This weeks photo was taken in December 1994, at the Clothes Show Live. It shows me and Susie trying on some fancy hats – like you do!
Living in Leicester at the time it wasn’t too far to travel there, and I went with four of my university friends as Sophie, my housemate, had a car which got us there. The journey to Birmingham on the motorway was an unusual one to say the least!! We started getting attention from a group of lads in another car and they kept coming along side us and waving and shouting and stuff – typical ladish behaviour lol. Then at some point they wrote a message on a piece of paper asking us where we we going, so we replied after hunting for a pen and something to write on! I am not sure exactly how this next bit happened now, but somehow they asked for a contact phone number for us and we refused but said why didn’t they give is a phone number instead. Well, they did! Then not long after we had to leave at the next junction to make our way to the NEC, and enjoyed a great day walking around the show.
Anyway, this flashback does not end there, oh no! A couple of weeks later we broke up for the Christmas holidays. I stayed in the house a week longer than my housemates as I acquired some work in a sandwich factory, to earn some money to buy presents with. One of the girls who I had been to the Clothes Show Live with was also around for that week and lived in the road behind ours.
Well one night we were bored so we decided to call the telephone number those lads had given us, just for a laugh. It was genuine and we spoke to one of them and he asked which of us from the car was he speaking to, so we told him and he was pleased because his mate fancied me apparently! Anyway, completely spur of the moment he and his mate wanted to come and take us out for the night and we agreed! Looking back, I guess maybe arranging to meet up with two blokes at night who we did not know was a bit stupid but Ann and I were like, you only live once kind of attitude!
So we met up and they took us to a club and bought us drinks and afterwards they came back to my house for more drinks. The one who fancied me had spent all night chatting me up saying that he wanted to see me again. How he earned a lot of money so think of all the places he could take me, a student, he had a flashy car etc…. Well, back at the house we snogged a bit and I think he would have like more, but I didn’t really fancy him that much and he was shorter than me!! So I told him that I didn’t want to see him again, and he wasn’t very pleased – I don’t think he got knocked back often! Luckily, he and his mate did leave much to mine and Ann’s relief!!
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ha ha you do have some funny tales! Imagine if you had ended up staying together, people would never believe you if you told them you had met on the Motorway!!!
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Ha ha I know – what a story to tell! I think I thought that while I was waiting for the two of them to pick us up ! X
Lol how funny, I look forward to reading your tales each week!
Great hats! Â And what a story! Â The things we all got up to when we were younger!! Â I’ve never been picked up on a motorway before though!!!
Those are are quite some hats! I was almost convinced that it was going to be the story of meeting Mr. Right but your version is funnier.
Hahaha brilliant!  I can always relate to your stories – must be because we are the same age.  It’s amazing the things we used to get up to isn’t it?  I love the fact they wrote you a number on the motorway 😀 What a great story xx
Loved your story, and brought back some memories too! LOL! Fantastic hats.
I can barely believe that’s you in that photo, you look so different in it (think it’s the eyebrows?). I love how funky you were, I’d definitely have been trying to be your mate in university! And I think I have a very similar story to you, only my friend and I chucked them out of the house, throwing various bits of clothing and their shoes after them. BOYS!