This is from the 50s, and it shows a perky looking Gloria Roberts with her brother Adrian, both from Corwen in North Wales and both cousins of my wife Dot. Their mother Margery was in the previous picture. To the right of them are Dot (far right) and her sister Doreen, who must have died not long after this was taken after contracting pneumonia.

As I write, a duo of plumbers are completing installation of taps in the bathroom, which is a bit of a relief. Dot has just gone to investigate a ringing alarm down the road. Apart from that, it’s all quiet.