The Personal Chronology Of Arthur Chappell

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My life in keynote events Like Charles Dicken’s hero, David Copperfield I’ll start by being born. 1962 9th February – My birth 1963 – 14th March – My sister is born 1973 – Started High school 1975 – Face slashed in a broken bottle knife attack – left with 18 stitches in left cheek 1977 –June - First holiday abroad, visiting Sweden, Russia, Finland, Germany and Denmark 1978 – June 6th – The death of my father, aged 49 1980 – Left High School – unemployed for 18 months 1981 May – Invited on a date at a meditation lecture – actually my seduction into a viscous religious cult 1981 – October 28th – My full membership and conversion to the Divine Light Mission Cult 1981 – December – My first employment as department store warehouse assistant – the cult got most of my earnings. 1985 – August – I finally escape from the cult. 1986 – I return to college and university education 1987 – May – My first short stories are published 1989 – My first poetry is published 1990 – June – I graduated with a literature / philosophy Humanities Bachelor of Arts Degree 1992 -2000 – I was elected secretary of the Manchester Humanists 1997 – My first visit to an Eastercon Science Fiction Convention (Liverpool) 1998 – August 19th – I launched my first personal web page. The Internet has yet to recover. 1999 – I join a Manchester based science fiction group – still involved. 2003 - May - My first battle as a member of The Sealed Knot English Civil War re-enactment society 2003 – I was the last ever winner of the Creatures Of The Night poetry slam competition. 2003 – August / September – My first visit to a Worldcon science Fiction Convention, (in Toronto) 2012 – August - Joined the Manchester Armchair Philosopher’s Group. 2013 November – 2014 – March – Community radio presenter in North Manchester 2015 September – Joined Mylot Arthur Chappell