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About 'edward waters college'|...from left over petroleum, and tooth paste and ice water, I still know enough to recall that all ...Batman forever. I saw the grand parody, Blake Edwards never so perfect again, with an almost...








David               made               no               less               than               three               sea               voyages               in               1975,               two               as               a               civilian               and               one               with               the               RNR,               as               well               as               spending               a               week               with               them               docked               at               the               Pool               of               London.
The               first               of               these               was               to               Amsterdam,               via               Edinburgh               and               St.

Malo,               on               the               three-masted               topsail               schooner               TS               Sir               Winston               Churchill               of               the               Sail               Training               Association,               now               known               as               the               Tall               Ships               Trust.

Based               in               Portsmouth               and               Liverpool,               the               TST               was               founded               in               1956               for               the               character               development               of               young               people               aged               16               to               25               through               the               crewing               of               traditional               tall               ships,               the               original               two               being               the               aforesaid               Churchill               and               the               SS               Malcolm               Miller.
Among               his               shipmates               were               his               17               year               old               brother,               Dane,               several               young               men               from               Scotland               and               the               north               of               England,               some               recent               recruits               to               the               RN,               and               a               handful               of               older               "mates"               who'd               been               given               authority               over               the               rank               and               file               of               deck               hands.

In               overall               charge,               though,               was               the               conspicuously               elegant               Ship's               Captain,               who               also               happened               to               be               an               alumnus               of               David's               own               alma               mater               of               Pangbourne.
It               was               an               all-male               crew,               and               David               was               quite               well-liked               at               first,               although               his               popularity               faded               in               time,               with               only               a               few               pals               remaining               him...such               as               the               small               cherubic               southerner               with               long               dark               hair               worn               shoulder               length               like               the               young               Jack               Wilde,               who               stayed               a               good               friend               of               his               after               they'd               tried               to               impress               a               couple               of               girls               together               during               a               brief               stay               in               St               Malo,               France.

He               got               on               fine               with               a               few               of               the               others,               and               some               were               merely               indifferent,               but               'Jack'               was               a               true               prince               who'd               helped               him               out               in               his               time               of               need:
               What               happened               is               that               David               had               fallen               hard               for               one               of               the               girls,               Francoise,               and               was               wandering               around               in               a               mournful               daze               after               having               failed               to               pluck               up               the               courage               to               ask               her               for               her               address:               
               "Oh,               I               really               like               Francoise,"               he               whined,               over               and               over               again,               but               his               misery               was               genuine.

That               is,               until               Jack               handed               him               a               piece               of               paper               containing               Francoise's               address.

It               transpired               she'd               scrawled               it               down               just               before               leaving               them,               and               for               a               time,               David               was               drunk               with               relief               at               the               news,               just               walking               on               air,               because               there               was               the               danger               of               his               coming               down               with               a               serious               case               of               lovesickness               had               she               become               lost               to               him               forever,               but               thanks               to               Jack,               he'd               found               her               again.


               There               were               heavy               storms,               and               on               at               least               one               occasion,               the               crew               were               ordered               out               of               their               hammocks               in               the               middle               of               the               night               to               help               trim               the               sails.

David               never               took               any               part               in               this,               which               can               hardly               have               helped               his               reputation,               although               he               did               climb               the               rigging               once,               just               before               the               Churchill               docked               at               Amsterdam               harbour.

Dozens               of               boys               manned               the               yard               arms,               to               which               they               were               attached               by               their               safety               belts               alone.

David               had               been               determined               to               make               the               climb,               even               though               the               experience               terrified               him               so               much               his               legs               shook               throughout.


               The               Dutch               capital               was               marked               by               the               same               kind               of               open               sexual               licence               he'd               witnessed               only               the               year               before               in               Hamburg,               although               it               seemed               to               him               to               lack               the               German               city's               sinister               vibrancy.

Then               -               just               as               today               -               the               sad               De               Wallen               red-light               district               was               filled               to               the               brim               with               hundreds               of               little               illuminated               one-room               apartments,               each               with               a               single               woman               sitting               in               clear               view               of               onlookers               plying               her               lonely               trade.


               As               for               Edinburgh,               just               before               setting               foot               in               the               city               for               the               first               time,               one               of               the               lads,               dressed               to               the               nines               himself               in               the               trendiest               seventies               gear,               warned               David               not               to               go               strutting               about               Edinburgh               town               centre               in               flashy               boating               blazer               like               some               kind               of               latter-day               Modernist.

Having               packed               few               clothes,               David               was               forced               to               ignore               his               advice,               and,               waltzing               some               time               later               into               an               inner               city               pub               in               broad               daylight               wearing               said               blazer,               with               straight               blue               jeans               tucked               into               long               white               socks,               a               grinning               hard               man               with               long               reddish               curly               hair               asked               him:
               "Are               you               frae               Oxford,               son?"
               Perhaps               he               was               aware               of               the               great               university's               reputation               for               producing               flaming               aesthetes               like               Brideshead's               Anthony               Blanche,               and               if               so,               it               may               have               been               touch               and               go               for               a               while               as               to               whether               he               was               going               to               inflict               some               serious               damage               on               David's               angelic               English               face,               but               in               the               end               he               left               him               be.

