The road to 2013 part 10

In August 1977 we moved from Tewkesbury to Atherstone in Warwickshire.  My dad had secured a job at one of the local schools and we moved into a town house at 5 St Benedict's Close.

We spent about 2 years there.  It was handy for town, and just across South Street was the Gateway Supermarket. 

During the "Winter of Discontent" there were power cuts and we had a supply of candles for such occasions.  Also there were strikes, including the bread strike.  I remember having to queue up outside of the local bakeries for bread before I went to school on a couple of occasions.

We moved from there in July 1979 because we had an addition to the family in the form of my brother Martin, and those town houses were not suitable for babies.