You don't think it's too early? said the Captain. You and your liver must decide that between you, I replied. I'm practically a teetotaller, he said, as he poured himself out a good half-tumbler of Canadian Club.

In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.

the take-up of benefits by the unemployed

Sadly, by the 1970s the arcade had gone downmarket with brash shop fronts and cheap shops, some of doubtful reputation.