During my career in nursing, I spent a lot of time writing reports or 'papers' on nursing matters and writing has appealed to me even as a child. It was Jos who even then, encouraged me to use that particular penchant in writing up our activities which, in those days, we thought to be most unusual and worth recording for posterity.
Now, at the other end of our careers and as our generation, the only one likely to show any interest in our particular obsession, was coming to a close, we found a need to reminisce like many others of our age.
If you found our Youtube ref on the Homepage interesting, try this one -
http://youtu.be/IIxfW_IqKRU - AND THIS PHOTO is a still from it
PREFACE / PREAMBLE
Like most so-called Prefaces or Preambles, this is actually written last, only a few years ago and once we had finished the rest of our Journal (at least in draft).
You may be disappointed to learn that these 'episodes' are not 'stories' (fiction) but factual accounts, which in our younger days we thought were worth recording, even though we didn't then envisage any final outcome such as has now become available with web-sites such as this one. We simply set out to describe our mackintosh obsessions, as now on the front cover of this website, together with any related activities that we enjoyed. Over the years we have only shown it to a few close acquaintances
One of those acquaintances, see later on, persuaded us to publish our journal in this manner and has, in fact, himself volunteered and published it for us. He accepted that neither Jos nor I would be able to deal with the process - quite correct, of course.
It was never intended to include any explicit sexual activity nor what is now called bondage (except Episode 123 - my first and last involvement in such things!) so the reader may be disappointed again for that and will have to use his/her imagination at certain points. Sorry for that!
For the time being we have also omitted some sections for one reason or another and the omission is indicated by brackets on the next page with a reason for the omission e.g [ not yet finally edited or censored ].
We prepared this set of accounts much more recently, in fact in a different century altogether. Most of the events described happened in the 1960's onwards. In doing so, I have added occasional relevant editorial notes and apart from the recent titles
that I have added in Italics, these other additional notes are also in italics but in a green font like this.
(third one down to remind myself!)
SOME WILL CALL IT A FETISH, BUT IF SO, IT IS A HARMLESS ONE FOR COUPLES LIKE OURSELVES.
Nowadays, it will only be people old enough to have lived through those happy years of the 1950's and 60's
who may have any real interest.
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Firstly, as you have managed to find us here, we would really like to know. We might be wasting our time if
no-one can access it. Perhaps also how you got here - Google? FlickR? Facebook? by a short message
to us at - josandkate@ yahoo.co.uk. Please!
Secondly, thank you to those from whom photos are 'borrowed' where we couldn't find the originator, and especially the gorgeous 'cover' page. Thank you!
Thirdly, now we are published, you will find that I continue editting and changing things from time-to-time
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