As a child my great love was
singing and dancing. I would sit on the front row of the
cinema and watch all the great musicals. I always had to sit
on the front row because my eyesight was very poor until, of
course, I started to wear glasses, but then I got to be a
teenager and of course jamjar glasses weren't the order of the
day when you're trying to attract the opposite sex. But gladly
nowadays they are classed as an accessory like rings and
things. I also thought maybe one day I could be a star, as I
loved to sing and the nuns at school must have thought so too.
They used to shut me in an empty room in King Street Hall next
to the Loretta Convent. It was always empty so the sound would
echo. But I guess the man who deals had other plans for me
because the moment I stood to sing at Leek Town Hall in a
contest my voice died. So all these years later I get the
message that I must use my voice, as in the North Staffs
Assembly Group, to work towards a better understanding and
service for Mental Health.
