I didn't hear the word until years later, but 'twink' would have been a good description for us both in those days, since we were young, tall, skinny, dark-haired white boys in our early twenties. However, I missed my friends from the college town in the south of England and regretted that I couldn't easily travel to the East End of London on weekends to see my best friend, Chris.Ĭhris and I had been pals for a couple of years partly because we were the same age, with the same interests in sports and entertainment, and a similar sense of humour, but mainly because we complemented each other sexually. I liked the job, and I liked my boss, and I was beginning to find my way around gay life in Manchester, my new home.
It was the early nineteen seventies in England, and I was working my first corporate job after university.
