Sunday, July 17, 2005

joan ann joy @sthelens ymca ........


joanannjoy@sthelensymca ........
Originally uploaded by Pip Wilson.

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This is going back when we were about to leave St Helens.
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We had packed our bags in the flat made from a converted corridor next to the snooker room in the YMCA. The local press came and flashed this in the local black and white.

It was a big step - from one culture to another. Major adjustment - the locals in Canning Town thought we were aliens!

Strange how they had accents and only us in the world didn't have one!


If you have ever shifted from one distant patch to another - you will know the feeling.

massive discomfort
but long term
- wondrous

bhp