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NICOLA BOWERY Taboo Days

I meet Leigh in Taboo.  I was sitting in the cocktail loung,  where I  would be least conspicuous  - I felt a bit nervous about going there.  When I saw Leigh come in I couldn´t keep my eyes off him.  I must have been staring at him so hard,  willing him to look at me,  and he did.  He came over, knelt on one knee and said, ´You look simply gougeours ! Where do you come from ? And i said, ´Hampshire,` because I tought he meant originally,  before I moved to Londonj.  He said, ´Oh,  you must have pots of money´ and then waltzed off.  So all evening I trailed after him,  trying to be noticed,  and eventually he gave me his phone number in lipstick on a piece of paper.  The next day I described myself over the telephone to him because he didn´t know whothe hell I was,  he had been so drunk the night before.  That was the very first time I met him,  in 1984.  I had just moved to London and was at college.  I got to know him better through my own determination,  really.  I always telephoned him and I would pop in on him for the odd visit.                                                                      NICOLA BOWERY IN INTERVIEW BY CERITH WYN EVANS                                                                                          pics by Peter-Paul  Hartnett  ( main pic) ,  David Swindells

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