Went school in morning Roachy come, I wanted desperately to see Catherine today. Didn’t see her in the morning but when I came back at dinner the Fab four came running up and Catherine was at the back. They said will I meet Cath at 1pm tomorrow, I said Yes, stood with them at hometime. Joanne and Debbie said, why don’t you walk with Cath, and I did, all the way home*. We broke off from the other three , Catherine never said anything, I did most of the talking what bit I did. She seems very shy, or is she, she might not like me.

* I remember that walk home quite vividly. I didn’t know what to say but I knew Catherine was a big Gary Glitter fan and tried to get the conversation going about him. I remember her telling me his various stage names prior to him becoming Gary Glitter like Horace Hydrogen etc. I sensed that Catherine was even more shy than I was and there were many long pauses on that long walk home from school. I felt uncomfortable and a little embarrassed but did my best to engage Catherine in conversation. I didn’t want the walk home to end without making some kind of impression but ultimately I failed in my task as we were both very shy and found the words and conversation difficult.