There's also the story of him hitchhiking round Iceland with his sister, again - I think - when he was 17. I'm currently working with someone who would have lived in Newton Stewart in the 1950s, so I'd be intrigued to know if they remembered Bill (although they would have been about 12 years older) or his father. I did once meet someone at a record fair who was at school with him, but sadly he had no great stories or anecdotes! John
Message Received: Sep 23 2005, 11:15 AM From: "Thomas Touzimsky" To: say.map@ihug.co.nz, "All bound for Mu-Mu Land." Cc: Subject: Re: [KLF] Talking on Porpoise Song
He (allegedly) worked as a trawlerman when he was 17, I believe, which would be before he went to art school, maybe it was just a few months, a summer job between school and college, maybe he didn't even last the summer, after discovering the reality wasn't like reading Jack London,
I remember there was a radio interview in which he talked about this. Got to listen to it again tonight so I can do a brief transcript. What I remember for sure is that he did in fact not run away, so at least that part of the story is not entirely true.
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