I saw the first half , and recorded the second half of tonight's tv programme about the Welsh Nationalist terrorist threats to Prince Charles's investiture as Prince of Wales , 40 years ago .
We did'nt have a television then , and my Mum and I watched it at someone elses house .
It's embarrassing that I  bought a souvenir magazine about the occasion . If  I'd kept it , it would be worth something now perhaps .
Then we had a black and white rented television , which seemed to lead to tensions mainly between my Dad and I .
We lived in Kings Langley , I attended the Rudolf Steiner School , and both my parents went to Steiner study-groups : My Mum became , and still is , an anthroposophist ; My Dad was interested but never became one .
The ethos amongst Steiner people then was that television was something quite sinister , to be condemned and preferably avoided .
I've never figured out why , as R/Steiner died before it was invented .
I can't remember if most of the difficulties were about my wanting to watch something when he wanted to watch something else , in which case I should have respected his authority , or about my wanting to stay up later watching tv than he thought appropiate , or about his opinion of the suitability of the programmes for me , in which case he was only in his way being protectively caring . In  any case he was fond of referring to the tv as ' the monster in the corner ' .
One evening there was an argument and the next day the rented tv was gone .
When I got my first job my parents bought a colour tv , which there was less tension around , although still some .