He               may               even               have               admired               his               chutzpah.

But               there               was               just               something               about               David...something               that               repelled               physical               violence,               some               mysterious               protective               force.
               Within               a               few               weeks               of               returning               to               London               by               train               from               Edinburgh,               David               and               Dane               were               off               to               sea               again,               this               time               as               part               of               the               Ocean               Youth               Club,               bound               for               the               Baltic               coast               of               Denmark               by               way               of               Germany's               Kiel               Canal.

And               while               they               were               once               more               supervised               by               "mates"               under               the               command               of               a               Ship's               Captain,               the               OYC               utilised               modern               yachts               rather               than               traditional               tall               ships.
               The               Cristiansens               were               quick               to               recruit               a               nice               young               guy               called               Cy               as               their               best               pal               and               confidante               for               the               trip.

It               turned               out               they'd               actually               met               him               some               ten               years               previously               while               passing               through               Calpe,               Spain,               either               on               their               way               to               or               from               their               grandmother               Mary's               home               on               the               Costa               Brava.
               Soon               after               setting               foot               on               Danish               soil               they               got               talking               to               a               couple               of               girls               who,               as               might               be               expected,               had               natural               golden               blonde               hair,               but               their               efforts               at               romance               were               wholly               innocent,               despite               the               reputation               Scandinavians               had               in               those               days               for               progressive               sexual               attitudes.
               A               less               pleasant               romantic               episode               took               place               towards               the               end               of               the               trip,               which               saw               David               in               pursuit               of               a               pretty               German               girl               called               Ulrike.

He               was               crazy               for               her,               and               she               made               it               pretty               clear               she               liked               him               too,               and               yet               he'd               senselessly               sidelined               her               for               the               sake               of               a               night               of               drunken               idiocy               with               his               brother               and               Cy,               perhaps               expecting               her               to               run               after               him               or               something.

Suddenly,               overtaken               by               sickly               pangs               of               remorse,               he               set               out               to               find               her,               and               at               some               point               during               his               quest,               while               walking               along               some               kind               of               wooden               pontoon,               he               lost               my               footing               and               fell               fully               clothed               into               the               waters               of               what               must               have               been               the               Kiel               Canal.
               He               was               a               pathetic               figure               the               next               day,               with               his               fancy               dandy               clothes               all               laid               out               on               deck.
               "What               happened               last               night?"               the               captain               breezily               asked               him.
               "Well",               he               hazarded               in               response,               "I               was               looking               for               this               girl               and..."
               "You               live               in               a               dream               world,               David."
               Indeed               he               did.

He               subsequently               wrote               to               Ulrike,               but               of               course,               she               didn't               reply.

Self-sabotage               was               fast               becoming               a               speciality               of               Bjorn-David               Cristiansen's.
               Still               later               in               the               summer,               he               spent               seven               days               living               onboard               a               ship               moored               in               the               Pool               of               London,               a               stretch               of               the               Thames               lying               between               London               Bridge               and               Rotherhithe,               and               the               subject               of               a               1906               painting               by               Alain               Derain,               and               a               1951               movie               directed               by               Basil               Dearden.
               In               order               to               reach               the               ship,               he               had               to               board               some               kind               of               launch               with               a               group               of               other               seamen,               one               of               whom               had               taken               unofficial               charge               of               the               operation,               by               virtue               of               his               rank               of               Leading               Seaman,               or               Killick.

His               name               was               Birchwood,               and               he               was               as               handsome               as               a               movie               star,               with               a               heavy               mop               of               blond,               almost               yellow               hair,               and               blue               eyes               of               a               striking               intensity,               but               while               he               was               known               as               a               "glamour               boy",               he               was               as               uncompromisingly               tough               as               any               other               denizen               of               the               lower               deck,               which               made               him               a               conspicuous               and               charismatic               figure.
               Once               they               were               all               safely               aboard,               it               was               the               turn               of               their               tow-headed               leader               to               join               them,               but               as               he               stepped               off               the               launch,               he               somehow               lost               his               footing               and               slipped               into               the               Thames               beneath               him.

Within               a               matter               of               minutes               his               heavy               clothing               and               boots,               helped               by               a               vicious               current,               had               dragged               him               beneath               the               river's               surface               and               he               was               lost.

It               cast               a               terrible               pall               over               the               rest               of               the               week.
               But               it               was               only               later,               after               he'd               returned               to               London,               and               told               his               mother               what               had               happened,               that               the               true               appalling               tragedy               of               the               incident               hit               home,               and               after               she'd               wept               for               this               man               she'd               never               even               met,               David               ran               into               the               bathroom               and               sobbed               his               heart               out               himself.

But               this               was               only               the               beginning               of               sorrows               for               the               London               Division               RNR.
               It               was               in               this               same               year               of               '75               that               David               attempted               to               pass               what               is               known               as               the               AIB               or               Admiralty               Interview               Board,               with               a               view               to               qualifying               as               a               Supply               and               Secretariat               officer               in               the               Royal               Navy.

