Janet has been clearing out cupboards ready for the move. She has come across all sorts of things she had forgotten about, or more to the point, she is like women who buy shoes or handbags and then feel they have to hide them from their husbands, she has hidden china. Apart from collecting Shelley porcelain she also [...]

It took Janet and John eight years to save enough to buy their first house. They didn’t rush to buy because they were concerned about the financial implications of owning their own home. Their parents lived in a council house as did most of John’s work mates, they had little encouragement to take those first steps on [...]

Janet has waved goodbye to Austin who is off to stay with her son and his wife, she knows he will be well cared for but she still feels tearful. Janet loves Austin with a passion, she often thinks that  if she had to choose between him and John it would put her in a  difficult position, [...]