It was 1986, and I’d taken my girlfriend and best mate to the movies to see ‘Top Gun’, with Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis. What a tremendous ride that film was! Yeah, it was over the top with a ridiculous storyline, but the soundtrack was awesome (one might even say it took your breath away...), the onscreen chemistry electric, and the lines were lodged in the brain for eternity. Afterwards, we left the theatre with goofy...

It was New Year’s Eve – again. My parents were away celebrating with friends and not expected back until sometime after they’d recovered – which I sincerely hoped would be the afternoon of New Year’s Day at the earliest. So, I had the house to myself – always an advantage if, like me, you were a horny nineteen-year-old only child and didn’t have anywhere to go with your girlfriend. Opportunity knocks and all that. I was k...