I left scI left school at sixteen with a few O levels.
I worked in offices in London as a typist in winter, and as a waitress at a holiday camp in Weston-super-Mare in summer.
When I was twenty I travelled to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, staying there for eighteen months and secured employment in several Spanish firms, learning Spanish along the way. On my return I applied for a job as a stewardess with Monarch Airlines, and for the next 38 years travelled the world and enjoyed every minute of my flying career.
I was also, on my days off, a volunteer for a cancer centre, an invigilator at the local school, and later a member of the Witness Service at the nearby Magistrates Court.
In my fifties I returned to education and gained, whilst still working for the airline, a Degree with Honours in Social Science and Social Policy with the Open University.
Thanks to my wonderful husband, I have a lovely stepson and step grandson.
During Covid, I used to walk in the woods at the back of my garden and make up stories for my step grandson. His name is George!
