Monthly Archives: April 2014

1983 – This Charming Man – The Smiths

Posted on April 22, 2014 by grooveware

I could talk about having to move back in with mum and dad for a couple of months while the house we’d bought on a new estate in Swinton, Rotherham was being built. Plot 282 was for a three bedroomed … Continue reading →

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1982 – Europe After a The Rain – John Foxx

Posted on April 18, 2014 by grooveware

This was the year we all left home. Neil and Ruth moved out to share a house just along the road from mum and dad who’d also moved into a new house. They no longer needed the five bedrooms we … Continue reading →

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