It               involved               his               taking               the               train               from               London               to               Gosport               on               the               south               coast               of               England               to               spend               three               days               within               the               gates               of               HMS               Sultan,               the               Royal               Navy's               shore-based               specialist               training               centre,               attending               various               examinations               and               interviews               intended               to               assess               his               potential               as               a               future               naval               officer.
               On               one               occasion,               just               before               one               assignment               or               another,               he               was               putting               the               final               touches               to               his               toilette               in               front               of               a               handy               mirror,               when               one               of               the               guys               he               was               sharing               a               dorm               with               felt               it               necessary               to               remind               him:
               "It's               not               a               fashion               parade,               mate..."
               He               wouldn't               be               joining               David               that               night               to               the               disco,               or               any               night               for               that               matter,               but               you               couldn't               fault               his               dedication,               nor               his               powers               of               observation,               for               that               matter.


               Two               guys               eventually               did               agree               to               keep               him               company,               but               they               didn't               really               seem               all               that               keen.

As               things               turned               out,               they               left               him               alone               at               a               Gosport               disco               to               return               to               the               Sultan               for               an               early               night.

When               asked               what               he               was               doing               in               Gosport               by               a               young               woman               he               befriended               that               night,               he               told               her               about               the               AIB               and               his               fears               of               failing.
               "Oh,               you'll               pass,               "               she               told               him               with               a               reassuring               smile.
               But               if               she'd               looked               a               little               closer,               she               might               not               have               spoken               so               confidently.

After               all,               his               wardrobe               was               so               overdone,               and               so               anachronous,               with               its               college               ties               and               silk               scarves,               and               cotton               flannels               with               their               absurd               knife               edge               press,               that               far               from               being               bespeaking               the               confidence               of               the               perpetual               high               achiever,               it               might               well               have               been               the               disguise               donned               daily               by               a               fragile               and               insecure               personality,               who'd               tasted               failure               too               many               times               for               one               of               such               tender               years.
               When               David               finally               got               back               to               HMS               Sultan               himself,               he               was               shocked               to               discover               that               her               main               entrance               had               been               locked               and               was               now               being               manned               by               an               armed               guard.
               As               the               young               man               set               about               trying               to               make               contact               with               his               superiors,               he               must               have               wondered               what               kind               of               person               returns               to               base               dressed               to               the               nines               after               a               night's               disco               dancing               when               he               was               supposed               to               be               in               the               midst               of               three               days               of               gruelling               tests               and               interviews               that               were               vital               to               his               future               career;               but               he               gave               no               indication               of               it.
               In               time,               though,               his               efforts               were               successful,               and               shortly               afterwards,               a               sheepish               David               was               forced               to               pass               through               an               officer's               mess,               where               he               briefly               exchanged               pleasantries               with               its               airily               affable               occupants,               in               order               to               reach               his               room.

They               must               have               had               a               laugh               at               his               expense               once               he'd               turned               in:
               "What               kind               of               chap               gets               himself               locked               out               of               base               when               he's               supposed               to               be
               taking               his               AIB?"               one               of               them               might               have               said.
               "All               very               rum,               did               you               catch               the               way               he               was               dressed?"
               "Yes,               perhaps               he               was               taking               part               in               a               Noel               Coward               look               alike               contest".
               "Let's               hope               he               won,               'cos               he               ain't               gonna               be               winning               no               prizes               here."
               "Ha               ha               ha               ha               ha               ha!"               
               One               of               the               last               notable               incidents               of               the               year               took               place               in               December,               when               dressed               in               an               all-white               outfit               and               a               long               fawn               mackintosh,               he               took               his               friend               Norma,               one               of               the               London               Division               Wrens,               but               originally               from               the               north               of               England,               to               a               dinner               dance               at               London's               Walford               Hilton               Hotel.
               They               were               joined               there               by               a               couple               of               Norma's               close               friends,               a               fair,               bearded               man               in               a               suit,               and               his               dark,               extrovert               wife,               both               of               whom               behaved               protectively               towards               David               that               night,               as               did               Norma.

Early               on               in               the               evening,               she               became               incensed               when               a               group               of               older               seamen               started               ribbing               him               from               their               table,               which               didn't               bother               David               in               the               slightest,               as               these               were               shipmates               of               his,               and               he               knew               they               meant               no               real               harm.

Military               life,               after               all,               is               fuelled               by               raillery,               but               making               sure               to               mock               their               cockney               accents               despite               being               a               northern               girl               herself,               she               insisted,               
               "They're               only               doing               it               because               you're               better               than               what               they               are".
               The               thing               is,               though,               David               would               later               reason,               with               them,               what               you               saw               is               what               you               got,               and               if               that               wasn't               always               pretty,               it               was               nothing               if               not               honest
               Since               1974,               David               had               worshipped               at               the               altar               of               those               artists               who               had               either               immediately               predated               the               age               of               Modernism               of               ca.

