Christine Fisher-Lathwell – Coming back to Packs

Absolutely. I lived in the ‘60s in London in the best time, because it was all for young people. You know, Kings Road, I dressed their 5th Avenue windows as well, so I got the ‘60s experience from there, but it also gave me an imagination as well.

You know, I didn’t have that much when I was on the Island, so coming back to Packs again was a real …I definitely felt much more secure in what I was doing. You know I was allowed to buy things and if I needed props I could look in a catalogue. There was … and then we didn’t have the trip to London eventually, but we would order them and they come down to the Island so Miss Guy would say to me, “What do you think our Autumn theme ought to be?” so we would then look through what was in the catalogues which they then started to produce.

At one time you could only go up to visit. I think it was called Schwartz, I’m not sure. So, that was me back on the Island again. A different experience really altogether. People knew me in Packs. Some people had left.