I almost…

picked up a kitten

didn’t care

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.

ran away

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

drowned on Brighton Beach

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

got the job

wasted a lot of money on an electrician

very very miss my two dogs

cried at the Barbara Walker exhibition

did not come to the turner exhibition

went to Paradise Park

saw a shark on the Barrier reef

married the wrong person

lost my phone

found true love

won on a 2p machine

didn’t come tonight but glad I did

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

bought a picture at the Charleston Lewes Art gallery

ate sushi today but I wish I had

got knocked out by a wooden plank but it missed

kissed them

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

Starved

ran out of time

spoke to Princess Diana at the Women of the Year launch

have been inspected

got a dog

ran into a seesaw

cried today

punched a teenager

forgot to buy my train tickets

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

forgot the dog

am full

slept enough

missed my tax return

Cried sitting downstairs on the bench with my headphones on

fostered an American Bulldog

didn’t come back in

missed the bus

applied for a new job today

had a normal life

am blind

became an eagle scout

went to Margate instead of Eastbourne

cooked my face

finished that email I’ve been putting off

had a shag

booked a holiday

cried

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.