1880-1920,               or               been               part               of               its               Banquet               Years,               and               beyond               into               the               Golden               Twenties,               the               Années               folles               and               so               on.
               However,               in               1976,               a               gaudy               new               era               started               to               influence               the               way               he               dressed               and               acted,               and               for               much               of               that               year,               he               dressed               down               in               a               workmanlike               uniform               of               red               windcheater,               white               tee-shirt               and               cuffed               jeans               as               worn               by               '50s               icon               James               Dean               in               "Rebel               Without               a               Cause".
               Dean               had               died               a               week               to               the               day               before               David               was               born               in               late               1955,               and               the               20th               anniversary               of               his               death               appeared               to               exert               a               strong               influence               on               rising               Pop               stars               such               as               John               Miles               and               Slik's               Midge               Ure.
               Slik               were               one               of               the               biggest               bands               in               Britain               in               1976               with               an               image               straight               out               of               "Rebel"               or               a               dozen               lesser               fifties               delinquent               movies.

Sadly               for               them,               though,               and               for               many               other               bands               who'd               surfed               the               Glam               Rock               wave               or               emerged               in               its               wake,               they               would               be               unjustly               ousted               by               the               Punk               uprising.
               As               entranced               as               David               was               by               the               fifties,               there               were               still               times               when               he               reverted               to               the               old               escapist               dandy               image               he'd               adopted               in               defiance               of               what               he               saw               as               the               leaden               drabness               of               post-Hippie               Britain,               while               discovering               Modernist               giants               such               as               Baudelaire,               Wilde,               Gide,               and               Cocteau               for               the               first               time.
               One               of               these               occasions               came               during               the               dying               days               of               a               famous               long               hot               summer,               when               he               wore               top               hat               and               tails               and               his               fingernails               painted               bright               red               like               some               kind               of               hellish               vision               from               Weimar               Berlin               to               a               party               hosted               by               a               friend               from               Brooklands.
               It               was               mid-September,               and               David               would               have               been               at               sea               at               the               time,               serving               as               Able               Seaman               David               Cristiansen               on               the               minesweeper               HMS               Fittleton.
               A               day               or               so               afterwards,               there               was               a               tragic               accident               involving               Fittleton               and               a               far               larger               ship,               which               resulted               in               the               loss               of               twelve               men,               most               of               whom               he               knew               personally.

Of               the               twelve               who               didn't               survive,               David               knew               three               quite               well,               and               they               were               all               men               of               remarkable               generosity               of               spirit               and               sweetness               of               disposition,               and               it               broke               his               heart               to               think               of               what               happened               to               them.

He               so               wanted               to               comfort               his               shipmates               for               their               loss,               to               bond               with               them               and               be               part               of               what               they               were               going               through.

He               wanted               to               have               survived               like               them.

He               went               over               it               all               again               and               again               in               his               mind,               until               he               was               driven               almost               insane               with               regret               and               grief.

Once               more               he'd               taken               the               easy               way               out,               but               this               time               it               wouldn't               be               so               easy               for               him               to               forget               or               explain               away.
               The               following               year               was               a               far               darker               one               than               those               that               came               before               it,               because               it               was               marked               by               the               violent               irruption               into               the               British               cultural               mainstream               of               Punk.
               From               its               London               axis,               it               spread               like               a               raging               plague...even               infecting               the               most               genteel               suburbs               with               an               extreme               and               often               horrifying               sartorial               eccentricity,               which,               fused               with               a               defiant               DIY               ethic               and               a               brutal               back-to-basics               brand               of               hard-driving               Rock               produced               something               utterly               unique               even               by               the               standards               of               the               time.
               David               was               assaulted               for               the               first               time               by               the               monstrous               varieties               of               dress               adopted               by               the               early               Punks               while               strolling               along               the               Kings               Road               the               morning               after               a               party               in               January               1977,               and               it               would               only               be               a               matter               of               time               before               he               too               hoped               to               astound               others               the               way               they'd               done               him.
               However,               for               most               of               '77,               he               dressed               in               a               muted               form               which               first               took               shape               as               a               pair               of               cream               brogue               winklepickers,               which               he               went               on               to               supplement               with               black               slip-ons               with               gold               side               buckles,               mock-               crocodile               skin               shoes               with               squared               off               toes,               and               a               pair               of               black               Chelsea               boots,               all               perilously               pointed.
               His               new               look               evolved               by               degrees               at               the               endless               series               of               parties               he               attended               as               one               after               the               other               of               his               old               Pangbourne               pals               celebrated               their               21st               in               houses               and               apartments               in               various               corners               of               trendy               West               and               Central               London.

Of               all               of               these,               he               was               perhaps               closest               with               future               oil               magnate               Chris,               who               was               still               finding               his               feet               in               London's               most               exalted               social               circles.

These               included               Adrian               Proust,               a               friend               of               Chris'               from               the               north               of               England               who               forged               cutting               edge               images               for               some               of               the               most               powerful               trendsetters               in               Rock               music.

