Hello - Lucy here. This is a pilot episode, with my Mum, Patricia, who's 84 years old.
Patricia is talking about Harriet, her Grandmother (who was her Dad's mum). Harriet was born way back in 1875, but she lived to be 104 years old, so we all knew her. (Harriet died in 1980.)
Harriet left school aged 11 years, and started work as a maid; first in her hometown of Gosport, and then in London and Kent.
Now and then you'll hear me (Lucy, Patricia's daughter) asking questions, and a tiny bit of Ken, my Dad (and Patricia's husband of 60 years).
You'll also hear railway announcements - Patricia and Ken's garden backs onto the train station. The photo for this podcast is of Patricia and Ken when they were courting in the 1950s. (It was taken by Geoff, Ken's big brother.)