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I was a good gal. Quiet and shy - school reports always said 'She has yet to blossom forth!'

Small, slim, very lively and happy.....

painfully shy and completely lacking in confidence and self esteem

Hi David, Yes it's much nicer being an adult but I still get misunderstood, still get very passionate about things & say what I think needs saying but when meeting new people inside I am just as shy as ever. I developed a way of covering when I first got a job in a pub at the age of 25. I pretended I was on stage giving a performance & as I have got older I still do that but at the same time I try to think of the other people & forget me. That way I cope with the terror inside. Vivienne xx

quite shy but with a naughty streak ;-) much the same as now lol

A total nightmare sometimes, I'm told. A pain at school and an apprentice hippy. Gwynne

Hated primary school but enjoyed secondary school and college. Remember having quite a quick temper and often had rows with Dad over school/college homework. Was a bit shy (and still am when I meet people for the first time). Didn't dare speak out to defend myself with superiors and it still takes me ages to approach my boss if I have a complaint, but I'm getting better at it! Wasn't very confident. Margaret

Depends who you ask... I think I was very good as a teenager. I looked after my siblings when Mother was working/studying and was very well behaved. I did rebel a bit but not as much as others.... But my Mother would say I was a nightmare.....

I hated school with a passion, only subgect i liked was Art,had a smashing art teacher who let me do what i wanted to do not what the class did, Then she left,an i went back to hating it,i was 14 then left at 15, in 1964

Well according to my parents I was a right royal pain in the ass!! But I don't believe 'em !!! What's wrong with marches for CND and sit-in's (for who know's what now) and obviously being right about everything LOL Now? well!! just a wee bit of a pain inn the ass! Kaz :o)))

Oh i was sweet... angelic .... thoughtful ... sensitive .... caring .. in fact pretty bloo$y wonderful !!! Am still confused as to why they chucked me out when i was eighteen !?!>!>???? Lol Sue xxx

I lost my dad at 14 and my bro at 18........but apart from that i was like a dog on heat......... and had a great time.!!

Nick, that must have been hard for you

hard Lucia......very...........but life goes on you tend to ignore it and put on a brave face...... well......i did

Indeed it does.

what ever has happened is in the past...........and you cant change it......you can only move on.......... thats how i live my life now........

I think that's a good philosophy because you can't dwell on the past.

No..Lucia........you shouldn't............life is what you make it..........if you made a mistake yesterday....learn by it...... If i make a mistake at work.....its no big deal.......its done......i'll put it right. whats done is done........look forward......not backwards.. i still have good memories.......but thats all they are Life is for living...not thinking what if......!

I really do agree with that. If my exam results come out bad I'll have to find a solution. :-)

Well I was very like Maz and a bit like Paul too. I was small, skinny, got called Marge Proops cos of my glasses and had no confidence or self esteem. Used to row with my parents cos they gave me little freedom yet as soon as my brothers were of an age to go out, they had all the freedom they wanted. Blossomed a bit when I left school and went out to work but what really changed me a lot was leaving home to work in a holiday camp for a summer season. Came back, then moved away again to leave a man, who came after me and we lived together for a while, but then we split and I ran back home to Norwich and parents. Got a rented house eventually and lived my life, always making my parents annoyed about things I did. Now my friends say 'But you were always the bold one' - it was all a front really.