found true love
kissed them
had a shag
won on a 2p machine
Cried sitting downstairs on the bench with my headphones on
got a dog
got a taxi, but the weather was too good so I walked
became an eagle scout
booked a holiday
forgot to buy my train tickets
bought a picture at the Charleston Lewes Art gallery
went to Paradise Park
went to Margate instead of Eastbourne
spoke to Princess Diana at the Women of the Year launch
applied for a new job today
didn’t come back in
am full
got knocked out by a wooden plank but it missed
drowned on Brighton Beach
didn’t come today thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be great but I’m glad I did! Nice to see artistic creations.
slept enough
had a normal life
punched a teenager
ran away
ran out of time
cried today
picked up a kitten
rode in an aston martin DB4 until the owner had to go and have new tyres fitted to it – such regrets!
married the wrong person
was credited on Cliff Richard’s ‘ wired for sound’ album
Starved
am blind
ate sushi today but I wish I had
didn’t care
wasted a lot of money on an electrician
lost my phone
didn’t say yes to what turned out to be the best weekend of my life
did not come to the turner exhibition
forgot the dog
very very miss my two dogs
missed my tax return
got the job
finished that email I’ve been putting off
flew back to Australia
have been inspected
fostered an American Bulldog
missed the bus
cried
didn’t come tonight but glad I did
saw a shark on the Barrier reef
cooked my face
cried at the Barbara Walker exhibition
ran into a seesaw
died. I was in the Nevada Desert. Alone. On a road. At dusk. After a truck smashed my vehicle. 1981. Age 19.
Mr Almost Man (Stuart Waters) asked Towner Eastbourne visitors to tell him moments in their lives when they “almost…”. This is a selection of their answers.