Fight

Catherine MacBean

1963

It is the summer of 1963. I am 13. I feel like a complete outsider among the 'in crowd' of my mates. They are all cool and hip and I am decidedly uncool but desperate to be accepted and become part of the 'in crowd'. They are all between 12 and 14. They have everything sussed, they know everything about everything, scared of nothing, and able to take on the world.

We have all been brought up in Partick in the west end of Glasgow. This is the centre of the universe. My cousin, Anne is one of the in crowd and we are best friends. All together we number somewhere around a dozen. ... (continues)