MUSIC TO MY EARS

Gavin Whyte, 35, from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

Picking up my guitar, I blasted out a few chords.

‘This is the latest song I’ve written, what do you think?’ I asked my mate Dan.

Dan and I had been buddies since I was 11 and he was eight. We lived on a street in Huddersfield called Mountfield Avenue, and hung round in a group of lads – some of whom are still my closest friends.

I was fascinated by the Angels of Mons

I was one of the oldest boys.