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Auntie Hannah always dressed perfectly, no matter the occasion. Around her neck, she wore a locket with a picture of her late son George Juddy, who had been killed as a teenager during the First World War. She would play with it while she spoke, turning it over and over with her…

Mar 24

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My father's bedtime stories usually had two parts. He would sit on the side of my bed and pluck an obscure thought from his head. He would do this…

Mar 17

Lesson 4: Nanny Greenteeth lives in the canal. In the 1930s it did not matter where you lived, everyone walked to school. Thankfully my daily hike to…

Mar 10

A lesson on the art of listening.

Mar 3

Directly behind my house at the bottom of my garden, is the Peak Forest canal, winding its way towards the industrial northwest. From my back window, I…

Feb 24

Lesson 1: The greenest field is the farthest away. My Mother Margaret McNee was strikingly beautiful and came from a large family of Irish farmers. She…

Feb 17

A message to my Gran: We’re all biased when it comes to the world’s best Grandmother, aren’t we? I’m no different. Maybe it is the warm memories of our…

Feb 7

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