Disability Arts Online

I guess aspects of my childhood
were great and really nice.
I had my two brothers and
I was really close to my second brother,
my parents were both around,
we lived in nice houses.

I remember at the end
lots of memories of playing a lot
and riding our bikes round local streets
and somehow it’s always sunny
unless it was snowing
and we had lots of trips up to London
to see my family, extended family.
And to visit my Nan’s house.
And there was this contrast between Chelmsford
where I lived
which is sort of Essex market town really
and East London
where my family all came from, where it was all
much more busy and noisy and crowded.
Although, always enjoyed it.
Yeah, and lots of people
and family gatherings and stuff
so in that sense it was
what you would call
a happy childhood.

But I think
in terms of the hearing impairment,
it was more difficult.