John Milne wrote:
says he sailed from Peterhead, but even at the height of the KLF's fame I never heard anyone in the area say "that KLF bloke used to be on one of our boats". Even the notorious "guide to knowhere" doesn't mention it for the Peterhead listing (and it's usually fairly exhaustive - it mentions Bill's father at various points in listings for Newton Stewart and Crosbie.)
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, so wouldn't surprise me if no-one in Peterheed remembered a pimply schoolboy cheers -- Stuart Young, Michelle Ardern & Felix Ardern-Young (4) Live at: 16, Seacombe Road, Pt Chev, Auckland, NZ Phone: +64 (0)9 849 9020 say.map@ihug.co.nz Graphic and Web design, Web development and hosting: http://www.pixelandgrain.co.nz/ Stuey's personal website - a cobweb site: http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~stuey/ Any views expressed in this email are those of the author and not of any of the organisations we are involved with. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.5/110 - Release Date: 9/22/05