Ballads, Songs and Snatches

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I started to write this memoir when the COVID pandemic locked us all up in our homes in March 2020. It seemed as though I had been preparing for the task for the whole of my life as I had stored away everything that was needed. For example I had kept all my school reports, articles I had written, my exam papers, and more particularly all my diaries from my university days onwards. I discovered how relatively easy it is to remember the past in detail when you have all this information available to consult. The diaries may have contained nothing more than simple entries, revealing what would be happening on any specific day. But that was enough to open up memories of the past.

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