[Margaret Pilkington]

I used to go over to Sheffield to stay with my maternal grandmother...who used to spoil me rotten.....and I used to pretend I was an only child......and I loved it.

I suppose we always want what we can't have.
My main problem about being one of a large family, was 'hand me downs'.....now you wouldn't think that as the oldest I would have handed down clothes......but folks used to take pity on my mum and give her clothes for us......and to be honest there was absolutely nothing wrong with the clothes......I just wanted to go out and buy NEW ones.