Margaret records the family accounts of her birth at St Mary’s Hospital and the different details each relative remembered.

A family story about three-year-old Peter asking whether his new baby sister would be staying.

Margaret recalls the rented Copnor house, sharing a bedroom with Peter and the routines of early family life.

Margaret remembers moving from Copnor to a three-bedroom council house in Portchester before starting junior school.

Margaret starts at Castle Lane Junior School and relies on Denise while she learns the unfamiliar routines.

Margaret remembers Gran Collins teaching her the exact value of money before decimalisation.

Margaret remembers Decimal Day through the conversion card on the kitchen table and her family’s different responses to the new money.

A childhood caravan holiday at Hayling Island, remembered through packing, beach routines and four people sharing a confined space.

Margaret recalls a damp family week in Weymouth, with boarding-house routines, wet shoes and competing versions of the weather.

Margaret receives her first weekly cash pay packet and discovers that earning money immediately gives it several destinations.

Margaret begins evening classes in typing and office practice, taking the first formal step towards improving her clerical skills.

Margaret buys a second-hand portable typewriter so she can practise for her RSA typing qualification at home.

Margaret and Alan marry at Fareham Register Office and begin married life in a flat still filled with boxes.

Claire is born in Portsmouth, and Margaret and Alan begin adjusting their Fareham flat and daily routines around their first child.

Michael is born in Portsmouth, and Margaret adjusts to caring for a second child alongside three-year-old Claire.

Margaret records the final week of her father’s life after a severe stroke and the practical decisions that followed his death.

Joan continues using buses on her own terms while Margaret notices the practical adjustments her mother refuses to call help.

Margaret records the week between Joan’s severe stroke and her death, including the hospital visits and practical questions shared with Peter.