Living in Windsor...
From about 1962 to 1977 I lived in a house at 74 King's Road, Windsor. It was set behind some grand old buildings overlooking the Long Walk. It was situated in an exclusive area. A narrow drive just off King's Road itself led to not just 74 but also to number 76. Both the houses were apparently designed in a very modern style for their time by an architect who lived at the latter. His name was Edward Whiteley. His wife was called Beryl...
Sometimes, I would read books aloud to her outside her front door. She notably introduced me to Alice In Wonderland, and Alice Through The Looking Glass. I introduced her to the comic world of Catweazle which was a well-known TV series. I read the book based on it to her, and she was much taken by it. Infact, I actually met Richard Carpenter the author of Catweazle via the Puffin Club, and even got his autograph which I treasured.
We hardly saw Edward Whiteley. Indeed, we used to call him Red Ted as we thought that he might have been a spy for the Communists! Infact, I recall seeing inside his home the large volumes of Karl Marx's Capital. At the time, I did not understand, and appreciate their full importance, but I do clearly recall the white bearded image of Marx himself on the covers. Beryl was also very left of centre too. In this respect, she, and Edward were like two peas in a pod.
My mater, pater, and myself though were very right of centre. My mater would sometimes have arguments with Beryl which may have lead to a rift in relations. As for myself, I in later life moved from right to left wing of the political spectrum as it seemed to be infinitely more ethical than Capitalism.
Anyway, if I recall rightly Edward was the architect who designed the YWCA, or Young Womens' Christian Association next to the drive that lead to our property. It overlooked the Long Walk, and has since been demolished. However, it was originally opened by the Queen, and I recall trying to film the event with my pater's cine camera.
Ofcourse, it must be remembered here that we are talking about the sixties, and the seventies. It was the time of the Soviet Union, and the insanity of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction) via nuclear war, and pamphlets on the "ridiculous" Protect and Survive. Apart from that, there were the Power Cuts which were a minor "inconvenience". Almost everyday too the News on the television reported strikes as well as the shootings of soldiers in Ireland.......
Anyway, it was at the Windsor home that I had my psychic experiences. The key ones are documented in the article entitled The Realization of the Psychic. They occurred in the main in my bedroom which was small, and comfortable. There was a "cupboard" whose shelves acted as place for my many annuals, and books on history (which included notably writings by R.J. Unstead, and the Larousse Encyclopedias on Ancient/Modern History, and Archaeology, et cetera).
I used to have binders which stored the excellent full colour magazines of Tell Me Why (the "original" large all colour ones). I learnt a lot about the world, and its culture through them. Later on, I "graduated" to collecting Look and Learn. This too was another excellent educational magazine....but Tell Me Why was my original delight.
Ofcourse, like many children of the day I used to collect the splendid TV 21 which produced comic strips of the excellent Gerry Anderson puppets series notably Thunderbirds, and Captain Scarlet which were all the rave.
Once, I recall that Beryl had a friend who worked as a puppeteer at the production "factory" of the series in nearby Slough (on the local trading estate to be more precise). I asked the former to ask the latter what the meaning was of SIG in Captain Scarlet, and was told that it meant Spectrum is Green.
Once as a child apparently, I shot right in front of a car driven by Princess Margaret along with the Queen at a Polo Match. Fortunately, they stopped just in time....
PS. Before living in Windsor I lived in the first half of 1960s in Ditton Road, Langley. It was there that mater, and pater met Bobby Schultz. She was married to a German POW. Anyway, she claimed that she was directly descended from King Henry IV, and the Bollingbroke family. She certainly had a stately air of "superiority" about her which I liked.
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Some Relevant Material
The link below shows King's Road, and the drive leading to 74, and 76. Opposite it can be seen the Long Walk, Windsor.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.475419,-0.605765,3a,58.9y,253.3h,86.3t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1s3u2pE7HOSITstzn8l_JINA!2e0
http://thoughtsandvisions-searle88.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/realization-of-psychic.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protect_and_Survive
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catweazle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._J._Unstead
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YWCA
Covers mainly at the top of the magazine Tell Me Why (with the yellow banner at the top of each cover as there appears to be one or more magazine entitled Tell Me Why!!!)
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