David               joined               them               a               couple               of               times               at               Maunkberrys               in               Jermyn               Street;               and               apart               from               the               Sombrero               in               High               Street               Ken,               it               was               the               classiest               club               his               suburban               eyes               had               ever               seen.
               Being               the               rube               he               was,               he               thought               the               style               that               dominated               London's               club               land               was               somehow               Punk-related,               but               he               was               way               off               the               mark.

While               it               was               the               antithesis               of               the               middle               class               hippie               look               that               was               still               widespread               throughout               the               UK,               it               was               deployed               for               posing,               and               dancing               to               the               sweetest               Soul               music,               not               as               a               gesture               of               violent               social               dissent.
               It               was               partly               the               realm               of               the               Soul               Boys,               whose               love               of               black               dance               music               was               a               legacy               of               the               Mods               and               Skins               that               preceded               them.

While               the               Soul               Boys               were               largely               working               class               hard               nuts               from               various               dismal               London               suburbs,               some               Soul               lovers               were               in               fact               not               Soul               Boys               at               all,               so               much               as               elegant               trendies               with               a               penchant               for               floppy               college               boy               fringes,               plaid               shirts               worn               over               white               tee-shirts,               straight               leg               jeans,               and               winklepickers.
               The               Soul               Boys               also               favoured               the               wedge               haircut,               which               could               be               worn               with               streaks               of               blond               or               red               or               even               green,               brightly-coloured               peg-top               trousers               and               winklepickers               or               plastic               beach               sandals.

Speaking               of               the               wedge,               it               was               taken               up               at               some               point               in               the               late               1970s               by               a               faction               of               Liverpool               football               fans               who'd               developed               a               taste               for               European               designer               sportswear               while               travelling               on               the               continent               for               away               matches.

Thence,               the               Casual               subculture               was               spawned,               and               its               passion               for               designer               labels               persists               to               this               day               among               the               British               working               classes               in               every               small               town               and               shopping               mall               throughout               the               land.
               By               the               summer,               David               was               working               as               a               sailing               instructor               in               Palamos               on               Spain's               Costa               Brava,               but               he               was               an               idle               and               incompetent               worker,               and               after               a               few               months,               got               the               sack.

Yet,               he               chose               to               stay               on               in               Palamos,               parading               around               town               by               day,               while               spending               most               of               his               evenings               at               the               Disco               dancing               to               Donna               Summer's               "Love               Trilogy".
               As               much               as               he               loved               the               party               life,               what               he               wanted               most               of               all               was               to               enjoy               it               as               a               successful               working               actor               like               golden               boys               Peter               Firth               and               Gerry               Sundquist,               both               of               whom               found               fame               on               the               stage               before               branching               out               into               movies               and               TV,               as               opposed               to               a               pretty               nonentity               such               as               he               was.

The               problem               was,               he               wasn't               really               cut               out               for               the               task.

Granted,               he               had               the               pretty               boy               looks,               but               very               few               actors,               or               even               musicians,               become               truly               successful               on               the               strength               of               looks               alone,               and               this               was               especially               true               of               the               seventies,               an               age               without               MP3s               or               My               Space               or               endless               TV               talent               showcases.
               He'd               not               yet               appeared               in               a               single               play,               except               for               a               handful               at               Pangbourne,               which               included               no               less               than               three               in               drag.

One               of               these               had               him               standing               onstage               for               a               few               brief               minutes               without               uttering               a               single               word.

Another               was               as               a               maid               in               a               one-act               play               by               Shaw               called               "Passion,               Poison               and               Petrifaction",               which               saw               him               clomping               around               in               a               dress               and               studded               military               boots,               while               squawking               in               a               hysterical               falsetto.

His               only               male               role               was               as               an               effeminate               psychopath               in               a               little               known               Agatha               Christie               one-acter               called               "The               Rats",               one               of               whose               key               lines               was:
               "Darlings,               how               devastating!"
               And               if               the               praise               of               the               college               nurse               was               anything               to               go               by,               it               showed               real               promise.

When               all's               said               and               done,               though,               he               was               hardly               a               National               Youth               Theatre               wunderkind.
               In               terms               of               his               other               "talents",               he'd               written               a               few               simple               songs               on               the               guitar,               but               he               still               couldn't               play               bar               chords.

His               singing               voice               was               good,               though,               and               already               quite               versatile.

As               a               would-be               writer,               he'd               filled               countless               pages               with               endlessly               corrected               notes,               but               there               was               nothing               tangible               to               show               for               it               all.

It               could               hardly               be               said               then               that               his               future               positively               glittered               before               me.
               His               final               trip               with               the               RNR               came               towards               the               end               of               the               summer.

Lofty               O'Shea               wasn't               onboard,               but               he               had               other               mates               to               raise               Cain               with,               such               as               the               aristocratic               Damon               Cates.
               Damon               was               a               tall               redhead               of               about               26               who               looked               a               little               like               Edward               Fox               in               "A               Day               of               the               Jackal".

