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Has everybody got one of these? Its a magazine stash, well one of them.
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The problem is I am a self confessed hoarder. I have pretty much my whole life in boxes from a childhood hankie to my tight black '51 states' grunge jeans! And of course all my childhood toys (well not all, that would be crazy) , and by the way I am gutted that I didn't take more care of my first
Sindy
.So now I'm reminiscing back through my life in magazines!!
I'd like to add that these are not all my magazines though I wish I'd kept one or two! They are not all from the correct era, but you get the idea.
I guess it started with the
Beano I think, its a long time ago...
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Gotta love Desperate Dan
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Then there was
Bunty, again its a bit of a fuzzy memory.
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So now I'm 11 and getting into music!!
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Many a day was spent swooning over Morten Harket!!
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I used to read
Mizz too but I cant quite recollect where it fits, but probably somewhere here.
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I still remember cycling home with my first
just 17 hidden on the back of my bike, probably because I was only 14 and was a bit too racy for me!
I always thought it was strange how I never read magazines that were my aimed at my age. by the time I was 17 I was reading
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Now I'm at college studying art and buying mainly
elle and
vogue generally for the couture pictures and for inspiration.
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Its at this stage I discover heavy metal and clubbing!!
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Remember the
melody maker...
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So now I'm living in London, working and trying to be a lady!!
Marie Claire was a staple magazine for quite some time, with all its cultural do gooding!!
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By this stage I've been dumped, moved home, met and moved in with my husband, so interior magazines became more of an interest. I even had a subscription to
living etc. I really did love this one!
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There was a tiny garden with that house, so you know whats next! I cant believe how you grow out of magazines, I haven't bought
gw all year. Mainly because they repeat a lot over the years but also because I keep them all for reference.
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I don't actually buy
amateur gardener often, because I read it for free in the library!
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I started buying country living whilst I still lived in the town, I guess I was secretly yearning to escape. You cant take the country out of the girl.
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So now I live in the country I don't need the escapism so much, I do still love this magazine but I'm getting itchy feet. I wonder where my magazine choice will take me next??