Burned (Vol.3, 1982)

We're approaching the end of 1st  year uni and ALSO the end of Volume 3!! With around 30 volumes to go we aren’t in danger of running out of material any time soon. In this episode Lily shows her ‘scathe’ for Johnny Rotten’s somewhat naïve, 1980s punk philosophy while Jenny’s feeling sorry for a character on ‘80s soap Sons and Daughters. Jenny’s also determined to lay a good foundation for the skin cancer that will rear its ugly head in a few decades time (don’t worry chaps; nothing too serious!) ‘I want to learn tap dancing’ is the latest thing on Jenny’s mind, along with thin thigh exercises and her very important end-of-year history essays and upcoming exams. The other thing is the designs for ‘big t-shirts’ and Sweaty Weather, which she goes to see AGAIN. She’s looking for a housekeeper/nanny job and applies for one in Sarth Yarrah, is thinking about a perm – spoiler it doesn’t happen. She buys a ‘Camberwell Bowling Hat’, 4 pairs of white socks, one ‘fab’ pair of men’s striped PJs and a pair of men’s braces at an op shop and reckons she’s getting a ‘bit browner’. She also gets her dad’s dinner suit and plans to pin the pants into jodhpurs.  There’s also: Amityville Horror, The ‘Mattress’ Circle, Swing Time w/ Fred and Ginger (hence the tap-dancing dream), the Chieftains (Irish band along with a Sinead O’Connor cameo), Madness, Le Joke, Strange Tenants, Altamount, a ska night at The Astor Theatre, the first time seeing No Nonsense (ska band), studying all night for the psych exam (ran out of time, did we Jenny?), seeing Jubilee for the FIFTH TIME (along with Emmanuel, lol, must’ve been the dodgy downstairs ‘art’ cinema again). There’s also Mick Jagger in Performance (‘weird’) and The Man Who Fell to Earth (‘even weirder but good’.) We hope you enjoy episode 3, which definitely serves the tanning, the music, the films and a little bit of study. And the end of Vol 3! Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries Follow Jenny at  @jenny_ackland Click to head to our website to read more about My Mum’s Bad DiariesWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!