Like               David,               he               loved               music               and               fashion               and               the               Soul               Boy               and               Punk               scenes,               and               they               hit               it               off               from               their               very               first               meeting               back               at               the               President.

He               later               confided               in               David               about               his               early               life               which               had               been               marked               by               one               tragedy               after               the               other,               and               his               quiet               and               courteous               manner               masked               a               troubled               inner               life               which               he               didn't               like               to               flaunt               any               more               than               he               did               an               ability               to               look               after               himself               in               any               situation               no               matter               how               violent.
               There               was               a               time,               to               cite               an               instance,               when               an               intoxicated               sailor               took               a               sudden,               violent               dislike               to               David               in               a               south               coast               bar,               and               was               clearly               keen               to               do               some               serious               damage               to               his               pretty               cherub's               face,               when               Damon               stood               in               and               persuaded               the               salt               to               back               off.

You               overestimated               his               refinement               at               your               peril.
               Doubtless,               though,               there               were               those               who               wondered               how               he               ended               up               serving               as               a               rating,               such               as               some               of               the               guys               who               sailed               with               them               that               summer               to               the               port               of               Ostend               in               Belgium.
               They               were               from               another               division               altogether,               based               far               away               from               the               decadent               fleshpots               of               London,               where               a               simpler,               harder               way               of               life               prevailed,               and               when               some               of               them               were               gathering               one               eve               in               an               Ostend               street               for               a               scrapwith               some               locals               who               had               offended               them,               Damon               and               David               made               it               clear               they               had               no               intention               of               joining               in.
               This               prompted               one               of               their               number,               a               waiflike               little               sailor               of               about               16               or               17               to               turn               to               them               with               a               look               of               utter               bewilderment               on               his               beardless               face               and               ask,               "What's               wrong               with               youse               guys?",               before               joining               his               mates               for               the               impending               riot.
               Damon               just               didn't               see               the               point               of               fighting               for               the               sake               of               it               but               he               was               far               from               being               a               cowardly               fop.

This               secret               inner               fortitude               would               eventually               see               him               being               commissioned               as               an               officer               in               the               Royal               Navy,               which               had               been               his               destiny               all               along;               but               not               David's.

His               time               with               the               London               Division,               RNR               came               to               an               end               in               late               1977               with               a               surprisingly               positive               character               report.

If               military               life               had               never               been               for               him,               it               became               an               important               part               of               his               identity               nonetheless.
               Even               later               in               the               summer,               he               joined               the               former               Merchant               Navy               College               in               Greenhithe,               Kent,               as               a               trainee               Radio               Officer.
               He               formed               several               close               friendships               there;               but               closest               of               all               was               with               Jayant,               a               lovable               hard               nut               with               a               thick               London               accent               who'd               been               born               into               nearby               Gravesend's               large               Asian               community,               and               who               was               loyal               and               kind-hearted               towards               those               he               liked               and               trusted,               and               for               a               time,               David               and               he               were               pretty               well               inseparable.
               David               used               to               endlessly               nag               about               his               attitude,               not               that               there               was               anything               wrong               with               it,               but               he               had               a               habit               of               talking               tough,               which               David               found               unsettling,               although               Jay               was               as               good               a               friend               to               him               as               he               could               possibly               hope               for.

As               things               turned               out,               he               was               the               one               who               quit               college               first,               even               if               Jay               did               follow               him               soon               afterwards,               which               caused               him               to               wonder               why               David               had               taken               the               moral               high               ground               in               the               first               place.
               It               was               through               Jay               that               David               started               going               to               discos               at               the               Woodville               Hall               in               his               home               town               of               Gravesend,               where,               pretty               well               every               week               for               a               while,               a               gang               from               the               college               would               take               the               train,               and               where               they               were               treated               like               visiting               royalty               by               the               -               mainly               white               and               Asian               -               kids,               whose               outlandish               outfits               stood               out               in               such               striking               contrast               to               the               industrial               bleakness               of               their               surroundings.
               There               were               girl               in               chandelier               earrings,               wearing               evening               dresses               and               stiletto               heels,               which               were               in               stark               contrast               to               the               bizarre               hair               colours               they               favoured,               such               as               jet               black               or               bleach               blonde,               with               flashes               of               red,               purple               or               green.

Some               wore               bow               ties,               while               others               unceremoniously               hanged               their               school               colours               around               their               necks.

The               boys               all               had               short               hair,               wore               thin               ties,               mohair               sweaters,               thin               ties,               baggy,               well-pressed               peg-top               trousers               of               red               or               blue,               and               winklepicker               shoes.
               English               suburban               life               in               those               days               didn't               include               mobile               phones               or               DVD               players,               personal               computers               or               the               world               wide               web,               so               was               a               fertile               breeding               ground               for               wild               and               eccentric               youth               cults               such               as               Punk,               whose               influence               pervaded               the               Hall               together               with               the               Soul               Boy               look,               and               the               Soulies               of               Woodville               Hall               were               just               ordinary               working               class               kids               who               turned               into               superstars               once               they               took               to               the               floor               to               Donna               Summer               to               pirouette               and               pose               as               if               their               lives               depended               on               it.
               David               enjoyed               his               time               at               Merchant               Navy               College               and               made               several               good               friends,               but               had               to               realise               it               was               not               for               him,               and               soon               after               returning               to               London,               he               auditioned               for               a               place               on               the               three               year               drama               course               at               the               Guildhall               School               of               Music               and               Drama               in               the               City               of               London,               which               was               really               what               he'd               wanted               to               do               in               the               first               place.
               Incredibly,               as               he'd               already               failed               two               earlier               auditions               for               RADA,               Guildhall               accepted               him               for               the               course               beginning               in               autumn               1978.

