
"At 78, I wanted my grandchildren to know who I was before grey hair. Started loading cargo on East London docks at sixteen. Met their grandmother at a dance hall in Stepney in 1970. She wouldn't give me the time of day until I asked three times. We raised five children in a two-bedroom flat where laughter filled the kitchen. Life isn't about what you have, it's who you become and who you hold close."














