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Key events of 1999

Twenty year university reunion

Subtitled, how did I get so old? But more importantly, I am really glad I am so old! Twenty year anniversary of going to uni! In late September 1999, as the media ruminated the cause of Princess Diana’s fatal accident, Lance Armstrong powered to  Tour de France victory, paper ‘solar eclipse’ glasses gathered dust and frantic preparations were being made before the deadly Millenium Bug hit us, I began university

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Cf patient Helen and her dog on a mobility scooter

My first mobility scooter!

As much as I like to think of myself as independent and my stock answer for people asking me how I am is ‘ok-fine- and-you’, I have to admit that my body really does have limitations. These limitations now mean I’ve stopped doing a lot of things I used to enjoy. My ability to cover much ground at more than a snail’s pace is one of these. After a particularly

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