Anecdotes

It was the height of Beatlemania and the film “A Hard Day’s Night” was on at the cinema. As it happens, my friend and I received free tickets for the […]

Our school sports field had a hut for changing in and one day I was the first to walk in, I suddenly found myself flat on my back. In the […]

We used to visit Entebbe to go swimming, which was by the shores of Lake Victoria some 25 miles from Kampala. On our drive to Entebbe, we stopped to look […]

Every time we moved to a new house my father would make or repair crates for our furniture. Our house in Kampala had a large garage and as we kept […]

I had been speaking Swahili since, well, since I learnt to talk. With all languages, a young boy would learn swear words quite early on. I knew three swear words, […]

My first introduction to a TV set was while on a visit to England and they showed the funeral of John F. Kennedy, though sad, it was not what I […]

Turning left from our house would take you to the Golf Club and right to the Country Club. Very much like the rest of East Africa, my parent’s social life […]

The East African Safari Rally was a gruelling motor race through rough terrain and most of the winning drivers were local, but that didn’t stop famous outsiders from competing. Stirling […]

Uganda was a paradise, lush lush vegetation and rich in resources. Sadly, all good things come to an end. Unrest in the army and political infighting was the order of […]

We made preparations to go on leave to the UK, but this time it was different. Dad brought out the crates from the garage and started to repair them. Flight […]