Everywhere I've ever lived

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Crossgates, Leeds 1973-1974. I was born in Leeds and lived there as a tiny baby before my parents moved to:

Tickhill, Doncaster 1974-1991 in a house at the end of the village. It was literally all fields before this estate were built in the mid-70s.



1991-1995 – Sunderland in 5 different places in 3 years, from the terrible to the dysfunctional. Nicest place I lived was in my final year, which had – the joy – a washing machine.

1993 – 1994 a hall of residence in St Etienne, France. Apart from having no furnishings (I had to go and buy a duvet FFS), these rooms were more like bedsits with a hob/fridge in the bedroom and MY OWN BATHROOM. I never had my own bathroom before.

1995-present day London including:

1993 New Cross and 1994 Kingston in my summer holidays.

1995 Bethnal Green, Hackney Central (both in student accommodation rented out over the summer) & Walthamstow (slug-infested bedsit, back when E17 was more Tony Mortimer than Awesomestow).

1996 Shepherds Bush, above a very noisy bar-club that has now become a William Hill.

1996-2001 Camberwell in an old almshouse just off Peckham Road. I rented a studio flat for 2 years then bought one 2 doors down, after my landlady decided to sell hers. The one I bought was about £9K cheaper and was affordable on a part time charitable sector wage. And no, my parents didn't give (or lend!) me any money to buy it. I've just looked it up on Zoopla and they reckon it would go for £250K nowadays. With inflation it should cost £54K.

2001-2004 West Hampstead. This was after Dave moved down and 2 people living in a studio flat was not conducive to blissful living. It was above a late night bar frequented by Australians who'd piss in our doorway at closing time.

2004-2007 Highbury. The flat was damp and dangerous (water flooding through roof, frequent electricity shorts) but we had a garden which was frequented by 2 beautiful cats.

2007–2016 Stoke Newington. After our offer on a place in Highbury New Park fell through and house prices had risen in that time, we looked further afield and bought an ex-council place in N16.

2016- present Fashionable Forest Gate!