Well time flew by and the nympho J took her affections elsewhere.
When I refused to bash any boy who wounded the pride of some groupie girl in heat, they also withdrew their affections and I was free to enjoy playing footy again with my palls.
Was'nt long before we were sent up to the segregated junior school for 7 till 11 year olds
No girls.
Worked hard at footy practice and got into the school team at 8 yrs old. The youngest in the team. not a star but a regular 1st choice right half
At 10 I got into the town boys team. It was like international duty, and the groupies came back to decorate the touchline on a Sat morning.
late in the 10 year old year came the schollarship exams for acceptance in the High School.
Well, only 2 kids from the Laygate area passed that year. Me and my Pall "F"
Laygate was actually the posh end of our part of the town.We came from a district called West Holborn. The land of the Sand Dancers.
Every 6th house was English. The others were : Egyptian, Somali, Arab, Persian, and Yemeni.
I could count to a hundred in Swahili before I could in English
It was'nt such a bad district. Two of the Egyptians were good footy players too.
One Somali who was a bit older was a great snooker player, and played for money in the "Old Durham Billiards Hall" and if we ever had a few pence we'd bet on him.
There was one Yemeni boy a few years older than us called "G" who had a cock like a horse and loved to show it off. He was never short of girl friends.
Well, after a couple of months off we went first day to enroll in the Towns High School.
Our accents and vocabulary ( lack of ) drew attention from all the other kids. Most of who's fathers were shopkeepers Doctors, Policemen and spoke in a more refined manner.
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