Cyril Platt* the man who gave me a £2.00 tip, died last night from a heart attack. Went school with Neil Mort got there about 10.30am. Talking to fans at last break an all. Walked home with them two. Bones said Anthony asked Catherine does she still fancy me, she said she wants to go out with me but she can’t coz I’m leaving school. She might come round my house she told him, don’t know whether it’s true there must be something in it coz Bones doesn’t know I told her I was leaving. Funny situation.

* Cyril Platt was nicknamed by me as the Gentle Giant. He lived with his wife Mary on the corner of Dell Drive and Winfrith Road, Fearnhead. Cyril was my highest tipper I had as a paper boy delivering papers on the estate where I lived. Mary was later to commit suicide. My parents had not spoken to Cyril because of a dispute over tipping on the Fair Field.