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Three kids' bikes, ones called ‘Nugget’. My sister Susan’s first school bus, a blue double decker. Days out in Sherwood Forest and spotting The Bear on the way out and back. Pinky & Perky, Janet’s favourite. Cycling trips in the summer with Andrew and Diane. Clay pits. Shrimping in rock pools at low tide. Crab fishing at high tide. Listening to my sister Sue and her friend Diane (both age 8) discuss why no longer having privacy from the press would prevent them marrying John and Paul (Ringo and George were never contenders). Vulcans scrambling because of somewhere called Cuba. The Black Witch and Dusty Fogg. Cowboy, pirate and soldier games in which my two great sisters were always the ‘nurses’ and making the tea.

Childhood memories of my terrific sisters.