'right back to my school days I can remember playing out, down our street with my dolls and tin pram. In my adolescent years I was always baby-sitting and looking after children for the neighbours. I wanted to be a nanny or work with children when I left school but in the end I became a women's hairdresser until I married in 1972.
I am 49 now and have been married to my husband Christopher for 30 years - I am also a grandmother! My first daughter came along in 1975 and Rebecca was born in 1980. I enjoyed my time at home with the girls. Of course, we didn't have a lot of luxuries in life - my husband worked on building sites but he was always a good provider.
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