Prologue

I wrote this prologue more recently at the time when we decided to produce the following journal and 'publish' it for others to take an interest in.

101 Introduction

This introduction to my reminiscences was originally typed when I was near the end of my initial nursing training in the mid-’sixties and found that my favourite type of mackintosh was disappearing from the shops.

102 Early incidents

Some innocent childish incidents involving rainwear and my stepbrother Jocelyn, particularly the raspberry picking episode.

Together with the Introduction and some of the earlier of the following sections, this was typed on an old fashioned typewriter and took no little time with lots of corrections and sno-pak. Much later on, I re-typed it on a word-processor, then later still converted it to MyWord on our PC at home.

103 Early ’teens

School raincoats and mackintoshes. Jocelyn, usually known as Jos, admits to what has become a lifelong obsession. Dressing up in the summerhouse. Childish games involving blindfolds and hoods.

104 Late ’teens.

Jos off to University. Unaided by Jos, I develop the mackintosh interest.

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Re-arousal of Jos’s similar interest and back to not so childish games.

105 Summer holiday escapades

At last - uninhibited mackintosh and other related (!) activities. 

106 My Austrian Holiday

I buy myself what was to become my favourite mackintosh

107 Idea! A Fancy Dress dance

No prizes for guessing how Jos wants me dressed for the Fancy dress competition and in the process of which, I acquire two further mackintoshes, one to become a life-long favourite.

 108 A special girl friend

Lucy, very willing and very amenable, would even like to be tied up and tortured!  [ subject to final edit ].

 110 Jos’s adventures in the Midlands

Jos, away from parental and sisterly influences, develops an unexpected talent and gives me a demonstration.

    So I’m introduced to Miss Enid