I almost…

forgot the dog

am blind

became an eagle scout

ate sushi today but I wish I had

fostered an American Bulldog

lost my phone

cooked my face

Cried sitting downstairs on the bench with my headphones on

have been inspected

ran into a seesaw

bought a picture at the Charleston Lewes Art gallery

got the job

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

went to Margate instead of Eastbourne

found true love

cried

saw a shark on the Barrier reef

wasted a lot of money on an electrician

very very miss my two dogs

didn’t come back in

went to Paradise Park

had a shag

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

booked a holiday

cried today

had a normal life

did not come to the turner exhibition

missed my tax return

finished that email I’ve been putting off

Starved

drowned on Brighton Beach

didn’t come tonight but glad I did

applied for a new job today

got knocked out by a wooden plank but it missed

spoke to Princess Diana at the Women of the Year launch

ran away

ran out of time

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

married the wrong person

didn’t care

missed the bus

slept enough

got a dog

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

picked up a kitten

punched a teenager

won on a 2p machine

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

kissed them

forgot to buy my train tickets

am full

flew back to Australia

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

cried at the Barbara Walker exhibition

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.