OUR TEENAGE DAYS IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Created by marsean1 11 years ago
PETER & MYSELF WERE VERY CLOSE FRIENDS IN THE LATE 50'S. AT ONE STAGE WE WERE LITERALLY INSEPERABLE; SO MUCH SO, PETER'S MOM ALMOST CONSIDERED ME A SON.
WE ENJOYED MANY GOOD TIMES (LYMING, FETTING, ETC) TOGETHER. REGRETTABLY, AFTER PETER & HIS FAMILY MOVED TO THE U.K. WE WERE HARDLY EVER IN TOUCH. NOT SO MANY YEARS AGO HOWEVER, I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING UP WITH HIM & CHRIS, WHOM I THINK HAD JUST RETIRED FROM HER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL'S JOB. AT THAT TIME, I SPENT A WONDEFUL FEW DAYS WITH THEM AT CHRIS' FLAT IN LONDON.
EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO GET TOGETHER WITH HIM & CHRIS EITHER IN MIAMI OR BARBADOS, ALAS IT NEVER HAPPENED. I WISH WE HAD KEPT MORE CLOSELY IN TOUCH & HAD REBONDED IN OUR LATER YEARS.
MY MEMORIES OF PETER IS FROM OUR TEENAGE DAYS. HE WAS A WONDERFUL, ACCOMODATING FRIEND, ONE WHO HAD TAKEN ME OUT OF TEENAGE SITUATIONS ON MANY OCCASIONS (SMILE).
MAY HE HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME, WHEREVER HE MIGHT BE.
YOUR OLD FRIEND,
IAN COUTTS