I was born in Stoke Newington London as the youngest member of a family of ten and lived there throughout the war years. I married in 1953 and went to live in Fulham, West London, then Honor Oak Park, South London, until 1987 when we retired to the South Coast at Littlehampton where we enjoy a leisurely life such as swimming and lazing on the beach in summer and going for brisk walks on the windy downs in winter. Out of that huge family of ten, there are only two of us left now, myself and my sister.