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The Today Generation - born 28 October 1957

During 2007, the Today Generation, born on the same day as the Today programme launched, blogged about their lives - their memories of the great events and personal events in their own lives.

Beverly Tail

Beverly Tail

Family holidays, weekly comics, Famous Five, Knebworth, friends serving in the Falklands War …

Beverley's blog

Carol Kelly

Carol Kelly

Bunty annuals, teenage shopping trips, Tokyo Olympics 1964, moon landing 1969, hooked on the Monkees ...

Carol's blog

Steve Morris

Steve Morris

Manchester and punk, The Hacienda, forming Joy Division, the New Order years...

More about Steve

Ian Denyer

Ian Denyer

Seventies fashions, working in Iran and revisiting in the 90s, changing technology, toys, games and guns

Ian's blog

Kate Slater

Kate Slater

Radio Luxembourg, Slade, changing technology, first holiday in Austria, bedroom décor, subbing on a teenage mag ...

Kate's blog

Neville Merritt

Neville Merritt

Essex childhood, IRA demos, keeping warm, The Dish, Airfix, plane spotting in Southend …

Neville's blog

Paul Mundy

Paul Mundy

VSO, living in Germany, ‘dippy bread’, snow of ‘63, father’s Navy career, 1966 World Cup final, Young Conservatives …

Paul's blog

Roger Troughton

Roger Troughton

Fussed over by relatives, watching Coronation Street, work experience at a butcher’s, accountancy exams, California holidays ...

Roger's blog

Ruth Crawford

Ruth Crawford

Kircudbright Academy, VSO on St Vincent, teacher training in Dundee, grapepicking in France, pony trekking ...

Ruth's blog

Marian Bell

Marian Bell

Childhood in County Durham, a politically-aware upbringing, economic crises in the 70s, a passion for dance, marriage and baptism ...

More about Marian

Judy Petran

Childhood summers in Farnborough, door-to-door sellers, mangles, Walton on Thames …

Judy's blog

Nigel Johnson

Nigel Johnson

Prep school in Derbyshire, the Monkeys, Colin Cowdrey, local steel works, homesickness...

Nigel's blog

Penny Kingsmill

Penny Kingsmill

Cowboys and Indians, black pinafores, socks on the mantelpiece, divorce, re-marriage, zip wiring...

Penny's blog

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