Robert "Bud" Hadden Remembers

Memories from growing up in Sutton on Sea, life as a teacher, and retiring to Thailand. opening music by & ©Jonathan Head. Thanks to my sisters, Janine & Katrina, & my Mum, Jeannie, for tracking down old photos. If there are any things you'd like me to ask him about in a follow up interview, let me know! Timestamps 00:00:10 Introduction 00:02:01 1953 flood 00:05:02 The Guillemot 00:09:01 The Duke 00:10:12 Friends - Michael Mitchell & Bob Wilyman 00:10:58 Teaching 00:15:20 The Ambulance 00:19:09 Sporting Achievements 00:21:58 Boy George 00:23:09 The Brooch(es) 00:23:50 Tiger Bay 00:24:29 Beach Football 00:25:59 Kick-the-can 00:26:52 Grandad’s Garden! 00:27:38 The Hatch 00:28:17 Playing Cards 00:28:31 Collecting Golf Balls 00:30:09 Bean 00:31:16 Richard McEwan 00:31:55 Thipthorpe & Malcolm Simons 00:32:32 Comics 00:32:50 Gas Lights 00:32:58 Tony Baker 00:33:29 Steady 00:34:27 Sweary Chuck Elvin 00:35:26 Bioluminescence 00:36:14 Pigeons 00:37:42 Chickens 00:38:08 Appendicitis 00:38:49 The Tandem 00:39:30 Fishing 00:42:49 Jeni Zanelli 00:44:32 Frank Hadden 00:46:01 Mr & Mrs Leary 00:46:50 Sisters 00:49:00 Children 00:49:13 Captain James Hudson 00:50:15 Hitchhiking 00:53:47 Vindolanda 00:54:14 meeting Ann, and then Pammy