mortals into their world. Once the glamour was no longer needed, when he gained fame and wealth for real, the glamour faded and was replaced by the intensity that had been hidden before.

To be continued...

A Love Affair

Growing up in the 60's and the 70's was to grow up in a time of great change. The world was still under the very real threat of a nuclear holocaust, the Middle East was still very much a colonial area, heavily influenced by Britain, especially, the Moon landing was still news, decimalization was only just coming in to England as was the 'Common Market'. A car cost a few hundred pounds, a fifty pound-a-week job was considered excellent, strikes crippled the nation bringing entire industries to a halt and England ruled the music world.

A teenager/young adult at this time, Freddie continued to exist in a time and place of great change - almost a watershed in terms of culture and life. Independence of thought and action was being tolerated and, in some cases, encouraged. Schools began to move away from the strict curriculum that had dominated for decades and began to assume that the process was more important than the fact.