Brierly Hill 90210

In some ways, 1981 was the last year of my childhood. I started 5th form so it was the last year of school for some of my friends. They would be going out to the real world while, though I didn't know it at the time, I had only one more year of school to go. 1981 was also the last year when my world of music was centered almost exclusively on what was in the charts. A group of us started keeping a tally of the records we played at home and totaled them into our own chart each week. Madness was number one most weeks as I recall. Happy days...