I’ve always been a ‘bit of a loner’. I’m not sure if that’s how I thought of myself, or the label others gave me. In any case, it was true, or became true. Bullied at school, beaten at home and with no real friends - until I was sent to a local uniformed organisation - I was more than a ‘bit’ of a loner. I never took to the uniform at the Girl’s Brigade - always too much of a rebel - but it was my first positive experience of community. It was more than simply a group I turned up to for a specific activity. It became something that shaped me - for good and for bad. And I made friendships there that have lasted over 50 years.
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I’ve always been a ‘bit of a loner’. I’m not sure if that’s how I thought of myself, or the label others gave me. In any case, it was true, or became true. Bullied at school, beaten at home and with no real friends - until I was sent to a local uniformed organisation - I was more than a ‘bit’ of a loner. I never took to the uniform at the Girl’s Brigade - always too much of a rebel - but it was my first positive experience of community. It was more than simply a group I turned up to for a specific activity. It became something that shaped me - for good and for bad. And I made friendships there that have lasted over 50 years.