Friday 4 January 1985

Dull
Watched Superman 2.
Played with lego and a game.

Superman II was released in cinemas in 1980 so I must have watched this on television or VCR. The film is rated a PG. My parents must have considered it suitable. I wonder how much time they spent on this decision? As much time as my partner and I spend when considering what our daughter can watch?
My diary is very factual. I just state what I did. I rarely say whether I enjoyed it. Is this typical for a 9 year old?

Saturday 5 January 1985

Cold Sunny
Took all the decorations
down. Played game.
Watched television.

We were a family that followed tradition and took down the Christmas decorations on Twelfth Night. Did the lounge seem bigger with the Christmas tree packed away? We had a plastic tree, not a real one. The tree lasted for 35 years and at the end was rather bald.

Sunday 6 January 1985

Snowed cold
Went to Auntie Lillys and
Uncle Jack. Played lots
of games.

It snowed. The Isle of Wight has a very mild climate. I remember little snow from my childhood.
Auntie Lilly and Uncle Jack were my dad’s aunty and uncle. They lived in Binstead.
I used the word ‘lots’. I’m going to interpret this to mean that I had an enjoyable day. I expect we played board games and card games. I remember Great Uncle Jack teaching me to play Rummy and encouraging me to hold my cards close so no one could see them.

Those giraffe jokes are terrible. Did I think they were funny when I was 9?