3 Jan 65 : A slow start to the year : Philadelphia, USA

Back to cold Philadephia : quiet days before a new job starts : Yet more American generosity

1 Jan 65 : Happy New Year! : From Nassau to Virginia

partying on Nassau : refusing to tip waiters : an accident in a garage toilet : flamingos on Hialeah Race Track : a wild New Year's Eve

25 Dec 64 : Christmas coconuts : Miami Beach

A letter home 53 years ago today - enjoying Christmas on Miami Beach 1964 - a medley of pelicans, coconuts, Christmas carols and boiled eggs!

24 Dec 64: International calls and ‘English pubs’ : Miami Beach

The complexities of 1960s international calls, cruising with the top down, impressing Americans in an 'English pub,' why young Americans didn't work around the world

18 Dec 64 : Sizzling hot! : Miami Beach

Sunbathing in December : Two inept housemen : Malcolm Muggeridge

28 Nov – 4 Dec 64 : Toy store mayhem : Philadelphia

Chaos and explosions in Toyland... Visiting Bristol and New Hope, PA... An unhappy weenie roast... meeting a poet... another disastrous party... preparing for Florida

6 – 13 Nov 64 : Working hard in New York

Well, today, Kenny, my pal at the store, was fired. No week’s notice or anything like that, just the boss saying ‘you’re fired,’ and off he went. So I immediately started unpacking umbrellas like mad. I may only be earning $56 but I certainly wouldn’t like to lose it. This is just another example of the ruthless, cutthroat attitude here.

31 Oct – 3 Nov 64 : Settling into New York

We asked the cop what was happening and he said that this was the Waldorf Astoria Hotel and that President Johnson was due at any moment, so we decided to hang on. The place was lousy with police who were everywhere...

22 – 23 Oct 64 : Gangs and jobs in the Big Apple: New York, USA

Shootings and murders are very ordinary here and nobody seems to take much notice. There was a shooting match on 5th Avenue this afternoon shortly after we were there. And, while I was waiting outside a store for Colin two shots rang out...

20 Oct 64 : First day in New York!

All our luggage was opened and rummaged through and then we were left to repack. They were opening one woman's packing case with sledgehammers and crowbars, and when they asked her what's in it, she said tearfully, “china.”