Fond Memories

When I joined the Navy which was along time ago I was treading the same ground as those who I watched in the old seadog war movies such as 'The Waves Above Us' and 'The Cruel Sea'. What I wasn't expecting was that 40 or so years down the line the night clubs and pubs in those movies hadn't changed one bit. Im only talking about this now because Im back In Plymouth and while driving past some of the old haunts it has brought back some of those memories of my ship mates and I pissed beyond the next Galaxy staggering up and down Union street(The Strip). The strip was where I saw my first stripper in a place called Diamond LiL's. There she was in a pair of dental floss knickers wearing a sailor's work shirt and carrying a family size tin of U.H.T cream. My first thought was 'she's never gona eat all that herself is she', and I was right. It has put me off Bannana splits for life. The second club the young matelots of my day would frequent was a place called 'BOOBS', a very dark and sticky place it was to. I remember winning best dancer award there in the late 80's and all I was doing was trying to get the chewing gum off the bottom of my shoes. The old Diamond LiL's and BOOB's are both gone now but at least I have the memories of what it was really like.