I was arrested by the English and taken into custody for wearing a leek for of course today is St David's day and the leek had been sent to me by my parents in a family tradition of pride.
I was later forced to eat the leek but this was no punishment because they're very tasty, but I wasn't allowed to wash the earth of it first.
Imagine the uproar if that happened today. The strident ones would be having a field day! I wonder if I should petition Parliament for a pardon!
small beer compared with today's events in Ukraine but pretty traumatic only six weeks after my 16th birthday I can assure you.