As I pointed out, I was the youngest...
Cyril was my dearest love really. We used to travel to work together on the Tube and he used to wait until my hand... we never had a seat in those days... the Tube in those days was very difficult... and he used to wait until I put my hand up to catch hold of the sling, and he'd get it first. And then he'd get on the escalator and he'd pretend to push me down. And from that day on, as all my children will vouch... anybody who knows me... I will not go on an escalator.
So after that... that brings Joe and Dorrie to the fore, because they were the ones that brought us to London. And Joe and Dorrie really were wonderful to me. At one time they were going to emigrate to Australia and there were going to take me with them, and strangely enough, I thought that was going to be wonderful. At the last minute Mama got sorry about it, and she wouldn't let me go. So I stayed on. But Dorrie got me my first job -- in Boots in Piccadilly and this is where I bring Geoff and Binkie in. Binkie, who also sadly isn't with us today -- who I think about every day -- she introduced me to a completely different lifestyle. But also I introduced her to my dear Brother Geoffie and they got married and opened up a whole new family for me.
So those are my recollections and... after that the war came -- and Lionel and Mama came to live with me when Steffi was born -- and Lionel was responsible for Steffi being born three days early! Because, as I remember it -- I was very pregnant -- at twelve o'clock at midnight when I was just dressing -- he opened the door and just stood there - and the shock of seeing him... I won't go any further, because that would bring me in to when Roger was born and that's a whole other story, so I'll leave that to somebody else!