Julie’s Memories of Mum: When I sit and think about it, Mum has passed on so many life skills to me. She introduced us to walking and camping holidays and taught us how to play both badminton and tennis – all things that even to this day I still value and enjoy. She shared her love of cakes, both baking and eating, especially for birthdays and celebrations and I still have many of the old family favourite recipes. When I got engaged to Mark it was Mum who was there to help plan and organise the wedding with me and offer advice and guidance. Later when we had our three children, Mum was there again to support and lend a hand. She was such an organised person and I like to think that some of that rubbed off on me! Mum (Gran) was the only one who could brush Katie’s hair and cut her nails. We still don’t know how she got her to comply! We remember with great fondness the many celebrations over the years including Easter and the ‘Withyditch walks’ (more cakes) and Christmas’s, especially the many bowls of sweets and crisps that seemed to top themselves up overnight. I have many fun and fond memories of times with Mum and am thankful for all the things she taught me. Amongst the first things Mum taught me was how to knit and it was a wonderful opportunity to be able to share time knitting together in recent months, chatting, sharing a smile, a cup of tea…. And if available a piece of cake!