
I taught myself to knit. When Nicola left for university I took over from her as Saturday girl in the village wool shop. I had never had so much money before. Having mastered the basics of knitting my first attempt was a cabled jumper, how hard could that be? Having answered that question I progressed

Our house is old and over the years it’s been pulled about, the floors have been taken up and the windows were replaced when a neighbouring house was bombed and now nothing fits. With the wind in the right direction the curtains can move in the draught let in by the closed windows, there is