January

My Favourite Road
Robin is dismissive about Spaghetti Junction, "It's really over-rated!"

Grieving In Public
"I found out on the breakfast television news that my husband had been killed."

Parental Wanderlust
"The only thing my parents had to worry about was, can we park here? Where do we get petrol? Is there drinking water?"

Buried Grief
"In 1994 I found myself sobbing my heart out for my first love who'd been killed in 1945 - I’d never cried for him..."

Naming the Kids
"Our first son is named after the Heston services on the M4, the second after the Toddington services on the M1."

My Father Just Died
"A faceless nurse informed me that John Green had died. No warning, no drum roll. Father was dead and I was left behind."

Running Errands
"My grandmother would say, "Tell the butcher I’d like a nice piece of skirt - and tell him it musn’t be fatty like last week’s piece."

Life on the Streets
At 16, Richard lost all his family, "I went into depression - lost the house and ended up on the streets."

Dad and Mum Left Home
Karen's father told her, "When we go on holiday to Cyprus, your mother and I aren't coming back."

Pottingerisms
"Pottinger's Law: The Oncoming vehicle and the Bicycle will always conflict, exactly.

Granny's Lost Leg
"Granny had her leg amputated and buried in consecrated ground - when she died, they couldn't find it again..."

The Gower's Ghost
"My daughter woke up to see what she said was a young monk sitting on the end of the bed..."

Mum Banned the Telly
"One of my 14-year-old son's friends said to me, "It's a diabolical thing to do, taking the television away!"