I cannot remember a time when music and movies where not a part of my life.

1995 – East Anglia, Mechanical Bulls, Annie Lennox and Madison County

It is 1995 and our lives continued to rattle along with our jobs taking a priority but with some welcome breaks during the year, and of course our weekend cinema jaunts

I had moved from my role as director of customer services in the London franchise to director of operations for the two East Anglia franchises based in Norwich and Peterborough. I would drive between the two, living in hotels for the first few weeks, returning to London for the weekends.

A lot of mileage but I eventually rented a flat in Peterborough and a redundant vicarage in Norwich so that the other managers who also commuted between the two operations could stay, saving a lot of money on hotel bills for all of us.

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