![]() ![]() In the summer, I couldn’t see him as well because of the leaves on the trees. ![]() There was a man who lived opposite us in Chelsea I used to see him from my bedroom. It was a surprise when I began to attract attention from older men. When this happened, I’d go back upstairs and take half of it off. I’d pile on double the amount of mascara and eyeshadow – I knew my father was going to scream at me and tell me I looked either like Cleopatra or a tart. Meanwhile, I would shrink in the corner all I wanted then was an ordinary-looking mother with tan shoes.Īs soon as I realised I could make myself look less dowdy as a teenager, I started buying make-up from Woolworths on the King’s Road. She would fling open the door to the chapel a tiny bit late and everyone would look around at this wonderfully glamorous woman. She drove a mauve Triumph convertible and wore dark glasses with permed hair and bright lipstick. The attention would be on my mother when she came to pick us up from school looking like a film star. ![]()
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