I almost…

cried

spoke to Princess Diana at the Women of the Year launch

slept enough

booked a holiday

flew back to Australia

was credited on Cliff Richard’s ‘ wired for sound’ album

picked up a kitten

ran into a seesaw

very very miss my two dogs

became an eagle scout

lost my phone

kissed them

had a shag

found true love

saw a shark on the Barrier reef

cried at the Barbara Walker exhibition

fostered an American Bulldog

am blind

got a taxi, but the weather was too good so I walked

didn’t care

died. I was in the Nevada Desert. Alone. On a road. At dusk. After a truck smashed my vehicle. 1981. Age 19.

didn’t say yes to what turned out to be the best weekend of my life

Cried sitting downstairs on the bench with my headphones on

missed my tax return

am full

finished that email I’ve been putting off

didn’t come tonight but glad I did

Starved

didn’t come today thinking that maybe it wouldn’t be great but I’m glad I did! Nice to see artistic creations.

ran out of time

drowned on Brighton Beach

got a dog

cooked my face

bought a picture at the Charleston Lewes Art gallery

won on a 2p machine

got the job

didn’t come back in

went to Margate instead of Eastbourne

have been inspected

applied for a new job today

ran away

wasted a lot of money on an electrician

punched a teenager

had a normal life

married the wrong person

missed the bus

rode in an aston martin DB4 until the owner had to go and have new tyres fitted to it – such regrets!

did not come to the turner exhibition

cried today

ate sushi today but I wish I had

forgot to buy my train tickets

got knocked out by a wooden plank but it missed

went to Paradise Park

forgot the dog

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.