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.

Sunday visits to Nan Wells reveal the family’s fixed routines and George’s quieter relationship with his mother.

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

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.

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