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20th July 1991 Day 0

The diary entry "The bouncy castle arrived in the car park. Roy, Marcus, Chris, Bop and I put a few lights around the garden wall, before Chris and I went into town and counted the sports shops. When we ran out of fingers and toes we decided to look for a pub to watch England v Fiji (28-12). Copious amounts of ale later we caught a taxi back to Sneyd Park for `fun` on the downs and frolics on the castle and a game of softball in which Graham `Babe Ruth' Bridges kept changing the rules because his team were crap. `it's my ball and I'm taking it home`. Lots of bouncing 


and a few burgers later we said tearful goodbyes to Andy "Andy Brown" Brown, CJ, G-Bop, ME and LW before being whisked away to Maidenhead in a chauffeur driven Vauxhall Nova by Beth and Oz"


2011 - I assume Roy and Marcus were friends of Bops and I have no recollection of what the party was for. I do remember doing a forward somersault onto the bouncy castle with my fully laden back-pack as we were leaving. Not a good idea for someone recovering from back surgery that was due to fly off round the world the next day. in my defence, I was drunk. I blame it on the afternoon rugby watching with CJ. That's him in the typical pink shirt at the forefront of the castle. 

19th July 1991 Day -1

The diary entry "Train from Darlington to Bristol and then a taxi to G-Bop's Ok Yah Hooray Henry pad. Chris, Edders and Lucy turn up and then we go out for a quiet drink. Except we don't. We go to a club which is having it's Kandi Klub Alternative Night. Hot and sweaty is not the word. It's two."

The Cast Members

  • G-Bop - Graham Bridges - now married to Denise
  • Chris - CJ - Chris Foulkes. Fellow Rush devotee. Independently wealthy. Owned a small Fiat.
  • Edders and Lucy - joined at the hip since, well, since before 1991. Mark (Frank Sidebottom look-a-like currently enjoying testimonial season with Bryan Munich FC) and Lucy