So sorry to hear of your sad loss Fanny
My paternal GM was a real black country girl! Smoked like a chimney, yet used to tell me off for not wearing a vest, as I would 'catch my death of cold'! Mum and Dad lived with them until I was a toddler, when Mum insisted they buy their own place as she interfered too much. She used to visit us every Friday afternoon for tea, bringing my brother and I sweets. When at the age of 14 I decided I needed to lose weight (I was quite overweight by then). I asked her if she could bring me fruit. She didn't really like that as she didn't see fruit as a treat! "Our Jan", she said, " Yow bay gorra enough fat on yow to grace a pon"! She was born in 1902 and died in 1975 a month before my first baby was born. I was quite sad she didn't get to see him. She would have been thrilled to be a Great Nan. Her husband, my Granddad, was the kindest man you could meet. His Dad was a coffin maker, and Nan said when she first went to visit his house, the front door opened and there was a line of coffins propped up in the Hall! He died on my DS's first birthday, in 1976 so a bittersweet day
He was born in 1894 and didn't have much education, but he taught himself French by reading French newspapers. He took on the job of 'Lollipop Man' when he retired, and when he finally left that job, he was inundated with cards and gifts from the children.
My maternal grandmother, was born in 1911 and lived to be 95. She had Mum aged 19 out of wedlock! Shock horror! The father denied it, so I never knew him. Nan married when Mum was 3, so Mum was brought up by her maternal grandparents. Nan and her husband lived with his parents, and they didn't allow Nan to have my Mum live with them! Her husband died when I was 10, and she looked after both In laws until they died. It was then she found some freedom. She was such a kind lady, always giving money and presents to grandchildren.
Being quizzed by chemist's assistant in Boots.