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	The Big Top Jessie's cousins were entertainers, and certainly kept her entertained.			Postnatal Depression Elaine Hewitt suffered from postnatal depression for a long time before she sought help.

	The First Gulf War Pushpa had to put her plans to start a family aside in order to prepare for war.			Saved At 17 Michael Koroma from Sierra Leone had a terrifying time when, aged just 17, he damaged his leg.

	The Horizon When Brenda Pilmby's daughter Ann became very ill with cancer, Brenda was there to help her.			Dead-Man Walking Dead Man Walking seems an odd title for Mick's story. Not too long ago it wasn't far from the truth.

	Munros On A Munro Tired of his sons falling out on their camping holidays. Derek took them climbing Munros			A Daughter For You - And For Me Jackie was with her daughter when it was time for her to give birth.

	A Student Midwife's Experiences Claire's finishing her midwifery training. By her own admission she's learnt a lot.			Mum, Baby & Midwife Are Doing Fine Shelagh's been a midwife for nearly 30 years. One delivery tested all her years of training.

	Wonder of Words Mojdeh has wanted to speak different languages from a very early age.			Australian Connections Jane tells tells us how her trip to Australia gave her a new found closeness with her son.

	Families Should Stay Together Jeremy didn't enjoy his time at boarding school.			The Pepsi Max Bob overcame his fear of heights for a brief moment, so he could give his son the ride of his life!


	Old Age Peculiarities As a teenager Douglas thought it was more of a duty than a pleasure to spend time with his elderly relatives.			Frankie Boy Local lad Simon is a full time daydreamer, here he tells how never growing up runs in the family!

	Moving House When Sarah's parents told her she'd have to move from London to Stoke, she and her brother had other ideas...			Secrets and Lies Jamie has lots of secrets, some big, some small, but there's one in particular that she wants to get off her chest.

	Mum It wasn't just exam stress that Michelle had to cope with, while during her GCSEs her mum was fighting for her life...			Dear Harry After being diagnosed with testicular cancer, Dave was told he may never have children.

	Vincent In her search for a new surname Kate uncovered her Irish immigrant family's colourful past...			Memories Patricia tells how profound family sadness can affect the smallest child.

	The Challenge Mum Left Me Ann feels something is missing from her life by not knowing more of her Uncle Jim.			What's In A Name? Paul shares fond memories of his grandfather. He certainly wasn't perfect, but... who is?

	Finding My Dad Blood's thicker than water and Yvonne felt she now really belonged.			Five Generations of Family Values Lessons learned in Graham's early years are still with him

	Bloodstained Overalls No one looks forward to a telephone call from the police...			A Journey To Remember It's not every day your mother-in-law reaches 100, is it?

A Chance Meeting
Janice was adopted as a baby & knew very little about her birth parents...until she met a nice couple in Menorca.

Anorexia
for Katie's sister not being happy with her appearance turned into something serious..


	One In A Million Andy's dad is an unusual role-model, but Andy think's he's one in a million!			Old Mother Riley There's a bit of a character in every family and in Sue Powell's it was always her mother.

Identical Or Not?
Eileen knew she and her twin sister Mary were very similar...

My Big Brother
Julie thought her brother had seriously hurt himself.


	The Storyteller Polly Smith comes from a family of storytellers.

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