It is interesting that at this stage of my life I was unaware that there were any physical differences between girls and boys and couldn’t understand why girls were dressed differently!

About a year later when scratching through a jumble drawer I came across the red satin pants. I immediately thought of the school uniforms and the urge to put them on was completely overpowering. I nipped into the toilet, took off my trousers and with shaking hands drew on the satin wonders, which by this time were pretty tight, as I had grown somewhat since the ball. What a feeling! I pulled on my trousers over the satin pants and went walking about the house with my heart beating madly but feeling like a million dollars……….a cross dresser at age seven?!

On many occasions I wore my red satin “panties” under my grey flannel trousers and revelled in the slippery feel and the knowledge that I had a secret, which nobody knew about! Eventually the pants couldn’t stand the strain and split from top to bottom! I was devastated but all I could do was consign them to the garbage can.