Rainbow
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Rainbow

I found a letter in my attic the other day: it was written by me, aged either five or six.

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BMX
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BMX

The BMX Warrior: Funny 1980s BMX Memories and Childhood Adventures. A humorous trip back to 1980s Britain, featuring BMX bikes, childhood crushes, schoolyard disasters, and the fantasy books that changed everything. TRIGGER WARNING: contains offensive language.

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Pleasurama
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Pleasurama

f you lived in Ramsgate during the 80s, being a kid obsessed with arcade games was a test of both mental and physical stamina.

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Hell
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Hell

When I was a kid, my oldest cousin used to come and stay with us during the week. He actually lived in Farnham, but he had a contract at Pfizer, and as we lived in a large, rambling house in Ramsgate, it made sense for him to stay over while he was working on site.

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Haunted
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Haunted

It’s hard to imagine now, when you look at the sheer size and magnificence of the Granville Hotel… but for most of my childhood, half of it was quite literally a pile of old rubble.

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Blockbuster
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Blockbuster

It’s a dark and rainy Friday night in Ramsgate sometime during September 2001 and I’m running the late shift at Blockbuster Video. I’m standing at the counter facing down a monster of a guy with a chin like an anvil who I just KNOW is going to be trouble. He is GLARING at me.

‘Say that again, mate?’

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Morris
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Morris

It’s the late 1980s and I’m sitting outside Woolworths on Ramsgate High Street watching a man dressed as a chicken taking on Morris, the lovable town drunk, in a fight over a Kazoo.

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Early
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Early

Are you sleeping comfortably? Then I’ll begin…

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