The Small Faces Story
Peter Silverton, Trouser Press, October 1977
IT'S 1968, ALRIGHT. Me and a mate are lounging around in his garden. His parents are out for the day. School's out for the summer. Free from the two biggest bugaboos of adolescence, we're getting a little crazy with the freedom.
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