I WAS A SOLDIER IN THE ARMY. I found myself in a garden building a patio swing. I didn’t have enough bolts. I was ordered to go and find nuts, bolts, and washers. I searched in the mud and found
I WAS HELPING AN AGED DOCTOR sign a large pile of death certificates. His skin was very grey and he was out of breath. I suspected he was having a heart attack so I tried calling 999 on a rotary
I WAS IN MY CHILDHOOD HOME at 259 Slade Green, Erith. I was an adult. Mum and dad had made some alterations to the house. They’d added a second fireplace with fake flames next to the gas fire in the
I WAS IN A FIELD WITH MY SISTER. The air was thick with a resistance to it. We could barely move our arms. I was explaining the principle of lift to my sister in very basic terms. We ran around
I WAS A TEENAGER LIVING AT HOME with my parents in Slade Green, Erith. I was upset with my parents and decided to leave home. I took my blue crotcheted blanket and walked to the end of Slade Green Road
I HAD A MEETING WITH A FIREMAN. We sat in his car. He stank of cigarettes. He went through loads of fire training documents with me. I bought a car from a Jehovah’s Witness called Fred. He was now living
I WAS RESTRINGING MY GUITAR using a length of thick string. My mum pulled it tight and broke the neck of the guitar. I took it into the garden where my dad was sitting on a garden swing. I told
I SAW A LARGE BODY OF MUD, like the River Thames when the tide is out. A woman tried walking across the mud and drowned by a ship’s anchor. Then my mum tried walking on it despite me warning her
I WAS IN MY TWENTIES and in a relationship with my first girlfriend, Rebekah, but she was being very distant. We were at my parents’ home. A group of Jehovah’s Witnesses turned up for the field ministry group. I decided
I WAS A TEENAGER at a convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It was lunch time. I was in a dining area. A Witness I knew later in life, David, was there with his family. His teenage daughter was disabled in a
I WAS IN A ROOM PHOTOCOPYING talk notes for UK Bethel member, Ron Drage. The room was full of collectible toys like Corgi Batmobiles and 007 Lotus Esprits. There was a queue of people lining up to help me photocopy
THERE WAS AN ALIEN INVASION COMING. Despite being a Jehovah’s Witness, I joined the military. I found myself at a military camp where I went through basic training, which consisted of watching other people shooting their guns. I went to