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The year was 1979 when I was nine and it saw the explosion of designer jeans with the launch of Calvin Klein’s and it saw the release of the heart thumping box office smash – ALIENS.

Our girlie karaoke anthem was released into the charts “I will survive” by Gloria Gaynor”, which reached No. 1. What on earth did all girlies screech out before this came to fruition?

Sundays was spent watching a cranky old scarecrow chase a stuck up wooden doll offering her “a cup of tea and a slice of cake”. The walkman was launched and the ghetto blaster died.

1979 was the year I first fell in love with a boy in my class called Mark Seastrom. He was gorgeous but I never told him. I did the usual trick and pretended I did not like him.

I first heard the radio version of the tinder box about the big dog with eyes as big as teacups and I loved it. I still love the story written by Hans Christian Anderson.
Click the link above for the audio version.

Hope you enjoy the story.