He               was               exhilarated;               but               that               didn't               stop               him               sinking               further               into               the               nihilistic               Punk               lifestyle.
               Having               been               blown               away               by               the               hairstyle               of               one               of               a               small               gang               of               Punks               he               knew               by               sight               from               nights               out               in               Dartford,               he               decided               to               imitate               it               a               few               weeks               later.

It               was               spiked               in               classic               Punk               style,               with               a               kind               of               a               halo               of               bright               blond               taking               in               the               front               of               the               head,               both               sides,               and               a               strip               at               the               nape               of               the               neck.

However               by               the               spring               of               '78               he'd               had               it               shorn               into               a               full-blown               skinhead.
               It               was               genuinely               dangerous               being               a               Punk               in               the               late               '70s,               and               you               lived               in               constant               fear               of               attack               or               abuse               if               you               chose               to               dress               like               one.

After               all,               Punk's               culture               of               insolence               and               outrage               was               extreme               even               by               the               standards               of               previous               British               youth               cults               such               as               the               Teds,               the               Rockers,               the               Mods,               the               Greasers,               the               Skins,               the               Suedeheads               and               the               Smoothies.
               Britain               in               those               days               was               a               country               still               dominated               to               some               degree               by               pre-war               moral               values,               which               were               Victorian               in               essence,               and               a               cultural               war               was               being               fought               for               the               soul               of               the               nation.

It               could               be               said               therefore               that               Punks               were               the               avant-garde               of               the               new               Britain               in               a               way               that               would               be               impossible               today.

This               explains               the               incredible               hostility               Punks               attracted               from               some               members               of               the               general               public.
               Close               by               to               where               David               shared               a               house               with               his               parents               in               West               Molesey,,               he               saw               Hersham               Punk               band               Sham               '69               in               a               hall               above               the               Surveyor               pub               at               the               heart               of               the               Molesey               Industrial               Estate               shortly               before               they               became               nationally               famous
               He               already               knew               their               lead               singer,               Jimmy               Pursey,               by               sight,               having               seen               him               mime               to               Chris               Spedding's               "Motorbiking"               one               night               in               about               '76               at               the               Walton               Hop,               at               least               he               thought               it               was               him...
               David               was               often               to               be               found               at               the               Surveyor               on               a               Sunday               night               with               Dane,               and               mutual               friends.

On               one               occasion,               the               usual               Disco               or               Pop               gave               way               to               a               violent               Punk               Rock               anthem               which               saw               the               tiny               dance               space               being               invaded               by               deranged               pogo-dancers               as               if               they'd               been               summoned               by               some               malignant               deity.

On               another,               a               Ted               revivalist               who               favoured               flashy               fifties-style               clothing,               tried               to               start               some               trouble               with               him               in               the               toilet.

At               this               point,               Frankie,               another               Ted               who'd               befriended               him               about               a               year               previously               when               he               looked               like               an               extra               from               a               '50s               High               School               flick               stepped               in               with               the               magical               words:               "He's               a               mate!"
               Frankie's               intervention               may               have               saved               him               from               a               hiding               that               night,               because               Teds               had               a               loathing               of               Punks               informed               by               their               essential               conservatism.

To               them,               Punks               probably               seemed               to               have               no               respect               for               anything.
               On               another               occasion,               Frankie               the               Ted               almost               imploringly               asked               him               whether               he               into               "this               Punk               lark",               as               he               termed               it               in               contempt,               and               David               assured               him               he               wasn't.

He               may               even               have               added               that               he               still               loved               the               fifties,               which               was               the               truth               to               an               extent;               but               that               wasn't               the               point.

The               fact               is               he               lied               to               him               to               look               good               in               his               eyes,               which               was               a               pretty               low               thing               to               do               to               a               friend.
               On               New               Years               Eve,               Jay               and               he               went               to               a               party               in               London's               swanky               West               End.

It               was               the               last               in               a               long               series               of               celebrations               he'd               gone               to               throughout               '77               mainly               as               a               result               of               friends               from               Pangbourne               reaching               the               landmark               age               of               21.

