Dragon Phoenix (Vol.5, 1983)

Simon is gone and Mum’s trying not to write about him in her diary! So she plays guitar and goes to see bands, and of course watches TV – The Partridge Family, Gidget, Young Doctors and Rock Around the World, and Carson’s Law.We have the vivid summer memory of picking up the school books from Campion and we also have ‘yet another dinner stuffed at the Dragon Phoenix’ with Grandad/Roger.We become confused by ‘mewing’ and all-round Gen Alpha terms before getting back to the ‘80s and Mum’s burgeoning dreadlocks – you read that right, she wants hair like Nina Hagen and Ari Up. Oh and we hear about Mum’s idea for a novel which is pretty cringe – there’s ‘Anna’ and ‘Miguel’ and a kidnapping Count on the horizon!Links for mentions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Partridge_Familyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gidget_(TV_series)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Doctorshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson%27s_LawT.I.S.M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TISMhttps://www.languagetransfer.org/Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiariesWe'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!