It was in December 1963 that Mike Vaquer, a work colleague in the Yorkshire Insurance Company, introduced me to colour slides, of which I produced thousands when still using film, and we began
a series of annual trips to photograph West End Christmas lights together. These hung over Regent Street that year.
I spent the afternoon continuing my reading of Elizabeth Goudge’s novel ‘Gentian Hill’.
This evening we dined on Jackie’s nourishing chicken and vegetable stewp and fresh crusty bread with which I drank more of the Bediani.