It               was               also               one               of               the               last               times               he               ever               saw               Jay.
               Before               arriving,               Jay               and               he               met               up               as               arranged               with               future               oil               magnate               Chris,               and               as               soon               as               the               introductions               were               over,               Jay               saw               fit               to               offer               a               truly               terrifying               solo               display               of               his               lethal               street               fighting               skills:
               "I'm               suitably               impressed",               said               Chris...and               he               was,               although               he               was               no               wimp               himself;               but               Jay               was               something               else,               and               few               would               have               benefited               from               crossing               him...but               they               got               on               like               a               house               on               fire               that               insane               night               which               at               one               point               saw               David               pouring               a               full               glass               of               beer               over               his               head.

What               the               beautiful               dancer               he'd               spent               most               of               the               evening               with               thought               of               a               nice               guy               like               David               doing               a               thing               like               that               she               didn't               say.
               In               those               days,               David               knew               so               many               people               who'd               have               done               anything               for               him               given               half               the               chance,               and               yet               his               one               true               passion               appeared               to               be               the               creation               of               endless               drunken               scenes,               and               a               party               wasn't               a               party               for               him               unless               he'd               caused               one,               after               which               he               simply               moved               on.
               It               was               the               spring               of               '78               that               he               moved               on               again...this               time               to               the               city               of               Fuengirola               on               Spain's               Costa               del               Sol,               with               the               intention               of               helping               set               up               a               sailing               school               with               Adam,               a               young               Englishman               whom               his               father               had               recently               befriended               in               London;               but               despite               having               been               pre-arranged               between               them,               the               project               came               to               nothing.
               However,               David               stayed               on,               living               first               in               an               apartment               Adam               had               kindly               set               him               up               in,               then               in               a               little               hotel               in               town,               and               finally,               rent-free,               with               an               American               friend,               Scarlett,               one               of               a               handful               of               US               ex-pats               living               in               Fuengirola               alongside               young               people               from               Australia,               Britain,               Ireland,               Germany,               South               America               and               other               parts               of               the               world.
               It               was               a               hedonistic               scene,               and               David               wasted               little               time               in               becoming               part               of               it.

He               spent               his               nights               at               the               Tam               Tam               night               club,               where               he               set               about               establishing               himself               as               Fuengirola's               very               own               Tony               Manero...in               Punk               Rock               attire.
               It               was               his               first               year               as               a               full-time               Punk,               in               point               of               fact,               and               among               the               clothes               he               favoured               were               a               black               cap-sleeved               wet-look               tee-shirt,               drainpipe               jeans               of               black               or               green,               worn               with               black               studded               belt,               festooned               with               silver               chain               filched               from               a               Spanish               restroom,               and               kept               in               place               by               multiple               safety               pins,               fluorescent               pink               teddy               boy               socks,               and               white               shoes               with               black               laces               like               the               ones               he'd               seen               on               the               cover               of               an               album               by               London               Punk               band               999.

At               one               stage,               he               even               wore               a               safety               pin               -               disinfected               by               being               dipped               into               a               drink               -               in               his               left               earlobe,               but               he               removed               this               once               his               lug               had               started               to               pulsate.
               After               a               few               weeks,               he               became               lead               singer               for               the               Tam               Tam               house               band,               and               would               typically               wear               so               much               make-up               onstage               that               one               occasion,               the               microphone               became               smeared               in               lipstick,               but               the               patrons               liked               him,               and               he'd               pose               and               pout               and               throw               his               spare               frame               about               for               their               benefit.
               He               was               always               short               of               money,               but               could               order               anything               he               wanted               from               the               Tam               Tam               bar,               and               when               he               was               flat               broke,               his               close               friend               Laura               bought               him               toasted               cheese               sandwiches               to               keep               him               going.
               Laura               and               he               spent               very               little               time               on               the               beach,               but               were               often               to               be               found               at               Lew               Hoad's               famous               Campo               de               Tenis,               that               is,               when               David               wasn't               rehearsing               with               the               band,               and               in               the               evening,               he               was               often               to               be               found               at               Laura's               parents'               house,               putting               on               the               slap,               and               perhaps               even               painting               his               nails               a               gaudy               shade               of               red,               before               heading               along               to               the               Tam               Tam               to               do               his               gig.

One               night               her               dad,               a               charismastic               former               tennis               pro,               was               awakened               by               their               antics,               and               angrily               ordered               them               out               of               the               house:
               "What               is               this               ****,               Laura?"               he               incredulously               enquired,               and               with               good               reason,               as               he'd               been               the               soul               of               patience               for               weeks.
               However,               some               nights               they               preferred               to               get               away               from               it               all               to               another               part               of               town,               and               for               David,               it               was               such               a               thrill               to               be               alone               with               Laura               in               the               demi-light               of               the               Disco,               while               the               evening               was               still               young,               hopelessly               unaware               that               such               moments               are               rare               even               in               youth,               and               get               steadily               rarer               as               life               forges               on.

On               one               occasion               as               they               were               strolling               through               town               by               night,               the               legend               that               was               racing               champion               James               Hunt               called               out               Laura's               name               before               emerging               from               the               darkness.

They               exchanged               a               few               words               before               Hunt               vanished               back               into               the               night               as               suddenly               as               he'd               arrived.

David               could               scarcely               believe               his               eyes,               but               it               was               that               incredible               a               summer.






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