….(Pilot..to be edited)
It seems like 10,000 years ago that I left home to go to an interview in London.. the first step in a long journey that eventually landed me here, in “Monty” (Montenegro..and the joke comparisons with “python” and “full monty” will come later) .. at ,,,the first interview with a shipping company in the heart of the Londoners capital, amongst the city “gents” snobs and rich folk Ma had warned me about…
Mum came from celtic stock, left wing…scots , she was my inspiration, and a socialist-liberal mentality who proposed that I make my career, religion and life style choices..”when you are ready’ in some things Ma , I am only just “ready” now (bless her soul..) I get my energy from her, she was gen sec of the regional Labour party and when Dad got put in charge of London Airport .. I was amongst them… even in england, I fel “alien” but never alone..
The first employers gave me that entry into the BIG wide world… and in between I have seen about half of it… as I would enjoy the chance to bring you through the experiences, i enjoyed .. the frustrations, the incidents, the surprises and the EXCITEMENT .. whether you know these places or not, to use words that I hope will entertain you in this series of “Scouse abroad” ..
Early on I was a kid learning , opening up, at the beginning , a small window into that world abroad, ..I used to go back to Lp every other weekend, spend much of my small income on the train ticket , take the last train back from Lime street to Euston. (London) and walk across “the smoke”.. my parents had , then, “social housing” just outside the surburban area of “greater London” I had left school at 16, even though university beckoned, “something” was driving me to ” to get out there” Lp had no jobs to offer..
I now live here, for much of a decade, of and on, now seemingly permanent, I havent been back to Lp since about 4 years, I miss the old city, the docks and mostly the people.. and its difficult to explain to people here , how special Liverpudlians are..
During my life, to date, I was an apprentice, a Logistics Manager, an entrepreneur, a Global strategic manager, …and …….
..in my alternative life (i will explain when the time comes) a “hippy-alternative activist”, Charity & event organizer, media producer, football club manager & sponsor of youth football in the Balkans, free radio moderator ..(!) and many other things, which I hope will make you smile… not least , I have ALWAYS been a “volunteer ambassador of LIVERPOOL
I am a lucky boy to have had so many experiences in this life, so far, and there is more to come, but thats enough of a taste for now… I hope you will join me on this journey and also I hope to introduce some of the “characters” along the way… I would like to wish Jason & Frank & co.. all the best , and I am very positive about the project they embark upon..
bye for now..
ChRiS
some spelling mistakes etc to be corrected.. my audio recording isnt working juts now, but hope you get the idea?
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