{"id":3969,"date":"2022-04-12T10:09:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=3969"},"modified":"2022-04-12T10:09:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T09:09:35","slug":"diary-1966","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=3969","title":{"rendered":"Diary 1966"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Penny pregnant.  Wrote and told my parents in Jamaica.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Honours degree in Zoology &#8211; which I flunked only obtaining a 3rd class honours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>23-7-66<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Married Penny in Stokenham Church.  Mike Adkins as best man.  Stag night at the pub below Pilgrims with Dad, Chris, Mike, John Randolph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moved to Southampton, staying in a grotty flat with a bathroom accessed through their lounge.  Got a job at Calor Gas where I worked all the hours I could to save for my MSc.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Started my MSc in Oceanography at the University of Southampton.  Befriended Stuart White and together we searched for suitable accommodation &#8211; finding Bowden House in Bursledon and inviting Ken Massie and David Cram to join us.  Ken brought along Frank as an extra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>28-11-66<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>James born in Southampton General Hospital after 28 hours labour.  Weight 10 lbs 10 oz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Penny got a job as an art teacher and James was looked after after only 6 weeks by an ex secretary of the oceanography department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penny pregnant. Wrote and told my parents in Jamaica. Honours degree in Zoology &#8211; which I flunked only obtaining a 3rd class honours. 23-7-66 Married Penny in Stokenham Church. Mike Adkins as best man. Stag night at the pub below &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/?page_id=3969\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3969","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3969\/revisions\/3970"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billandrews.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}