21:57:59
  - Not really that familiar other than a family friend of MrsAP had use of an apartment on (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:19:20
    - In (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:19:32
- Old Ford Road, Bow, 1970s (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 21:25:41
  - That’s nice, brilliant. ❤️ (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:29:09
    - It was. Every creed. Every colour. Every religion. (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 21:51:40
      - I’ve never felt liked I’ve been bullied, maybe I’ve stood up to them, I didn’t really (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:05:56
        
        Trouble is when you're big and can handle yourself it's easier (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 22:32:08
        
        School can be awful, I kind of got in to a fight because I stood up for a lad always (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:47:03
        
        Oh dear.. I had a Mamod TE1a with polystyrene log trailer... (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 23:13:15
        
        I never pictured you talking in a falsetto voice, but now I will (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 23:26:21
- Hampstead Heath (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Mar 19, 21:22:26
  - I’ve not really been other than the lido right at the southern tip (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:24:15
- Whitechapel late 1970s.. (General Chat) - Linky, Mar 19, 21:17:04
  - Whitechapel, early 90s.. (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Mar 19, 21:27:46
    - There was a, I don’t know, let’s just say a Jewish cafe on commercial rd that was like (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:42:44
  - That must’ve been amazing. I remember in the mid 80s watching a helicopter land on the (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:20:34
- Greenwich (General Chat) - Timmy_Goat, Mar 19, 21:11:21
  - I love the “reveal” of emerging from the Greenwich foot tunnel, seeing the Cutty Sark (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:16:11
- Kilburn in the 90s (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 21:03:20
  - Lived in Cricklewood, one of my abiding memories was getting a bus to Kilburn (General Chat) - Vivid Data Shark, Mar 19, 22:23:01
    - Ternoite, of arll noites,there’s gonna be a foite (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 23:13:38
    - Cricklewood pubs in the 90s (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 23:04:08
  - I don’t know much about Kilburn really, so wiki-ied it. Was the George Roseby there when (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:30:50
    - There was an incredible pub called the Black Lion. (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 21:34:32
      - I don’t know whether things were necessarily better in “our day” but I just hope our kids (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:40:32
        
        I drove my daughter and her friend to a gig in Tufnell Park last night (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 21:55:05
        
        Yeah I know. I had a lovely upbringing, very supportive and in no way cosseting parents. (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 22:25:40
        
        Now, that... (General Chat) - norwaay, Mar 19, 22:58:42
        
        Aww fanx luv (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 23:56:55
- St James’s (n/m) (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Mar 19, 20:59:48
  - La de dah (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 21:21:37
- Charring Cross Road (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Mar 19, 20:41:02
  - That would be great. Mrs AP worked on Regent street for a few years (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 20:42:55
- Hoxton... but before it was full of posh cnuts. (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, Mar 19, 20:27:47
  - I had the best kebab I've ever eaten in hoxton after a messy night (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Mar 19, 22:07:32
  - I guess it was before the breakfast cereal shop and the wooden spoon fettler opened up? 😂 (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 20:31:17
    - deliveroo on penny farthings (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 19, 20:34:02
- Liverpool Street.... to get out of it. (n/m) (General Chat) - LobbyLud1902, Mar 19, 20:27:28
  - For a friends wedding present, just after his move to London, I bought him a print of this (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 19, 20:34:23

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