Mystery Island

Mystery Island

I call it mystery island because I don't know it's proper name and I refer to it here because it evokes powerful memories of my late teens and early twenties

It's the island that I usually feature when compiling the short video clips for 'Beat the Intro'  it has a special place in my memory box because I do associate it with the Crystal and one time in particular - see previous post for the story

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You might have noticed I've added a car to the picture recently and if you are knowledgeable about cars from the sixties you might have recognised it as an Austin Westminster. The picture I used is not my car but it is the same model and colour scheme - I do have one photo of me in the car but sadly it's the only one left of many that were taken

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My photo collection' such as it was, suffered somewhat when my mother moved home and a lot of stuff was thrown away or lost in the process

The Westminster was a fast and powerful car with lots of extras and leather seats to add that touch of class, or so I thought. It even had a radio that worked, not very well but never mind - remember this is in the days before stereo radio's were made for cars

Why am I going on about a car on the 'Crystal Blog'? Simple really, it used to get me there and back and if I'd had too much to drink, in my opinion, then me and my mates could have a few hours sleep in relative comfort before setting off for home - those really were the days

Yours truly, posing as usual

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Submitted by Malcolm Smith