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A Sunday thread about my grandmother.
My beloved Nan, Dorothy, died peacefully at home on Thursday 10 December 2020. A long life lived with love, laughter, grace and humility. Born in 1922...
My beloved Nan, Dorothy, died peacefully at home on Thursday 10 December 2020. A long life lived with love, laughter, grace and humility. Born in 1922...
...in the East End of London, living through poverty and the Depression. Being glad to go to school as you got fed there, learning to swim...
...as that won a free year long pass to the swimming baths. World War 2 - when she worked as a lathe operator, fell asleep in a train and...
... woke up in a siding in the pitch black, lost her fiancé when his submarine was torpedoed, met and married my grandad, was evacuated with my mum to the country but didn’t like it so...
... went back to London. Losing her handsome brother Archie to TB. Looking after my mum and my grandad, and her parents. Having fun with her other brothers, Victor and David, and their wives and children. Moving...
... to Harlow and the luxury of a new council house, with her parents in a similar house round the corner. Working as a ward hostess in the new Princess Alexandra hospital, where she made many friends. Seeing her baby brother and his family emigrate...
... as “ten pound Poms.”Overjoyed to become a nan with the arrival of the most beautiful baby ever seen (me). My best playmate. Provider of exciting holidays with me on the camp bed beside her bed, with...
... rides on the bus and walks on the common and Ribena (ultimate luxury) and visits to see her Dad. Caring for her Dad until he died in late 1984. Being widowed...
... far too soon in 1988. Making the most of retirement with LOTS of travel, to Australia thretimes to see her baby brother David and family, to Scotland as often as she could, even camping with me at Strathpeffer, with her brother Victor and his family at Holland on Sea, and...
... all around the UK, to Ireland, and on a memorable cruise to Norway through a Force 9 gale with my Mum, me and my child. ALWAYS interested in...
... the world around her, in people, in places, in history. She loved coming to stay with me in all the places I’ve lived, walking on the beach and hanging out with my friends. She adored being a great grandmother and doing anything requested by her cherished great grandchild.
She loved trees. She was always smiling. She remembered everybody. We talked on the phone A LOT. Words of wisdom included: never buy a scone at a stately home, they are always awful. I am so blessed to have had nearly 53 years with my partner in crime and my biggest fan.
