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

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

The family’s first home computer takes over one end of the dining room and creates new uses, instructions and arguments about whose turn it is.

Margaret begins work as senior administrator at Millbrook and adjusts to networked computers, email and unfamiliar office systems.

Margaret’s first smartphone proves useful, irritating and capable of turning a reply into an accidental telephone call.

During the first lockdown, family visits move onto video calls with delayed speech, poor camera angles and regular contact.

Margaret and Alan first meet their new granddaughter Poppy through a video call during the winter lockdown.

Margaret begins organising family dates, memories and privacy decisions into the Life Archive.