What Has He Done Now? Quotes

“Stand to attention, soldier"
My grandfather's gentle voice spoke.
I saluted him as I had been shown.
"At ease," he spoke again.
Then he pinned his medals to my shirt
One by one, those shining disks
Almost holy to me
The proof of what I knew
He was my hero”
― David Hayes, What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s

“Girls seemed to be blessed with a natural skill and aptitude for kissing. Where on earth did they learn this? My first introduction to this was at one class Christmas party. We had decided to play 'spin the bottle' and when my turn came I got to kiss a delightful, kind and pretty girl called Joyce. She planted a real good one on me.”
― David Hayes, What Has He Done Now?: Tales from a North West Childhood in the 60s and Early 70s