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Stranger #24 - Ronnie
As Ronnie and I stood talking, a drunken young lad yelled, 'YEEEEE HAH! Gee up there horsey!'
'Do you get a lot of that?' I asked
Ronnie nodded.
When Ronnie was 14, his class were asked by the teacher if they wanted an America pen pal.
'All of us lads ticked the 'girl' box,' he smiled, 'And I'm still in touch with my pen pal 60 years later - Jean Robinson from Kansas.'
He's never met her in person but they talk on the phone and still write a lot.
Ronnie loves the country music scene and remembered seeing Buddy Holly at the City Hall, Newcastle on Thursday 6th March 1958 when he was 18 years old.
He used to listen to Burl Ives on the American Forces Network radio station and his dad was continually yelling at him to 'turn it down!'
Ronnie was a lovely, quiet gent with lots of wonderful tales to tell. I felt very sad and embarrassed for him when the guy shouted at him. A young clip of a lad, drunk on the streets of Newcastle at 2pm and making fun of one of Newcastle's lovely, colourful characters.
Thank you for your time, Ronnie - hope you manage to find your photo on here :)
Ronnie is #24 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/">100 Strangers Flickr Group page</a>
Stranger #24 - Ronnie
As Ronnie and I stood talking, a drunken young lad yelled, 'YEEEEE HAH! Gee up there horsey!'
'Do you get a lot of that?' I asked
Ronnie nodded.
When Ronnie was 14, his class were asked by the teacher if they wanted an America pen pal.
'All of us lads ticked the 'girl' box,' he smiled, 'And I'm still in touch with my pen pal 60 years later - Jean Robinson from Kansas.'
He's never met her in person but they talk on the phone and still write a lot.
Ronnie loves the country music scene and remembered seeing Buddy Holly at the City Hall, Newcastle on Thursday 6th March 1958 when he was 18 years old.
He used to listen to Burl Ives on the American Forces Network radio station and his dad was continually yelling at him to 'turn it down!'
Ronnie was a lovely, quiet gent with lots of wonderful tales to tell. I felt very sad and embarrassed for him when the guy shouted at him. A young clip of a lad, drunk on the streets of Newcastle at 2pm and making fun of one of Newcastle's lovely, colourful characters.
Thank you for your time, Ronnie - hope you manage to find your photo on here :)
Ronnie is #24 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/100strangers/">100 Strangers Flickr Group page</a>